How are you?
I'm good. How are you?
Good. Good.
Always lovely to see you.
It's always nice to chat to you.
Congratulations.
And on Dr Strange Part Deux!.
Yeah, that was the
the working title Part Deux.
I have to start by saying,
even though it's not in the finished film of Spider-Man.
You did. You did tell him.
You did tell Steven about this these spells.
You did tell him.
And now here.
We all know what you've done now. Yes.
He's done now.
Now you're having to unpick it all.
How excited were you to go back to the obviously you've been
in the other movies in bits and bobs, but now you get to go back as a full movie
and now, obviously
as the Sorceror Supreme, you know, have that that amazing mantel.
Thank you. Very much.
I got a promotion and. No. Yeah. Over the six years.
Yeah.
Is there a pay rise in and a sort of version?
We hope so.
We live in hope.
But yeah, to go from no nonsense
midfield general librarian and to have portal
will travel go through the other course of the of the other movies.
Yeah he's he's picked up the gauntlet and now become the Sorcerer Supreme
and you know I love what they've done with the character
progression of Wong and
it you know they stand very much toe to toe
with Strange.
And you know he's just picking up the the the
the pieces of this trail of chaos he's left you know
is madness even snow you got to pick up snow you got to pick up
so these it's just just he's just absolutely create chaos isn't they.
And it's time he's been back since he was just yeah.
It hasn't exactly made it easier as he
was though.
What did you what did you think of one what would you think one's reaction
would have been to knowing about Ned and Spider-Man
and him being able to do the to do the pause and stuff like that?
Because that's usually his job.
Now, you might have another sidekick, I don't know, down the line.
Who knows?
Tune in for the series. Hey,
yeah, I know.
Is is interesting that Ned can do that.
You know, I was teasing with Jacob [Batalon] that that we should do
a series called The Sorcerer in The Apprentice.
But like
hey, you loving that?
You have to. I'm thinking it now. Disney plus.
The Sorceror and The Apprentice. It has to be done.
Come on.
You just put it out into the ether and see what happens.
You did.
We did talk about the Wong Cinematic Universe previously.
I quite like that idea. I that. That's the next.
That's what it's in an email.
Kevin Feige said that, you know, this is it.
I can't I can't do anything about it.
I just have to succumb to it.
So, um, but it's it's amazing. The
I've managed to sort of have all these cameos,
and then and now we're in, we're really in the thick of it here with us.
And you did to, to have Sam Raimi helm.
This is an absolute masterstroke and it's almost like we've got Wandavision
and No Way Home and you know, they converge and all roads lead to this.
Yeah.
What's it like we can ask you about working with Sam
because in some respects he kind of semi started this the first Spider-Man film.
Was it 20 years ago and now it's evolved to
so this can you can you see just why he is such a unique
filmmaker and that he's perfect for this kind of project
it's just his isn't he? You know, I mean
the, the, the, the master of horror,
the master one of the early OG's of
of, of the spider universe and
it's it's been really wonderful to sort of
see him return to this and
you know, after as you say like 20 years
and I, I often sort of think about the advancement of the,
of the technologies of, of what we can do and how we can
really visually realize the Steve Ditko
kaleidoscopic multi versal world
and we're just in for a real treat.
And then with that kind of Sam Raimi sprinkle, it's just there,
it's going to be a feast for your eyes.
Yeah.
Speaking of eyes, has he snuck his eyes into this one?
Can you, can you confirm or deny anything like that
because he's usually got is that eyes from people that's in his movies
that you know was going to say anything I
I've realized.
Yeah means no don't
that's that's just just don't do it.
Just don't do it Benedicts always lovely to talk with you.
Thanks so much for your time and good luck with the film.
Thanks a lot, ladies and gentlemen.
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