Benedict Cumberbatch is clarifying feedback he made in a earlier multiverse about his involvement within the subsequent Avengers movie, claiming that he’ll reprise his function as Physician Unusual in Doomsday in spite of everything.

The actor was uncharacteristically forthcoming for a Marvel star when he let it slip earlier this month that Physician Unusual, who performed main roles in Infinity Warfare and Endgame, wouldn’t seem within the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. However Cumberbatch has since modified his tune, revealing at this 12 months's Sundance Movie Competition that he was unsuitable.

"I received that unsuitable, I’m within the subsequent one," Cumberbatch advised Enterprise Insider when requested if he acquired any "sternly-worded emails" from the infamously secretive Marvel staff. It's unclear if Cumberbatch is being 100% truthful, as many Marvel stars have lied about their involvement within the movies. That features Spider-Man: No Means Residence's Andrew Garfield and Ant-Man's Paul Rudd, amongst others.

Benedict Cumberbatch says he's sitting out Avengers: Doomsday but will be 'in a lot' of Secret Wars

When BI made word of those fabrications (these Marvel nondisclosure agreements have to be extra iron-clad than Iron Man himself), Cumberbatch remained coy. "Don't ever imagine something I say," he stated "with a smirk."

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Initially titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and meant to concentrate on villain Kang the Conquerer, the upcoming fifth iteration was reworked within the wake of star Jonathan Majors' authorized troubles. The replace was unveiled at Comedian-Con final 12 months, the place — shock! — it was revealed that Robert Downey Jr. would return to the MCU not as Iron Man however as Physician Doom within the upcoming Doomsday.

Cumberbatch, who attended this 12 months's Sundance for the premiere of his new movie The Factor With Feathers, advised Selection earlier this month that he wouldn’t seem in Doomsday — however that he can be in "loads" of Avengers: Secret Wars, which is ready to return after Doomsday. "He’s fairly central to the place issues would possibly go,” he stated of Physician Unusual on the time.

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He additionally divulged that there’ll certainly be a 3rd solo Physician Unusual film in some unspecified time in the future. It might observe 2016's Physician Unusual and 2022's Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity. Cumberbatch didn’t share any further particulars, however he stated that Marvel was all ears when it got here to his personal concepts for his character's journey.

“They’re very open to discussing the place we go subsequent,” stated Cumberbatch. "Who do you wish to write and direct the following one? What a part of the comedian lore do you wish to discover in order that Unusual can hold evolving? He’s a really wealthy character to play. He’s a fancy, contradictory, troubled human who’s received these extraordinary talents, so there’s potent stuff to mess about with.”

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