MCU: 12 Things You Learn Rewatching Doctor Strange

9. His Beard Is As Awful As His Hand Make-Up Is Great

Doctor Strange Beard
Marvel Studios

Clearly, the money that went into the stunning digital effects work meant that there wasn't much left to give to the fake beard department. Because Benedict Cumberbatch's attempt at a beard - which is either a very bad fake or a very tragic real beard - is the stuff of nightmares.

On the other hand, the make-up work that went into his smashed hands - at every stage of his recovery from that horrific shot of him heavily pinned in hospital to the scars he's left with in Kamar-Taj - is quite wonderful and deserved awards. Maybe if his beard hadn't looked so terribly the hand-work might have got more attention.

It's no wonder he goes for a smarter goatee in the end.

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