Why He’s Perfect: If Marvel decide to go down the Pixar route, it would at least throw the casting process wide open, with voice actors less beholden to issues of age and appearance.

Liam Neeson would be top of our list if the role was a vocal performance only.

As he’s pushing 60, he’s probably a shade too old to look like Strange, but he’s certainly got the required gravitas and emotional range to nail the role.

And whilst we’d like to say he might be a bit sniffy about a magic-packed fantasy yarn, he was happy to take the money for The A-Team, so he’d probably be up for this as well.

Essential Scene: A booze-soaked descent into post-accident depression would be a pleasingly adult take on the character. We’ve a hunch Neeson could take Strange to some very dark places indeed…