Avengers 5 & 6 Spoiler: Tom Holland Is No Longer the Biggest Threat to Kevin Feige’s MCU Secrets
- Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Doctor Strange, recently talked about his future involvement in MCU.
- Cumberbatch might have just spoiled it for the Marvel fans with his revelations.
- Is he becoming the next Tom Holland of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Marvel fans assemble, we have a new update for you. Well, not us, but Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) in the MCU, has shared a new update about his future involvement with the franchise. Apart from his stand-alone movies, Cumberbatch has appeared as Doctor Strange in Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Now, with Phase 5 getting closer to its end, it means Phase 6 is about to begin and we will finally get the next major Avengers movies – Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. While the cast and main surprise element of Avengers: Doomsday have already been disclosed, a new revelation made by Cumberbatch might leave the fans a little too disheartened. Despite the reports about Doctor Strange returning to the Avengers 5 and 6 movies, the actor has something else to share.
Is Benedict Cumberbatch not going to feature in Avengers: Doomsday?
There has been a lot of anticipation surrounding Avengers: Doomsday ever since Marvel revealed that Robert Downey Jr. will play Victor von Doom a.k.a. Doctor Doom. There were reports that Doctor Strange will also play a big role in the next Avengers movies. But in a recent interview with Variety, Benedict Cumberbatch shared that his character is taking a hiatus from Avengers: Doomsday.
Dropping the hint during the conversation, Cumberbatch stated, “Is that a spoiler? F*ck it!” He then explained that Doctor Strange’s absence has to do with “the character not aligning with this part of the story.” Later, he admitted that he would have a much chunkier part in Avengers: Secret War, and stated, “he’s quite central to where things might go” in the 2027 film.
Benedict Cumberbatch further talked about his return in a third stand-alone film but hesitated to disclose more as he already spilled quite a bit. Praising Marvel for being collaborative, he said,
They are very open to discussing where we go next. Who do you want to write and direct the next one? What part of the comic lore do you want to explore so that Strange can keep evolving? He’s a very rich character to play. He’s a complex, contradictory, troubled human who’s got these extraordinary abilities, so there’s potent stuff to mess about with.
With all the spillage in his latest interview, is Cumberbatch becoming the next Tom Holland of the Marvel universe? We all know how many times Holland spilled out things he wasn’t supposed to. But Holland being Holland, he continued his legacy as a major spoiler provider. Now, Cumberbatch’s behavior somewhat mimicked Holland’s, so does that mean Kevin Feige needs to be more careful with him?
How people have been reacting to Benedict Cumberbatch’s revelation
Ever since the interview went live, people have been going crazy about not getting to see Benedict Cumberbatch. Social media users took X by storm and have been sharing their opinions about it.
Here’s what they have been posting on the platform:
How Avengers: Doomsday will pan out, only time can tell. Stay tuned to know if the movie will explain Doctor Strange’s absence.
