Mads Mikkelsen’s character’s name is still being kept secret.
[dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap]n addition to the photos being released showing off Benjamin Cumberbatch in his role as the mysterious and magical Doctor Strange, it was revealed that the Danish actor Mads Mikkelson is going to portray the lead villain in Marvel’s Doctor Strange.
Mads Mikkelsen, who is well-known for his role in the NBC drama Hannibal as well as movies like Casino Royal and A Royal Affair, is a renegade sorcerer who disagrees with Doctor Strange and the Ancient One’s way of keeping humanity safe from creatures of other dimensions. As the president of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige put it, Mads Mikkelsen’s character “believes that the Ancient One is just protecting her own power base and that the world may be better off if we were to allow some of these other things through.”
Unfortunately Kevin Feige and executive producer Stephen Broussard are refusing to reveal the name of Mads Mikkelsen’s character until later on in 2016. Luckily there are plenty of other Marvel movies between now and when Doctor Strange is released to hold us over.
Doctor Strange will open in theaters on November 4th, 2016.
