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Benedict Cumberbatch says Doctor Strange is the “adult in the room” in Avengers: Infinity War

April 12, 2018 by Samuel Brace

Benedict Cumberbatch has commented that during Avengers: Infinity War, Doctor Strange plays the adult in the room.

One of the most fascinating components of the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War is going to be seeing just how all of these characters come together, how their personalities clash, and the relationships that are formed.

We’ve seen some of this in past Avengers movies but nothing quite on this scale. One character that is sure to make an impact on many of his fellow marvel heroes during the fight against Thanos is Doctor Strange. And the actor portraying him, Benedict Cumberbatch, told Entertainmentie that the character plays the “adult in the room”:

“I think the line that he was the adult in the room was something that we all sort of talked about early on,” Cumberbatch said. “He’s in the room with Iron Man and he’s trying to pull him together and focus him on this pretty sobering threat that’s imminent and yeah, it was apparent that if it was just name calling name calling name calling name calling if it was just that all of the time … one of them just had to go ‘I can really take your name calling you fifth grader idiot’ and go back to the job at hand and so that was really what my role was.”

It’s certainly an interesting tease for the soon to be released film and understandable to hear that there will be plenty of personalities clashing while our heroes attempt to unite and defeat their foe.

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An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Avengers: Infinity War opens on April 27th 2018 and will feature an all-star cast including Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Sean Gunn (Rocket, Kraglin), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Winston Duke (M’Baku) and Peter Dinklage and Terry Notary in as-yet-unrevealed roles.

 

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

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