Benedict Cumberbatch

The actor spoke to ITV News London at a photocall for his new film, Marvel's Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness. | ITV News London.

And that’s how I got to see The Power Of The Dog (which saw her co-star Cumberbatch nominated for an Oscar) and so it’s not just Marvel films that need to be seen on screen. Speaking to ITV News London at a photocall for his new film, Marvel’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, he said: Tap above to watch video report by Rachael Brown about new film, Marvel’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' Benedict Cumberbatch expressed his disappointment regarding the film's ban in certain countries.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will see the titular Master of the Mystic Arts embark on a journey across different universes. It feels truly out of step with everything that we’ve experienced as a species, let alone where we’re at globally more as a culture, but frankly, it’s just even more reason why this isn’t tokenism to include an LGBTQ+ community member." "It is, I’m afraid, an expected disappointment," said Cumberbatch. "We’ve come to know from those repressive regimes that their lack of tolerance is exclusionary to people who deserve to be not only included, but celebrated for who they are and made to feel part of a society and a culture and not punished for their sexuality.

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He added: "We've included her because of how awesome she is as a character. And that's all it should be." "But frankly, it's just even more reason why this isn't tokenism to include an LGBTQ+ community member.

Benedict Cumberbatch has called the bans facing 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' "an expected disappointment."

We still have to push for inclusion and equality and I’m very glad in a small, but on a very big canvas, Marvel and Disney are doing that.” We’ve come to know from those repressive regimes that their lack of tolerance is exclusionary to people who deserve to be, not only included, but celebrated for who they are and made to feel part of a society and a culture and not punished for their sexuality. And I wish it wasn’t. I wish we could be having a normalized conversation about this where it wasn’t an issue but we’re not.