The actress confirmed she's in talks with Marvel. Read the full article on AICN Earlier this month, a rumor (originating at Heroic Hollywood) arose that Rachel McAdams was a hot contender for the female lead in DOCTOR STRANGE. McAdams confirmed the veracity of this rumor to the LA Times, saying that while it’s in “super-early days” and that she doesn’t “know where that's gonna go, if it's gonna go anywhere at all,” she is indeed in talks to costar opposite Cumberbatch in Scott Derrickson’s film. McAdams is currently kicking ass (both figuratively and literally) in this season of TRUE DETECTIVE, showing a tough grittiness she hasn’t really hinted at in her other work.