MCU: 10 Characters That Could Make Up The Illuminati
4. Doctor Strange
Now wouldn’t this be something? Recent MCU years have seen multiple heroes come face to face with themselves, whether it is Captain America fighting his past self, Loki meeting a committee of his Variants, or Peter Parker joining forces with Peter Parker and Peter Parker.
In 2022, Doctor Strange will be the latest addition to this list. The first trailer for the Multiverse of Madness showed what would appear to be Doctor Strange Supreme, the same Strange Variant from What If…? on Disney+, while another Variant currently known as Defender Strange has also been glimpsed in the marketing.
That’s not to say that these are the only Doctor Strange Variants that will appear in the movie, and any one of them could have a seat on the Illuminati council. Strange is one of the most powerful beings in the universe after all, with arguably our version being the least powerful seen so far.
This would make things even weirder when Stephen is hauled in front of the Illuminati by the Ultron Sentries, particularly if this is his first interaction with another version of himself. Benedict Cumberbatch’s acting range is essentially as limitless as the multiverse in which he will be acting, and so Sam Raimi could really have some fun with this idea.