00:15We've had Norse gods, we've had billionaire playboy philanthropists who have a genius
00:21poncho for building ironclad suits and protective weaponry for the world.
00:25We've had a genetically re-engineered superhero Captain America and now we're moving into
00:30a new era, a new chapter, Black Panther and Captain Marvel as well to be included in that
00:36number.
00:37And Stephen Strange just makes the canvas a lot bigger, he's Sorcerer Supreme, we'll get
00:42there eventually, and he protects what the Avengers know as their reality from other
00:48dimensional forces.
00:49So yeah, just when you think a frame of a superhero film is getting a little bit full, we've just
00:55made it go sketched.
00:56And to see the full composition by the end is just mind-blowingly beautiful.
01:01So I'm thrilled for audiences to get a thrill on that level, let alone the story and broadening
01:06the cinematic universe with this great character Stephen Strange.
01:08The ancient one in the comics is an old Asian dude sitting on the top of a mountain handing
01:13down the wisdoms to the white hero.
01:16And Scott Derrickson and Marvel wanted to shake up that rather noxious stereotype and come what
01:23may they asked me if I would do it.
01:25And I just figured that the lowest common denominator between that old dude and me is some kind of,
01:33or something I could play, is some sort of perspective.
01:38You know, someone that old who's 700, 1000 years old has got real perspective and doesn't
01:46sweat.
01:46Doesn't sweat the small stuff, doesn't sweat the medium stuff, probably doesn't sweat at all,
01:50and is also a badass by the way, but is light and flexible and relaxed and like a good leader.
01:58I'm gushing about it obviously, but I just, I was really blown away.
02:02I think everyone's performance is phenomenal and I feel really lucky to be a part of such
02:07a, you know, high caliber cast and it's funny and it's fun and yet there's such deep emotion
02:15to it and it's really about something.
02:19And as Scott said, he wanted it to be about building up rather than tearing down.
02:23And at the end it's not about destruction, it's about reconstruction.
02:27And, you know, and I think that's very cool to, you know, something different.
02:30So, it's very fresh.
02:32Oh yeah, it was great.
02:33Yeah, yeah.
02:34I was really thrilled.
02:35And also to sort of hook up with some buddies.
02:37You know, Benedict's I've known her a number of years and she was a good paladin man.
02:41And, you know, just to be involved in a, sort of have an East Asian superhero, you know,
02:50and to claim it by birthright is fantastic.
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