“Don’t ever believe anything I say.”

That includesSpider-Man: No Way Home’sAndrew GarfieldandAnt-Man’sPaul Rudd, among others.

“Don’t ever believe anything I say,” he said “with a smirk.”

Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in Marvel’s DOCTOR STRANGE (2016)

Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Doctor Strange’.Credit:Jay Maidment/Marvel

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The update was unveiled at Comic-Con last year, where surprise!

it was revealed thatRobert Downey Jr.wouldreturn to the MCU not as Iron Man but as Doctor Doomin the upcomingDoomsday.

Benedict Cumberbatch at the Variety Sundance Cover Party presented by United at the United Airlines Lodge on Main on January 25, 2025 in Park City, Utah

Benedict Cumberbatch at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.Rich Polk/Variety via Getty

“Hes quite central to where things might go, he said of Doctor Strange at the time.

He also divulged that there will indeed be a third solo Doctor Strange movie at some point.

It would follow 2016’sDoctor Strangeand 2022’sDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

They are very open to discussing where we go next, said Cumberbatch.

“Who do you want to write and direct the next one?

What part of the comic lore do you want to explore so that Strange can keep evolving?

Hes a very rich character to play.