’Doctor Strange 2’: Benedict Cumberbatch Says Director Sam Raimi Is an “Incredible Force“

It’s a catch-22 us entertainment journalists find ourselves in. When you interview an MCU star, you wanna ask them about their next MCU film. But these stars are sworn to such levels of secrecy, they simply can’t reveal anything (unless their name is Tom Holland, of course). What is one to do? Well, if one is our own Steve Weintraub interviewing Benedict Cumberbatch for his upcoming spy thriller The Courier, he asks if he can ask about Marvel — specifically, the upcoming sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Cumberbatch’s response is blunt, cheeky, and exactly what we were all thinking: “I mean, we know what a dead end it’s gonna be, but yes, of course you can waste your time asking a Marvel question.“ Ultimately, Cumberbatch did speak on his experience making Doctor Strange 2, which has “been shooting since before Christmas.“ Specifically, Cumberbatch spoke highly of director Sam Raimi, who’s new to this specific MCU, but is a chief architect of superhero cinema with his 2000s Spider-Man tri