Instead of being a supervillain in Joker, he could have been an MCU hero.
It’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role of Doctor Strange other than the ever-charismatic Benedict Cumberbatch, but the fact is that things could have been very different.
According to the film’s director, it was extremely close that the role of the magical doctor went to none other than Joaquin Phoenix, something Derrickson talked about in an interview with Slash Film.
«Well, all I’ll say is I spent some time with him. I spent a couple of long afternoons with him and really was really impressed with him personally and his thought process.
