Benedict Cumberbatch insists Doctor Strange isn't his biggest role

Benedict Cumberbatch does not believe the role of Doctor Strange is the biggest of his career so far.

In 2016, the British actor joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe by playing the character Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange. He would return in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame before a straight sequel to his first movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

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Though Cumberbatch was a known actor before his comic book role, his movies in the MCU are by far the most commercially successful of his career.

Still, he believes Sherlock has a more wide-ranging fanbase.

“As far as being a bigger pond than Sherlock… I don’t think it is," he said in an interview with The Talks.

"I think Sherlock for me has had a bigger reach than something like Doctor Strange because it’s television; it’s more democratic, more people have seen it. The reach that program has had is extraordinary.

"It was a sort of stink bomb that I knew was going to go the minute I said yes to doing the role. But I didn’t know just how big it would be — it surprised all of us who made it."

Sherlock ran between 2010 and 2017, with 13 episodes and one special episode being released. It is a modernised take on the character of Sherlock Holmes and has been the recipient of numerous awards such as BAFTAS, Emmys and Golden Globes.