The expansion of the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse continues with “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”
Both a sequel to 2016’s “Doctor Strange” and the direct follow-up to last year’s hit series “WandaVision,” “Multiverse of Madness” is packed with plenty of familiar faces tending to business as usual — or as usual as it can be for sorcerers and witches. But the film also marks the much-anticipated introduction of fan favorite Marvel comics character America Chavez into the MCU.
Brought to life on screen by actor Xochitl Gomez, who — according to estimates by co-producer Mitch Bell — beat out “thousands” of actors who auditioned to nab the role, America is a young superpowered teen who stumbles into Doctor Strange’s world.
