{"id":12733,"date":"2014-06-03T18:47:47","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T01:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/?p=12733"},"modified":"2014-06-03T18:47:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T01:47:47","slug":"rumor-marvel-is-looking-at-jared-leto-for-doctor-strange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=12733","title":{"rendered":"[RUMOR] Marvel is looking at Jared Leto for Doctor Strange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/jared-leto-jared-leto-34348032-500-675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-12739\" src=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/jared-leto-jared-leto-34348032-500-675.jpg\" alt=\"jared-leto-jared-leto-34348032-500-675\" width=\"523\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today it was revealed that\u00a0Scott Derrickson\u00a0(Sinister) will be directing the upcoming<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p3e2Iv-3jl\"> Marvel Phase 3 film DOCTOR STRANGE<\/a>\u00a0and now we have the first real rumor surrounding the casting of the title character.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/badassdigest.com\/2014\/06\/03\/scott-derrickson-is-probably-directing-dr.-strange\">Badass Digest<\/a>, that Marvel is eyeing actor Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) for the role of Doctor Stephen Strange.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>I had heard that Derrickson wanted to take a swing at the script, and it&#8217;s interesting that there is no writer announced in the Variety story. I have also heard that Marvel likes (or liked, I don&#8217;t know what the current status of this is) Jared Leto for Stephen Strange. God help us all if that&#8217;s true.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While the actor really has proven his acting chops over the years with roles in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #70579d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0180093\/?ref_=nm_knf_t1\">Requiem for a Dream\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and even landing an Oscar in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #70579d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0790636\/?ref_=nm_knf_t2\">Dallas Buyers Club,\u00a0<\/a> he would not only fit the age range that Marvel was previously rumored to be looking at but also he has the look of the character. I, for one, love the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n&nbsp; Earlier today it was revealed that\u00a0Scott Derrickson\u00a0(Sinister) will be directing the upcoming Marvel Phase 3 film DOCTOR STRANGE\u00a0and now&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=12733\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo; Marvel is looking at Jared Leto for Doctor Strange&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[RUMOR] Marvel is looking at Jared Leto for Doctor Strange - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=12733\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[RUMOR] Marvel is looking at Jared Leto for Doctor Strange - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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