WandaVision creator reveals the series’ scrapped MCU cameo

Marvel Studios’ WandaVision spawned countless instrumentality theories erstwhile it primitively aired successful early 2021. Many of nan theories that germinated astir it turned retired to beryllium incorrect. The astir well-known among these is nan belief definite viewers had that WandaVision‘s last episodes would uncover a red-skinned comic book fig named Mephisto arsenic nan show’s concealed villain. However, 1 beardown rumor that besides grew successful nan weeks starring up to WandaVision‘s finale backmost successful March 2021 was that Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) was going to make a astonishment cameo quality successful nan show.

That ne'er yet came to pass, but it turns retired that fans weren’t wholly misguided successful reasoning it would. In a caller question and reply pinch Variety, WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer revealed that Stephen Strange was astatine 1 constituent expected to look in WandaVision. When asked if she could divulge immoderate scrapped post-credits scenes that she’s written for Marvel complete nan years, Schaeffer, responded, “Yes. I’ll show you this one, because it’s been a agelong time, and truthful possibly nan statute of limitations is up connected it. Initially, Doctor Strange was going to look successful nan tag for WandaVision.”

Schaeffer went connected picture nan scrapped segment successful question, revealing, “It’s Wanda sitting connected nan structure of that cabin, and she’s rocking peacefully. And you cognize really Strange tin do those circles astir someone, and make them spell somewhere? The circle starts astir her, for illustration she’s going to beryllium teleported somewhere, and she stops it, truthful Strange has to show up successful person. I conscionable loved that truthful much, that Wanda would beryllium like, ‘No, I’m not going to spell wherever you want to teleport me. You’re going to person to travel to my door.’ It was a bully one, but different tag took its place.”

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Schaeffer’s first thought was replaced by a segment that still finds Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) surviving successful a distant cabin. Rather than her seemingly serene beingness being interrupted by Doctor Strange, though, WandaVision‘s post-credits segment alternatively reveals Wanda’s astral shape feverishly studying nan pages of nan corruptive book known arsenic nan Darkhold and proceeding nan voices of her 2 sons, Billy and Tommy, calling to her for help. The segment heavy foreshadows nan events of Doctor Strange successful nan Multiverse of Madness, successful which Wanda takes a villainous move whilst trying to hop into alternate beingness wherever her sons are still alive.

The segment that Schaeffer describes would person likewise group up Doctor Strange successful nan Multiverse of Madness, and peculiarly Wanda’s antagonist narration successful that movie pinch Stephen Strange. Not overmuch was, therefore, mislaid by cutting nan second character’s cameo, though Marvel Cinematic Universe fans were surely disappointed successful 2021 erstwhile he didn’t look successful nan show’s finale. At slightest those aforesaid viewers tin now return solace successful knowing that their WandaVision theories astir Doctor Strange weren’t astir arsenic unfounded arsenic their Mephisto ones.

WandaVision and Doctor Strange successful nan Multiverse of Madness are some streaming now connected Disney+.