Mads Mikkelsen’s role – first official details

As said, Dormammu has been rumored for a long time to be the hidden baddie of Doctor Strange, having also the potential of becoming the next big threat after the defeat of Thanos. And when Mads Mikkelsen was announced in a still unnamed role, everybody believed that he will portray the fearsome ruler of the Dark Dimension. Is it so?

In the same magazine, Kevin Feige talked about Mikkelsen’s character, naming him as being one of the scary things in these other dimensions. While Doctor Strange and the Ancient One protect the world, Mikkelsen’s character has other things in mind. Described as a powerful sorcerer who creates his own sect, the Marvel boss also said that he, “believes that the Ancient One is just protecting her own power base and that the world may be better off if we were to allow some of these other things through.”

In the same Entertainment Weekly interview, it was also revealed that the fans haven’t really guessed who this malevolent character is. So if the biggest and most spread rumor was that he is Dormammu, this turns out to be false.

Who might he be? Several names are circulating on the web right now, among which we can mention Silver Dagger and Shuma-Gorath. Some say that Chiwetel Ejiofor portrays Brother Voodoo, while Mads will be the real Baron Mordo. Some say that it will be an amalgam between the most powerful enemies of Doctor Strange (including Dormammu).

But the wildest (and most desirable) guess is that Mikkelsen is portraying none other than Doctor Doom – according to these speculations, Marvel and Fox have already made the deal, with the official announcement following when the full list of characters for Doctor Strange will be revealed.