Rachel McAdams is joining the Marvel family in the highly-anticipated Doctor Strange movie.
The True Detective actress revealed on Monday (September 14) that she will star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2016 cosmic epic, reports TheWrap. A spokesperson for Marvel declined to comment to Digital Spy.
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McAdams tipped a possible role in Doctor Strange in July, but cautioned at the time: "I don't know where that's gonna go, if it's gonna go anywhere at all."
Doctor Strange already boasts a star-studded cast, with Tilda Swinton portraying a gender-bending version of the Sorcerer Supreme's mentor the Ancient One and Chiwetel Ejiofor as the baddie Mordo.
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Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen is also apparently being courted to play a villain in Doctor Strange.
Scott Derrickson's introduction to the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe is currently slated for October 28, 2016 in the UK and November 4, 2016 in the US.
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