
The film also benefits from some excellent writing as the film tries to build an intriguing world full of magic and spells. His character is actually quite fleshed-out and very engaging. The movie is also surprisingly quite funny, and that is mainly due to Cumberbatch’s performance as Doctor Strange who oozes us all with his charm. The biggest selling point of the movie was probably the visual effects which were just out of this world, and it was a delight to watch the film in both 3-D and IMAX. The movie certainly pleased all the comic book fans, viewers and critics alike. The MCU decided that Cumberbatch was perfect for the role and finally in April 2016, the trailer arrived which got us even more excited for its release. By then, Benedict was already fan favourite having done some impressive work in the TV series ‘Sherlock’, played Star Trek’s most popular villain Khan in ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’ (2013) and also had two Oscar nominations to his name. Many comic book fans and even the media had championed for Benedict Cumberbatch to play the main protagonist. All this got us to thinking: Who would portray the titular character? It was only in 2014 that we got to know that a Doctor Strange film was in its developmental stage and that according to Feige, Doctor Strange was in the MCU’s plans for “Phase Three”. His story arc includes themes of magic and mystic arts, something all the Marvel fans were hoping to see made into a movie. Most comic book fans know this that Doctor Strange is not only one of the most unusual characters in the Marvel Comics, but also he’s also the most powerful sorcerer on Earth.
