Has Marvel conjured up an acclaimed actor to bring classic evil icon to their Doctor Strange film?
Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Serenity) is playing Baron Mordo in Marvel’s Doctor Strange according to Deadline.
Mordo is Strange’s archenemy in comics but according to the story “don’t look for him to be necessarily a completely villainous character. Rather, he’s an amalgamation of characters culled from Doctor Strange‘s mythology.”
This is the second shift from comics canon. Tilda Swinton is reportedly playing The Ancient One, a Tibetan male sorcerer in the comics.
Strange and Mordo were students of The Ancient One, but Mordo tried to kill his teacher and seize his power.
Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Stephen Strange, an brilliant, arrogant neurosurgeon. After a horrific car accident Strange goes on a global quest for cure that leads to an underworld of magic and alternate dimensions. The former medical doctor becomes the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth and a fan-favorite Avenger.
Doctor Strange is set the film for release on November 4, 2016.
By Editor