# Benedict Cumberbatch is Dr Strange **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681 "2014-10-27T19:24:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/41 "2014-10-28T18:51:05Z")
I want Peter Hooten & Jeffrey Combs to have cameos in this. And btw, I see Benedict Cumberbatch more as Dr. Strange than I ever would have considered him as Khan. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/42 "2014-10-28T18:55:27Z")
I’ve been a Dr. Strange fan since day one. I’m very happy with the choice of Cumberbatch. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/43 "2014-10-28T18:59:39Z")
I don’t think that fans would object to a change of nationality. Kingpin and Nick Fury both got their races changed, and everyone seems to think that those worked out well enough. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/44 "2014-10-28T19:32:24Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > He’s American, because he’s not called “Mr. Strange.” He didn’t spend six years in strange medical school to be called “mister”. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/45 "2014-10-28T19:51:34Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think that fans would object to a change of nationality. Kingpin and Nick Fury both got their races changed, and everyone seems to think that those worked out well enough. Let’s change his gender too! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/46 "2014-10-28T22:54:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > He didn’t spend six years in strange medical school to be called “mister”. “Mister” is the term of honour for UK surgeons.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/47 "2014-10-28T23:04:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Nationality probably isn’t that important, as Strange usually talks like a college professor. The character is a NYC native, but doesn’t display any distinct regional mannerisms IIRC. Back in the day, he would’ve been played by Vincent Price. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/48 "2014-10-28T23:08:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think that fans would object to a change of nationality. Kingpin and Nick Fury both got their races changed, and everyone seems to think that those worked out well enough. Kingpin just got changed back though. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/49 "2014-10-28T23:23:47Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Back in the day, he would’ve been played by Vincent Price. +1, Like, etc ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/50 "2014-10-29T01:07:05Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Let’s change his gender too! Funny you should mention that: [http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/showbiz/female-new-thor/](http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/showbiz/female-new-thor/) > [@Sherrerd](#): > > “Mister” is the term of honour for UK surgeons.🙂 And Anglican priests, and British military officers of the rank of lieutenant and below, I’ve read. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/51 "2014-10-29T03:33:43Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I was hoping it would be an earlier rumored name - Jack Huston - but I guess since he will now be the new Ben Hur, he is no longer available. Now wait a minute? There’s going to be a _Ben-Hur_ remake? Really? I’ve seen both the silent and the sound versions, hard to think in this day and age that those epics could be bettered. We knew it was all real stunts and real sets and no CGI. Plus topless girls in the silent version! And male nudity, well, from the back anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/52 "2014-10-29T07:22:01Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > What? Benedict Cumberbatch had a role in _August Osage County_. Complete with Okie accent. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/53 "2014-10-29T08:10:29Z")
IIRC he also did a decent Southern accent in _12 Years a Slave._ ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681/54 "2014-10-29T08:31:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think that fans would object to a change of nationality. Kingpin and Nick Fury both got their races changed, and everyone seems to think that those worked out well enough. Weirdly, the Kingpin was originally designed as black, but there were concerns about the then-current political sensitivities. And the Daredevil movie Kingpin would’ve been white if they’d found an actor of the requisite size who was at least as good as Michael Clarke Duncan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-cumberbatch-is-dr-strange/702681.md?page=2)