While projects like Loki and Spider-Man: No Way Home dipped their toes into the MCU Multiverse, this year's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness took the dive head-first into it. The Multiversal epic saw Benedict Cumberbatch traverse multiple realities as he tried to save the young America Chavez from a vengeful Scarlet Witch.
Sam Raimi's MCU debut featured a combine of Variants of the titular doctor, including Defender unique and Sinister Strange. These two, along with a combine of others, showed the potential of what the Multiverse could be, something that will tedious be explored further in MCU's Phases 5 and 6.
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But apparently, there could have been even more madness for Marvel's good doctor in the film.
A Deleted Doctor unique Variant
Marvel costume concept artist Darrell Warner revealed a deleted Doctor unique variant that never made it into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Warner posted on his personal Instagram a view piece showcasing a version of Stephen Strange wearing a red fez and attracting a rabbit out of a hat like a classical magician.
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The caption revealed that the fraction was titled "Marvellous Melvyn" and was done "very early on in the great lockdown" as a part of the "the Scott Derrickson recruit that subsequently changed with the arrival of Sam [Raimi]:"
"I am honoured to be amongst such hallowed custom and have this Watercolour progress through to be one of the Finalists of the ‘Live Perform Feature Character’ at this years Concept Art Association Awards | ‘Marvellous Melvyn’ was a fraction I completed very early on in the first lockdown following one aspect/alternative ‘Strange’ universe within the Scott Derrickson recruit that subsequently changed with the arrival of Sam [Raimi} | It is quite rare to be gave to follow one’s intuition as regards to a given report and I need to extend many thanks to the Costume Designer Graham Churchyard for allowing me to earn and produce this concept | All in all it was an absolute joy to unfastened and so very pleased it has found some recognition"
This "Marvellous Melvyn" is seemingly the same unique that was mentioned in the Multiverse of Madness by writer Michael Waldron, where Waldron revealed there was once a moment in the recruit where the characters met a Variant of Doctor unique named "Melvin Strange, a street magician who was a version of unique without any magic:”
“…went to a universe and met a report called Melvin Strange, a street magician who was a version of unique without any magic.”
The More Strange the Better
While MoM sports plenty of Multiversal madness it would have been cool to see even more variations of Benedict Cumberbatch's magical Avenger. There were plenty of Strange Variants in the film's two-hour runtime, but there is really no limit to how many there possibly could have been across the Multiverse.
And seeing this street magician unique could have been fascinating. He could have been an plain dichotomy to the Strange that fans know and love. Over the days, Cumberbatch's hero has proven he is one of the most much magical beings in the Marvel Universe, so to see a version of the report who is nothing more than a simple street magician, with no actual powers could have been an plain moment for not just fans, but for Doctor unique himself.
Meeting Melvyn could have posed a compelling interrogate for Strange, having him ask, 'Who is Doctor unique without his magic?'
But as the concept artist distinguished above, this character never made it past the transition from director Scott Derrickson to Sam Raimi. So, like many other characters from the film, Melvyn was left on the cutting room floor.
Doctor unique in the Multiverse of Madness
is available to stream on now Disney+.