Cumberbatch joins Marvel universe in "Doctor Strange"

British heartthrob Benedict Cumberbatch loved his close encounter with special effects when he swapped his Sherlock Holmes deerstalker for a superhero cape in his latest movie outing, "Doctor Strange". Stepping into the Marvel comics universe for the first time, the Oscar nominee plays the lead character in the Hollywood blockbuster, a neurosurgeon who encounters a hidden world of sorcery after losing the use of his hands in a car accident. "The... preparatory kind of storyboarded animation they use to map out really complex sequences is so thorough, it's an art form in itself." Cumberbatch, known for playing the famous detective in the "Sherlock" television series and Oscar nominated for his role as mathematician Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game", was joined on the red carpet by fellow Briton Tilda Swinton.