With things in motion on the Marvel Studios slate, actor Benedict Cumberbatch is once again talking about his role in the franchise as Doctor Strange. In a new video interview with Netflix, Cumberbatch reflects on his career to date, including the streamer’s new limited series Eric—but highlighted Marvel’s Doctor Strange, a character it seems we’ll be seeing again in Avengers 5, which may be helmed by Shawn Levy. “Well, I’ll be really honest about it.
“As an actor, I love playing him. He’s great fun. I mean, I was going to play him, and then I couldn’t because I’d already booked a Hamlet and that was happening, and they drifted away. And then they drifted very quickly back to me, which is nice. And they shifted the whole kind of factory line to to to my schedule. And it’s been a pretty lovely relationship with that company ever since.