Marvel releases six new character posters for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with one featuring Rachel McAdams’ Christine Palmer.
Rachel McAdams’ Christine Palmer received her own official character poster for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which was recently released by Marvel Studios.
Of the six character posters released for the Doctor Strange sequel, one features McAdams as Christine Palmer, indicating that the character will have a bigger role in the film than originally anticipated. Other posters include Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange, Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Mordo, Benedict Wong’s Wong, Xochitl Gomez’s America Chavez and Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch.
Christine receiving her own character poster is a welcome surprise after a recent television promo for Multiverse of Madness seemingly removed the character from a pivotal scene, which saw Doctor Strange and America Chavez looking through a multiversal portal. Dr. Christine Palmer first appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2016’s Doctor Strange, and the exact nature of her role in the sequel is unclear. Though, it was recently confirmed by producer Richie Palmer that Christine and Strange would not be in a romantic relationship in the sequel.
“They are not back together, unfortunately… as we saw at the end of Doctor Strange, he chose to stay in the Sanctum, meaning he can’t entertain his selfish desires,” Palmer said. “He would’ve loved to stay with Christine at the end of that movie, but he did the hard thing. He said, ‘No. I’m going to be a Super Hero and defend our reality. I have to move on.’ Our movie shows him dealing with the decisions he’s made. He might regret how things ended with Christine; he still carries a torch for her.”
Multiverse of Madness wrapped extensive reshoots in January 2021 with the additional material helmed by director Sam Raimi and Loki writer Michael Waldron. Raimi took over directorial duties from Scott Derrickson, who directed the first film and departed the sequel over creative differences. Following the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, it was reported that Multiverse of Madness would have “more fun with the multiverse,” with reshoots for the film including even more cameos and character introductions than originally intended.
The first trailer for Multiverse of Madness teased everything that Phase 4 of the MCU has been headed towards, depicting not only a possible team-up between Doctor Strange, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch and Wong, but the MCU debut of America Chavez/Miss America. Multiverse of Madness will pick up after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home and tie directly into two of Marvel’s Disney+ series, WandaVision and Loki, both of which dealt heavily with the multiverse.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness premieres in theaters on May 6, 2022.
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