Dr. Strange - Benedict Cumberbatch Cast!
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Just saw the trailer on Kimmel. Holy crap, that looks awesome. They already had me at "Benedict Cumberbatch," but now I'm actually looking forward to it.
Cool Teaser Trailer... my one complaint: Benedict is doing an American accent? Ugh. I wish he'd have kept his native accent. That's like 75% of his awesomeness.
That scene of NYC folding over on itself looked super cool. I remember that bit from Inception and it was amazing there too.
That scene of NYC folding over on itself looked super cool. I remember that bit from Inception and it was amazing there too.
I thought there was very little energy in the trailer a very slow pace to the whole thing. Also did not care for the Ancient One. In the brief views there was no sense of weight or "ancientness" to the character just a youthful looking, youthful sounding bald chick.
I suppose I was just looking for more of a magic feel right off the bat.
I suppose I was just looking for more of a magic feel right off the bat.
Yeah first time I watched it I was like "that sounds familiar", but couldn't place it. When i watched it the second time that was when I realised it was Doctor House.
Also a little disappointed he is doing an American accent. I'm not really familiar with Dr. Strange, but is his Americanness a major aspect of the character?
I thought the trailer did a good job of laying things out as a primer.
Car crash
Occupation-doctor/surgeon
Injured badly, hands severely
Goes searching to find....x/y/z
Finds more than he bargained for
Purpose finds him
Car crash
Occupation-doctor/surgeon
Injured badly, hands severely
Goes searching to find....x/y/z
Finds more than he bargained for
Purpose finds him
In the comics he has very strong ties with Greenwich Village, Manhattan, where he resides. Sort of like Daredevil and his relationship to Hell's Kitchen.
Not really. Sure, he's based out of the West Village, but there's nothing in his back story to preclude him from him being English. Hell, I'd be surprised if, in real life, there aren't some British expatriates living in the Village these days.
He could easily be a renowned English surgeon who accepted a post at a prestigious Manhattan hospital.
I'm glad he's doing an American accent. I would have gone with him sounding like he normally does if the actor couldn't do the accent or they didn't like the sound of him doing the accent (like how Patrick Stewart played a french guy with an English accent), but I don't get why people would be upset with him playing american. Its like how Hugh jackman is australian, but doesn't use the accent when he's Wolverine even though the movie Wolverine has barely any Canadian connections (they could easily have said that Wolverine migrated to Canada in his younger years and grown fond of it, explaining why he lives there, worked for their government and had so many events there). I also don't recall anyone saying that Ioan gruffudd's Mister Fantastic shouldn't be american, even though the actor is Welsh and has a noticeably non American accent normally.
I think once you start saying characters should be changed to fit the accents of the actors, you're getting a bit ridiculous. If the actor can do a good accent that isn't there own, why shouldn't they? If Cumberbatch can do a decent American accent, and doesn't have a problem doing it (which he apparently doesn't), there is no need to change the character. Heck, its something I don't think Cumberbatch has done on a big project before, so he gets to act a bit differently then he normally does, which is cool. He might even like doing something different. He's played british characters a lot, playing an American is something different for him, and I think it will be interesting. I think he'd be great regardless.
I think once you start saying characters should be changed to fit the accents of the actors, you're getting a bit ridiculous. If the actor can do a good accent that isn't there own, why shouldn't they? If Cumberbatch can do a decent American accent, and doesn't have a problem doing it (which he apparently doesn't), there is no need to change the character. Heck, its something I don't think Cumberbatch has done on a big project before, so he gets to act a bit differently then he normally does, which is cool. He might even like doing something different. He's played british characters a lot, playing an American is something different for him, and I think it will be interesting. I think he'd be great regardless.
No one is getting upset. It's just a shame he's not using his natural accent, which is much more recognizable (and fantastic) than Jackman's or obviously Gruffudd's.
Of all the ridiculous things you've said on the BBS, you find this ridiculous?
Well, seeing how the X-Men movies were all "Don't give a damn" with accents by having Xavier and Magneto speak with British Accents when neither are (Xavier is American and Magneto is Polish) I'm glad MCU stayed true here.
In Soviet MCU...
And speaking of, when Sean Connery's your star, Russian accents start sounding a lot more Scottish.
And speaking of, when Sean Connery's your star, Russian accents start sounding a lot more Scottish.
Really great first teaser trailer.
Just watched the trailer again, and I know nothing of Dr. Strange. So, considering my limited knowledge, I love that there was so much focus on his hands, since he defines himself through his physical identity, which a surgeon. And him coming to terms with there being more than just the physical by focusing a lot on bending reality.
