--- title: Photo of Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange description: Marvel fans were in for a treat on Monday morning when they were given their first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. canonical: https://time.com/4162125/benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange-photos/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-28T16:41:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:48.207Z og:title: Here's Your First Look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange og:description: It was one of the first times he tried on his costume og:url: https://time.com/4162125/benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Your First Look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange twitter:description: It was one of the first times he tried on his costume twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Your First Look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange ## Video: The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces [Watch (HLS stream): The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xe99vdU4.m3u8) (4:45)  _Published 2010-01-11. Steven James Snyder, Techland's resident movie geek, outlines the top 5 most under-rated sci-fi movies of all time_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 28, 2015 4:41 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 28, 2015 4:41 PM UTC Marvel fans were in for a treat Monday morning when [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/28/doctor-strange-first-look-benedict-cumberbatch-ew)revealed the first photo of [Benedict Cumberbatch](http://time.com/4128545/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-imitate-otters-with-johnny-depp/) as [Doctor Strange](http://time.com/4033645/rachel-mcadams-joins-benedict-cumberbatch-in-marvels-doctor-strange/). The photo shoot was one of the first times the 39-year-old actor tried on his costume for the upcoming [superhero film](http://time.com/4154301/most-anticipated-movies-2016/), which also features Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Mads Mikkelsen. > [](https://twitter.com/EW/status/681475580018167808) Cumberbatch told _EW_ that he used the cover photo session to get used to the way his character moves. “I’m still in the infancy of learning all that,” he said. “It was like, okay, I’ve got to keep throwing these poses, these spells, these rune-casting things, everything he does physically. I’m thinking, there’s going to be a huge amount of speculation and intrigue over the positioning of _that_ finger as opposed to it being _there_, or _there_. And I’m still working on that. We haven’t played _any_ of those scenes yet. I felt really self-conscious. But, then, by the end, it was great. 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