Cumberbatch has unexpected 2nd role in “Doctor Strange”November 10, 2016 - 13:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It's widely known that Benedict Cumberbatch is playing the titular neurosurgeon-turned-sorcerer in "Doctor Strange". However, it turns out that the British actor has another role in the recently-released superhero flick, and surprisingly, it's an even bigger bad guy than Mads Mikkelsen's treacherous character Kaecilius, AceShowbiz reports. As revealed by director Scott Derrickson, Cumberbatch was the actor who portrayed [SPOILER ALERT!] the galactic baddie Dormammu. Though the demon of the Dark Dimension only appears as a flaming, talking head in the universe during his confrontation with the Sorcerer Supreme, it was Cumberbatch who provided the facial motion capture and voice. "The reason for that was threefold," Derrickson told Empire. "One, Benedict suggested it. [Two,] the awesomeness of his voice - he was Smaug, of course. [Three,] he understood exactly who Dormammu was. He's the ultimate cosmic narcissist. There was something great about the mirrored relationship between the two of them." "Doctor Strange" also stars Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams and Benedict Wong. Since its premiere on November 4, the superhero flick has bagged almost $100 million domestically. As of now, it's raked in nearly $400 million worldwide. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |