Rachel McAdams’ DOCTOR STRANGE Role Reportedly Revealed
Last month we learned that Rachel McAdams had been cast in Doctor Strange as Benedict Cumberbatch’s female co-star. We know Cumberbatch is playing Strange, Tilda Swinton is taking on the role of the Ancient One, and Chiwetel Ejiofor will be Baron Mordo. What hasn’t been revealed yet is who exactly McAdams is playing.
There was a lot of fan speculation that McAdams could be playing Clea, who is one of Stephen Strange’s love interests, but according to Latino-Review, that isn’t the case at all. Their sources tell them that the actress will be taking on the role of Christine Palmer, who is one of the night shift nurses from Marvel's Night Nurse.
I speculated a couple of months ago that McAdams would be playing the Night Nurse after Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight said they couldn’t use Night Nurse in the Netflix series because Marvel was saving her for a film. I assumed that film would be Doctor Strange because of her close ties to the character.
The only difference here is they are not using Linda Carter who is the most recognizable Night Nurse in the comics, because she is the first Night Nurse who was introduced. Since this is just a rumor at the moment, there still a chance that McAdams could be playing either one of them.
The site goes on to say, “Palmer is the primary protagonist of Night Nurse #4 from 1973, and Carter is barely in it. It might be because Palmer's background involved being a surgical assistant, which would make a good counter-point to Dr. Stephen Strange's surgeon.”
They make a very good point there. It really does make sense to see McAdams take on a Night Nurse role. Kevin Feige previously talked about McAdams' role in the film:
"She plays a very, very big part in the movie and represents a certain point of view of the worlds that we experience in that movie, but Doctor Strange, without a doubt, is the character we follow through the movie."
What do you think about about McAdams possibly playing one of the Night Nurses in Doctor Strange?
I saw a video reel featuring some concept art that was created for the film at Disney's D23 Expo, and here's what I wrote about it:
"Strange has been monitored by S.H.I.E.L.D., and we see him go through several different costume looks. Those include his traditional outfit, complete with his cape, and he even sports the gray hair at his temples.
"We got so see visuals of the car crash and his journey as he searches for the Ancient One. There was a lot of crazy cool astral plane art with a very magical and cosmic vibe. The collection of art was packed with planets and colorful lights. We see a city in which cars are suspended in air. Some of the art shows the city looking twisted and distorted, and it seems to turn in on itself. The last shot of the test footage was actually a piece of CG animated footage of Strange delivering a badass blast of light."
Doctor Strange is scheduled to hit theaters on November 4th, 2016. It's being directed by Scott Derrickson from a script written by Jon Spaihts.