Cumberbatch
joins Marvel universe in 'Doctor Strange'
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[October 21, 2016]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
British heartthrob Benedict Cumberbatch loved his close
encounter with special effects when he swapped his
Sherlock Holmes deerstalker for a superhero cape in his
latest movie outing, "Doctor Strange".
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Stepping into the Marvel comics universe for the first time,
the Oscar nominee plays the lead character in the Hollywood
blockbuster, a neurosurgeon who encounters a hidden world of
sorcery after losing the use of his hands in a car accident.
"You could spin a camera 360 degrees and shoot on anything and
it would be a frame in the final cut...You also had some green
screen moments which were mind-blowingly difficult," he said at
the movie's premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday.
"The... preparatory kind of storyboarded animation they use to
map out really complex sequences is so thorough, it's an art
form in itself."
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Cumberbatch, known for playing the famous detective in the
"Sherlock" television series and Oscar nominated for his role as
mathematician Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game", was joined on
the red carpet by fellow Briton Tilda Swinton.
She addressed criticism of her casting in the film as The
Ancient One, a character of Asian origins who hails from the
Himalayas.
"People making a lot of noise about there not being... enough
diversity in world cinema or particularly Hollywood cinema are
right on and they must shout nice and loudly and they'll have me
shouting beside them," she said.
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"It will be really nice when people see the film and maybe
understand why the choices were made... But at the same time, no-one
must stop shouting nice and loudly because if they don't things will
not change."
Also present at the premiere at Hollywood's Chinese Theatre were
actors Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong and Mads Mikkelsen, who feature
in the movie, and "Iron Man" star Robert Downey Jr.
"Doctor Strange" hits cinemas worldwide from Oct. 25.
(Reporting By Reuters Television; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
editing by John Stonestreet)
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