Turns Out Doctor Strange Was Actually Going To Be In WandaVision At One Point

Turns Out Doctor Strange Was Actually Going To Be In ‘WandaVision’ At One Point

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will get these two together, but Benedict Cumberbatch almost gave Wanda a hand in WandaVision.

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Turns Out Doctor Strange Was Actually Going To Be In WandaVision At One Point

WandaVision certainly left its mark as Disney Plus’ first Marvel series and Wanda Maximoff’s solo outing will do the same for the MCU’s Phase Four. However, according to Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige, the Scarlet Witch almost got some magical company from Doctor Strange.

Across its nine episodes, WandaVision kept teasing fans with the possibility of epic cameos, partly due to some masterful misdirection from Paul Bettany himself. But, in the end, the show didn’t really fulfill the lofty expectations many had. Aside from Evan Peters’ “Fietro” appearance, WandaVision kept things simple because the show’s reality-twisting plot already warranted enough attention in the lead up to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

In a recent interview for Rolling Stone, Feige revealed that Benedict Cumberbatch was, in fact, set to take part in WandaVision, and contrary to prior speculation, the ideas for his involvement were cut due to creative reasons rather than logistical complications related to the pandemic. As Feige puts it, bringing in Doctor Strange would have taken away from what was supposed to be a very personal story for Wanda, and they really didn’t “want the end of the show to be commoditized to go to the next movie — here’s the white guy, ‘Let me show you how power works.’”

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These plans went as far as having Doctor Strange be the one who was behind WandaVision’s cryptic commercial breaks as a way to communicate with the Scarlet Witch. In Marvel’s vision, despite how cool it would have been to see Doctor Strange, it wasn’t necessary and therefore it didn’t warrant an appearance from the sorcerer just for the sake of fan service. As a result of Doctor Strange being written out of WandaVision, despite Cumberbatch inking a deal to appear in the series finale, the Doctor Strange sequel had to be rewritten.

In the end, the WandaVision finale and its post-credits scenes rounded off the Scarlet Witch’s introduction to the MCU just fine, with calls for Doctor Strange’s intervention mostly stemming from the hype the fans themselves generated. Peters’ inexplicably showing up at Wanda’s doorstep as the fake Quicksilver actually made perfect within the rules under which the makeshift world of Westview operated, and it served to show the protagonists confused mental state.

Judging from Malcolm Spellman’s own comments on the possibility of having Spider-Man show up in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s final episode, it would appear Marvel is really against pointless fan service. While that may disappoint fans in the short term, it will certainly boost the artistic credential of each of these individual stories for the better.

WandaVision is now available on Disney Plus and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is scheduled to hit theaters on March 25, 2022.

Source: Rolling Stone

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