Highlights
• Benedict Cumberbatch, who is best known for his roles in the television series Sherlock and the films
• He expects to offer another entertaining feature with the much-anticipated sequel.
Benedict Cumberbatch has had a long relationship with India, dating back to his teenage years, and the star of “Doctor Strange” says he wishes to return one day to meet India’s “first superhero.”
The British actor, who took a gap year after graduating from high school to teach English at a Tibetan monastery in Darjeeling, cherishes his six-month sojourn in India.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE is an actor from the United Kingdom. He has garnered numerous awards for his roles on screen and stage, including a British Academy Television Award, a
Primetime Emmy Award, a Critics’ Choice Television Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.
I love your country, as well as your various cultures: Benedict Cumberbatch
It feels like I was there practically a lifetime ago, when I was in my late teens, teaching, exploring, and travelling for six months.
In a virtual roundtable chat for his next film “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” Cumberbatch said “I’d love to have a cause to come back, and if that’s to engage with the first Indian superhero, bring it on.”
The 45-year-old actor makes his fifth appearance as Dr Stephen Strange aka Sorcerer Supreme in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in part two of Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange” (2016).
Two time Academy Award nominee
When asked which Hindi film actor he thinks might join the MCU, the London-born actor asked for suggestions, and when Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan were mentioned, he answered, “Khan is wonderful.”
The two-time Academy Award nominee, who is also known for his work on the TV show Sherlock and the films The Imitation Game and The Power of the Dog, said he is aware of the popularity of the Doctor
Strange films in India and hopes to deliver another entertaining film with the much-anticipated sequel.
