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Benedict Cumberbatch On Doctor Strange's True Super Power

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Benedict Cumberbatch On Doctor Strange's True Super Power

Published Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:59:38 -0500

by Dan Wickline

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Last updated Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:59:50 -0500

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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, actor Benedict Cumberbatch talked about his upcoming turn as the Sorcerer Supreme in the Scott Derrickson directed Doctor Strange. Even with the Cloak of Levitation and the Eye of Agamotto, the Sherlock star says the Doctor's true super power is something else completely.

This man reaches the very bottom and then more," says Cumberbatch. "You think, How much more can this guy take? He's broken, he gets up again, he's broken — and that's really what makes him a superhero. A lot of people have asked me, 'What makes him a superhero?' That's really the answer I should have given. It's not the Cloak of Levitation. It's not the Eye of Agamotto. It's about his staying power. It's a marathon and not a sprint. The guy endures so much.

Doctor Strange will be in theaters November 4th.

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