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Ryan ReynoldsandPatrick Stewartare addressing rumors that they will appear in the upcomingDoctor Strangesequel.
Last week, anew trailerfor the forthcoming movie — titledDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness— aired during Super Bowl LVI.
In theclip, fans noticed a voice sounding very similar to Stewart’s saying, “We should tell him the truth.” The British actor, 81, previously starred as the telekinetic Professor Charles Xavier in Marvel’sX-Menfilm series.
Stewart was asked about the speculation in a recent interview withComic Book, though he played coy about his involvement in the sequel.
“You know, people have been imitating my voice ever since I came on the stage 60 years ago,” Stewart told the outlet. “So, I can’t be held responsible for that.”
Meanwhile, Reynolds, 45 — who stars as Deadpool in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — also denied claims that he is in the film after fans noticed what they believe to be an image of the anti-hero in a poster. (Disney has also merged with 20th Century Fox, which owned the first twoDeadpoolmovies.)
“I guess I’m not really supposed to say anything about that, but I’m really not in the movie,” Reynolds toldVariety. “I could be an unreliable narrator, but I promise you I’m not in the movie.”
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In the action-packed trailer, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) enlists the help ofElizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff/Scarlett Witch to control colliding universes. He also comes face-to-face with his dark variant, Strange Supreme, who previously appeared in the Disney+ seriesWhat If…?
Last year, Olsen, 32, spoke toVarietyabout filming theDoctor Strangesequel after wrappingWandaVisionand how the stories inform each other. She earned an Emmy nomination for her performance in the limited series.
“I didn’t know my part inDoctor Strangeuntil right before we got back to filming during the pandemic. We had two months left and we’d filmed the majority of our show already,” she recalled at the time. “Really, I knew nothing until that moment when they pitched [Doctor Strange 2] to me verbally.”
Olsen added, “So I tried, as much as I could, almost less so, to have it affectWandaVisionas haveWandaVisionaffect it. I think that’s really been where the connection is. It’s almost like we’re trying to make sure that everything is honoring what we did [on the show].”
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesshits theaters on May 6.
source: people.com
