Forgot password
Enter the email address you used when you joined and we'll send you instructions to reset your password.
If you used Apple or Google to create your account, this process will create a password for your existing account.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Reset password instructions sent. If you have an account with us, you will receive an email within a few minutes.
Something went wrong. Try again or contact support if the problem persists.
Image: Disney Plus

A crucial ‘Doctor Strange 2’ character wasn’t always a villain

Things could have been... supremely different.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness featured a plethora of variants of much-loved Marvel characters, and one of them was massively changed during the writing process.

Recommended Videos

With the digital release of Doctor Strange 2 comes the special features such as bloopers, behind-the-scenes, and the commentary tracks. Director Sam Raimi and writer Michael Waldron have offered their insights into the movie and its development, with Waldron revealing a huge shift in one of the major characters during the writing process.

Stephen Strange has three variants in the film, and Strange Supreme originally had much more heroic and benevolent ideals, the duo told the track.

Michael Waldron: “I came up with that idea at like 3 am in the morning and grabbed my wife and was like ‘he was bad, it was a lie.”

Sam Raimi: “You originally wrote him as the hero we think he is, that strange thinks you is. But then when you improved him, gave him more depth because we’d already shot the statue we had to figure out how are we going to explain that.”

Many of the Doctor Strange variants in the film heavily play off the sheer arrogance that the former surgeon had, with most blinded by their own hubris: much like the Illuminati.

Benedict Cumberbatch has now portrayed five different versions of Stephen Strange across Doctor Strange, What If…?, and Multiverse of Madness.

Doctor Strange 2 saw a positive box office run, grossing $944 million worldwide, but has so far been unable to crack the billion mark of Spider-Man: No Way Home from a few months prior.


We Got This Covered is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more about our Affiliate Policy
Author
Image of Jamie Dunkin
Jamie Dunkin
Writer for We Got This Covered, and other sites in the GAMURS Group. Football fan, LEGO enthusiast, and beer enjoyer. @jamie_dunkin on Twitter