Marvel’s superhero movie universe was turned upside down by an actor’s scandal. When Jonathan Majors was fired by Marvel for being convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend in late 2023, the actor …

 When Jonathan Majors was fired by Marvel for being convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend in late 2023, the actor changed the entire “cinematic universe” to bring in huge revenue.

In a recent interview with Variety, Benedict Cumberbatch – who plays Doctor Strange – revealed that he will not participate in the upcoming Avengers movie called Doomsday , scheduled to be released in 2026. The reason is because the previous plans of the Marvel cinematic universe focused on building towards choosing the main villain, Kang, played by Jonathan Majors. Kang was impressively established in a similar way to how Marvel succeeded with Thanos, but everything was completely turned upside down when the actor was involved in a scandal of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend. Marvel has decisively removed Jonathan Majors as well as the character Kang from the development plan, although this led to many changes. One of them was bringing the leading actor in the Marvel superhero universe – Robert Downey Jr. – back with a new role, the main villain Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday.

 

The scandal cost Jonathan Majors (right) his role and Robert Downey Jr. his return to the Marvel superhero universe (Photo: Getty Images, Marvel)

Benedict Cumberbatch said that he was completely surprised, even shocked, when Robert Downey Jr. appeared as Doctor Doom at Comic Con last year. And with this change, according to Benedict Cumberbatch, the character Doctor Strange is not suitable for the new film. He and fans will have to wait until 2027 with the most epic and intense superhero film ever – Avengers : Secret Wars – to see Doctor Strange again with more roles. However, fans still have the right to doubt the above revelations from Benedict Cumberbatch because up to now, the film studio and the actors have repeatedly “created confusion”, shared misleading information to surprise the audience.

Benedict Cumberbatch reveals Doctor Strange will not appear in Avengers: Doomsday

 

Also in a conversation with Variety, Benedict Cumberbatch admitted that, despite receiving a lot of praise for his appearance and charisma when taking on the role of Doctor Strange, he still felt quite “stiff”, not really comfortable the first time he entered the magical world of the Sorcerer Supreme character as well as the giant entertainment machine specializing in producing the most popular movies. Previously, the British actor was a familiar name on the stage, with typical famous television roles such as Sherlock or independent films, dramas, small art projects to support talents…

 

Benedict Cumberbatch is Variety’s new cover boy

After spending a lot of time with his co-stars, especially when observing the way Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Holland chatted comfortably during the filming of Spider-Man: Homecoming , Benedict Cumberbatch felt like he could put aside his tension and immerse himself in the superhero universe. With the character Doctor Strange, in addition to the shared films, the actor also had 2 successful solo films in terms of revenue, of which Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness earned more than 950 million USD in revenue and was the pivotal film to open the “multiverse”.