--- title: Rachel McAdams is in Early Talks for Marvel's Doctor Strange description: McAdams is considering a role as the female lead in the upcoming Marvel film canonical: https://time.com/3974503/rachel-mcadams-is-in-early-talks-for-doctor-strange/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-28T11:56:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:38:44.138Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Rachel McAdams could appear in upcoming Marvel film og:description: McAdams confirms she's in early talks for a role in Doctor Strange og:url: https://time.com/3974503/rachel-mcadams-is-in-early-talks-for-doctor-strange/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ef3497ff869547f/69885cb6a988ca236e6b3a5c/rachel-mcadams.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: rachel mcadams og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rachel McAdams could appear in upcoming Marvel film twitter:description: McAdams confirms she's in early talks for a role in Doctor Strange twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ef3497ff869547f/69885cb6a988ca236e6b3a5c/rachel-mcadams.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rachel McAdams is in Early Talks for _Doctor Strange_ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 28, 2015 11:56 AM UTC  Rachel McAdams is seen on 'Good Morning America' on July 23, 2015 in New York City. Rachel McAdams is seen on 'Good Morning America' on July 23, 2015 in New York City.Alessio Botticelli—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 28, 2015 11:56 AM UTC Actor Rachel McAdams is in the running to [play the female lead](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-rachel-mcadams-southpaw-true-detective-20150724-story.html#page=2) in Marvel’s _Doctor Strange_. In an interview with the [Los Angeles _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-rachel-mcadams-southpaw-true-detective-20150724-story.html#page=2), the _True Detective_ star confirmed that she is considering the role in the upcoming film, which is set to star Benedict Cumberbatch. McAdams, however, told the _Times_ that her considerations for the role are “still super-early days, and I don’t know where that’s gonna go, if it’s gonna go anywhere at all.” Deadline reports Tilda Swinton and Chiwetel Ejiofor are also slated to star in the film, which will be released in Nov. 2016. \[[LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-rachel-mcadams-southpaw-true-detective-20150724-story.html#page=2)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3974503/rachel-mcadams-is-in-early-talks-for-doctor-strange/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3974503/rachel-mcadams-is-in-early-talks-for-doctor-strange/"},"headline":"Rachel McAdams is in Early Talks for Doctor Strange","datePublished":"2015-07-28T11:56:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:38:44.138Z","description":"McAdams is considering a role as the female lead in the upcoming Marvel film","url":"https://time.com/3974503/rachel-mcadams-is-in-early-talks-for-doctor-strange/","keywords":["movies","celebrities","films","doctor strange"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ef3497ff869547f/69885cb6a988ca236e6b3a5c/rachel-mcadams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ef3497ff869547f/69885cb6a988ca236e6b3a5c/rachel-mcadams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rachel mcadams","caption":"rachel mcadams","creditText":"Alessio Botticelli—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3974503/rachel-mcadams-is-in-early-talks-for-doctor-strange/","name":"Rachel McAdams is in Early Talks for Doctor Strange"}}]}] ```