Benedict Cumberbatch has no plans to leave Marvel post-Doctor Strange 2

Although Benedict Cumberbatch joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe a tad late in the game, his character Doctor Strange has become one of its most pivotal denizens. Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Doctor Strange played a crucial role in the animated Marvel series What If…? and will be a huge part of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which comes out in just a couple of weeks. And he’ll finally take center stage again in next year’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

It’s now impossible to think of the MCU without Doctor Strange or Benedict Cumberbatch. And fortunately for fans, it doesn’t seem Cumberbatch has any intentions of hanging up the Cloak of Levitation just yet.

Is Benedict Cumberbatch leaving Marvel after Doctor Strange 2?

With rumors regarding his future in the MCU swirling, Benedict Cumberbatch has opened up about his plans beyond Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. While recent years have seen many MCU mainstays walking away — Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., etc — Cumberbatch recently revealed to USA Today that he currently has no plans of leaving the character or the MCU behind, at least so long as the writers continue to find new challenges and ways of keeping the character fresh. “As long as the character is interesting and challenging and doing fantastic things in the MCU, why not?” Cumberbatch said.

Considering this is the MCU we’re talking about and the writers are always finding new ways to reinvent characters and add new dimensions (sometimes, literally) to the universe they’ve established, so there should be plenty more Doctor Strange to come. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.

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h/t Digital Spy