With the second season of "The Mandalorian" leading to the popular villain of the fans, the former Imperial warlord Marshal Sauron, the appearance of his live-action character is just around the corner. While it's uncertain who will play the role, we can already exclude a popular star, with Benedict Cumberbatch expressing his reluctance to play Marshal Sauron.
In a recent interview, Cumberbatch admitted that he was completely unaware of the character of Sauron and had never been involved in any of the third season of The Mandalorian or Star Wars: Asoka. He also said he wasn't interested in the characters who had to paint their faces every day.
"I wouldn't think about it now," Cumberbatch said in an interview, "and I don't want to be painted blue." Seriously, I'm going to set aside precious time with the kids. It takes a lot of time to sit on the makeup chair every day and paint it blue, and then remove it after the end... I can't accept it now. ”
The character of Marshal Sauron first appeared in spin-off novels and subsequently entered the officially recognized canonical history in Disney's Rise of the Rebels animated series. His voice actor, Russ Mikkelson, happened to play conbernate against Cumberbatch in the third season of Sherlock. Considering that Bocatan was also played by the original voice actor, Disney's hiring him to play Sauron seemed like a reasonable decision.