

It just about happened in LA over something like a six month time span which is an extraordinary thing. So, this sort of dream of getting the Illuminati all in one room at the same time didn't happen in London. Hayley Atwell was into M:I 7 and other things. We couldn't bring Patrick Stewart over to shoot at the same time as Hayley Atwell. They had another couple of characters that were back in the design stage in the UK like Balder the Brave and because oof just the way that we couldn't bring a lot of these actors over because of travel ban in reverse and sort of constraints. "I live in the UK here on the south coast. "Because of this stupid thing called COVID there was a travel ban and I was unable to go to the States," Churchyard explained.

Benedict Cumberbatch appeared in both films as Marvel's sorcerer, so Churchyard had an opportunity to reunite with Spider-Man actor Tom Holland while also being involved with Cumberbatch's Strange suit for both films. One of the changes saw Spider-Man: No Way Home releasing before the Strange sequel despite originally being planned to release afterwards. Ultimately, the pandemic which began in 2020 changed the production plans for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and resulted in several changes for the film.

So, he's been a long time waiting and I don't think he's gonna make an appearance any time soon." I've seen designs Marvel's archive book of Balder's helmet going back to Kenneth Branagh's Thor. Then, it's just like, 'Yay! He's gonna get an appearance!' Poor guy. Poor Balder the Brave, he almost made Thor 1, and Thor 2, and Thor 3, if I can simplify that. "I took it to a prototype stage, we were kind of in that design thing, getting fabrics together and ideas and waiting for an actor.

"We got very far designing Balder the Brave and then we were waiting, and waiting, and waiting on casting," Churchyard said.
