Benedict Cumberbatch addresses confusion over Doctor Strange’s cloak

Benedict Cumberbatch (Ian West/PA)

Benedict Cumberbatch (Ian West/PA)

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020 - 11:07
Alex Green, PA Entertainment Reporter

Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch has admitted that it irritates him when fans call his character’s cloak of levitation a cape.

The 44-year-old has played the egotistical surgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2016.

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