First it was Avengers (2012); after, Captain America: Civil War (2016); after, Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and end of the game (2019); and finally Spiderman: No Way Home (2021). These are the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies that fans are dying to see as the franchise progresses. And now it’s your turn Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessdirected by acclaimed Sam Raimi (2022).
Behind Kevin Figthe mastermind behind such a long saga since Hombre de Hierro (2008), has been “full circle” with the American director since he was also involved in his Spider-Man trilogy (2002-2007). “I was a young producer who was lucky enough to be in the same room with him; And now I’m an old producer who is still lucky to have me in the same room with him.” And it has a “particularly surreal” feel.
Also, after trying hard to keep the plot’s biggest surprises a secret Spiderman: No Way Homestates that the only thing they can do is to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness This “make sure the experience itself works Regardless of what went wrong or not. Although they try to work as decently as possible to avoid leaks, and “he thinks a lot of people are good at it.”
America Chavez from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The inclusion of a homosexual character in Sam Raimi’s film shouldn’t surprise us. “It’s important that these films represent the world as it is, the world outside the window,” says Kevin Feige. “And this aspect of America’s character [Chávez] it’s from the comics and we always want to adapt it the best we can. But I think when people watch a movie, [comprenderá que]as in life, nothing defines character.”
Because “she’s a fourteen year old girl who understands that this very traumatic element of his life that is not an LGBT issue, but the fact that it continues to thrash around the multiverse.” Sexual tendencies of a superheroine are not the central fact Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. “But it’s an important part of the character he becomes in the comics. So we wanted to solve this problem.”
Michael Waldron, creator of WandaVision, and his changing script
Screenwriter Michael Waldronwho was already in charge of the mini-series WandaVision (2021), had the “great advantage of having inherited most” of the main characters, and it “creatively focused him”, saying. “I just manage these characters on the pages and there were a lot of opportunities,” he admits. What “collaborating with these amazing actors who know them bestthat he, “as the script develops”; usually “permanently”.
“It was real teamwork to create this story“, he states. “The first film was very much about how Stephen Strange entered this world of magic, learned about it and began to master it. Then he appeared in other films about the Avengers, and then in Spiderman: No Way Home“. D Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness This is the first film that really belongs to him, because it shows all his superhero potential.
“This is our chance to focus on this magic and check out what it looks like years later: this was the best surgeon, now he’s been a wizard for a while, and a lot has happened, but how good is he as a wizard?” Michael Waldron. “We see you at the peak of his powersAnd I think it’s really exciting.” And “you meet Wong turned Sorcerer Supreme” and Wanda. [Maximoff] at the peak of its development.
Some Actors Who Know Their Characters Better Than Anyone
Sam RaimiFor his part, he was well aware thattechnology has changed” since then, and capture what you want on the screen with the only limit of your imagination”it got a lot easier“. But “the technological difference that really allowed him to work so effectively on this film was Zoom, the modern telecommunications system,” he says with a laugh. However, the person responsible for Premonition (2000) is not joking at all.
“I could talk to dozens of team members at the same time,” he explains. “We could show the storyboard from the artist, the editor could bring in some of the cuts… We really had great audiovisual communication. And I could talk to hundreds of people at the same time. It’s incredible.” But the most important thing has not changed: “there are great actorslike these two,” he says, pointing to Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen, “like this young woman,” and points to Xochitl Gomez.
“And they know that the most important thing they can do is within themselves. That’s how people are connected to our superheroes“, – says Sam Raimi. “They have a huge experience, which they are not afraid to include in their performances. They also know their characters very well. These three at least [incluyendo a Benedict Wong] They’ve played their characters in so many major Marvel movies for so many years.”
“It’s nice to see how well they know their characters in this movie,” he continues. “Because what they meet is the Multiverse. They are essentially a mirror in the multiverse. And they meet altered versions of themselves. And these actors are so good that they know they only have to change some tiny aspect of their character’s personality in order to create an interesting conflict with oneself” during Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Team Narrative of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
According to Sam Raimi, the film’s script was changed “often minutes before” filming. “Y the actors are very creative“. Not only that: “They are stubborn. They know their characters better than anyone. Thus, by acting out the scene, they learn that something is not true, seems to be manipulated, or may be more real. And then we made changes, trying to take advantage of this very good idea. Thus, “something better than what you could do yourself” is achieved.
“And that’s how I got to work on this film,” the director continues: “gramgreat actors, great ideas, GUIorn is constantly changing. But it was a very lively process. Not only that, but other films that we have stories about, some of which were filming at the same time or just finished. What WandaVision just finished or Spiderman: No Way Home also rode. And our film references those films.”
There were meetings with his colleague Jon Watts to shed light on, for example, what Doctor Strange knows of Benedict Cumberbatch at the end of Tom Holland’s third adventure starring Peter Parker. “Do you even remember the multiverse? We had a lot of questions,” says Sam Raimi. And screenwriter Michael Waldron made the appropriate changes. “It’s probably is to the writer what improvisation is to the actor“.
“These films react, reconcile, change things, and you have to be in the moment, accept it and go with it,” says the author of the book. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, first real immersion cinematic universe miracle “In the World of Horrors”. And for him, “it was great” and exciting that Kevin Feige “called him to talk about the possibility of directing the film.”
The Terrifying Experience of Sam Raimi and the Genius of Elizabeth Olsen
“I was able to take the horror films I made as a teenager and what I learned from them, creating tense sequences that captivate the audience,” admits Sam Raimi. Are you going to scare them now? No. I’ll shake them now.” This is what I was able to apply spooky sequences this movie. So it was very helpful.” For example, to bring this film closer to the arc that he offers us about the Scarlet Witch.
“She is a classic character that I loved not too wisely, but very well. And I think that’s the source of a lot of her aspirations in the film, and sometimes it leads to less happy times for her.” “I don’t want to spoil anything, but I think Elizabeth [Olsen] He did a great job summarizing his approach.” And to the actress herself: “I think This very brilliant how you try to defend your character’s point of view. This is great”.
“That’s what we’re all trying to do in real life: ‘I’m that person and that’s what I believe in.’ That’s why it’s about trying to understand your beliefs, explain them, and sometimes defend them,” says Sam Raimi. “And I see that you do it very effectively in the film. You make it very real. On a fantastic journey in which Michael [Waldron] puts you in, you contribute great humanity and you connect it with the audience.”
The writer himself says that the Scarlet Witch is “renewed in a completely new way from the end WandaVision”, something for which, as the adventure of the protagonist and America Chavez, he wins a lot with Sam Raimi as the director. “I think this job has always gone back to when Sony hired Sam. [Raimi] in spider man“, says Kevin Feige: “hire great voice and great director to turn it into something special“.
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