Doctor Strange trailer: First look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel’s The Sorcerer Supreme

Strange experiences astral projections and journeys between different dimensions 
Emma Powell13 April 2016
The Weekender

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Marvel has released the first trailer for the eagerly anticipated Doctor Strange.

Benedict Cumberbatch unveiled the first look on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night.

The two minute clip introduces the actor – and his American accent – as neurosurgeon Stephen Strange who is left with crippled hands after a severe car accident.

The trailer opens with a narrator telling Strange to “forget everything that you think you know,” before teasing Cumberbatch’s transformation into The Sorcerer Supreme with the help of The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton).

“You’re a man looking at the world through a keyhole,” she tells Strange. “You’ve spent your life trying to widen it. Your work saved the lives of thousands. What if I told you that reality is one of many?”

Despite telling her that he doesn’t “believe the fairytales about energy or the powers of belief” the clip wraps up with Strange begging the ancient one to “teach me”.

The trailer also gives fans their first glimpse of Rachel McAdams who appears to be a doctor and Stranges nemesis Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) as well as featuring astral projections and journeys between different dimensions – a marked difference from past Marvel films.

The Scott Derrickson​ directed film is slated for UK cinema release on October 28.

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