‘Doctor Strange’ Brings In Some Muscle: Scott Adkins Joins Marvel Movie
So far, Marvel’sDoctor Strangehas collected a cast that seems like they’d be more at home at reciting Shakespeare or the brothers Coen than throwing down with supervillains. But the film’s latest addition guarantees we can count on some pretty kickass action scenes as well.Scott Adkins(The Expendables 2) has just joined the star-studded cast, which includesBenedict Cumberbatchas the title character. More about theDoctor StrangeScott Adkins casting after the jump.
Directed byScott Derricksonfrom a script byJon Spaihts,Doctor Strangestars Cumberbatch as hotshot neurosurgeon Stephen Strange. When he loses the use of his hands in a terrible car accident, he goes on a desperate search to fix himself, and accidentally stumbles into the discovery of magic. Adkins' role is a mystery for the time being, butTheWrap, which broke the news, indicates we’ll see him in “several major action scenes featuring hand-to-hand combat.”
As previously reported,Tilda Swintonwill play Strange’s mentor in magic, the Ancient One;Chiwetel Ejioforwill play Strange’s villainous rival Baron Mordo; andMichael Stuhlbargwill play another doctor named Nicodemus West.Rachel McAdamshas the female lead role,rumored to be Night Nurse, andMads Mikkelsenis believed to be playing a villain.Amy Landeckerjoined the castearlier this weekbut her role has not yet been revealed.
LikeCaptain America: The Winter Soldieractor Frank Grillo, Adkins is an actor with extensive martial arts training under his belt. With his involvement,Doctor Strangeseems to have upped the ante on the action front. Adkins' previous credits includeThe Bourne Ultimatum,The Expendables 2,Zero Dark Thirty, andUniversal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, and a whole lot of direct-to-DVD thrillers. He’ll be seen next year in Sacha Baron Cohen’sThe Brothers Grimsbyand Ariel Vromen’sCriminal.
