Ryan and Patrick Talk About Being Cast in a Doctor Strange Sequel Rumor
Key Takeaways:
- Ryan Reynolds and Patrick Stewart have spoken out in response to rumours that they may appear in the next Doctor Strange sequel.
- Olsen, 32, spoke to Variety about filming the Doctor Strange sequel and how the plots feed one other after finishing WandaVision last year.
Ryan Reynolds and Patrick Stewart have spoken out about reports that they may participate in the upcoming sequel to Doctor Strange.
During Super Bowl LVI last week, a new teaser for the next film, titled Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, premiered.
Fans noted a voice that sounded extremely similar to Stewart's, stating, "We should tell him the truth," in the video. In Marvel's X-Men film series, the British actor, 81, played the telekinetic Professor Charles Xavier.
In a recent interview with Comic Book, Stewart was asked about the rumors, but he remained tight-lipped regarding his role in the sequel.
"You know, ever since I appeared on the stage 60 years ago, people have been copying my voice," Stewart told the site. "As a result, I can't be held liable."
Meanwhile, Reynolds, 45, who plays Deadpool in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has rejected reports that he would appear in the film after fans saw what they think to be a Deadpool picture on a billboard. (Disney also combined with 20th Century Fox, the studio that produced the first two Deadpool films.)
"I assume I'm not meant to say anything about it," Reynolds told Variety. "But I'm not in the movie." "I may be an untrustworthy narrator, but I swear I'm not in the movie."
Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) enlists the assistance of Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff/Scarlett Witch to manage merging realities in the action-packed trailer. Strange Supreme, a dark variation who previously featured in the Disney+ series What If...?, also appears in this episode.
In addition to Rachel McAdams as Dr. Christine Palmer, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Strange's mentor-turned-enemy Karl Mordo, the picture is directed by Sam Raimi, who previously helmed the Tobey Maguire–led Spider-Man films in the early 2000s. America Chavez, played by Xochitl Gomez, will also make her MCU debut.
After finishing WandaVision last year, Olsen, 32, talked to Variety about filming the Doctor Strange sequel and how the storylines inform each other. Her performance in the limited series garnered her an Emmy nomination.
"I didn't find out about my role in Doctor Strange until just before we started filming again during the epidemic. We only had two months left, and we'd already finished filming most of our program. "She recalled the incident at the time. "I didn't know anything until they verbally presented [Doctor Strange 2] to me."
Olsen said, "So I attempted, as best I could, to make it affect WandaVision in the same way that WandaVision affected it. That, I believe, is where the relationship lies. It's almost as if we're trying to make sure that whatever we do [on the program] is in keeping with what we did."