Benedict Cumberbatch offered 7.5 mn pounds to reprise role as Doctor Strange in upcoming sequel

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been offered a whopping 7.5 million pounds to star in the sequel of his hit film Doctor Strange. According to Mirror, the _Avengers: Infinity War_ star will get a 5 million pound raise in his salary from the Disney Studios for reprising his role as the title character in another solo film. [caption id=“attachment_4445939” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Doctor Strange. Image from Facebook[/caption] “Benedict has become a huge player in the Marvel universe,” an insider told the newspaper. In March , however, the actor had said that the prospects of seeing him another Doctor Strange standalone film were uncertain. Cumberbatch first played the part in the Scott Derickson-directed Doctor Strange in 2016 and later appeared briefly in Thor: Ragnarok , which released in 2017. His character is a surgeon-turned-sorcerer who uses his special powers to protect Earth from celestial intruders and mystical dark powers. Doctor Strange was a pivotal character in Infinity War and the 42-year-old actor will play the part again in the untitled Avengers 4 , which is due to release in 2019. The paper reported that Cumberbatch has already made 4.2 million pounds in total from his work on the Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok and the last two Avengers movies. The report also stated that the Doctor Strange sequel is expected to start shooting in 2019. (With inputs from Press Trust of India)