Benedict Cumberbatch’s body double to play Dr Strange in Avengers: Infinity War due to scheduling conflict… but Disney will reshoot all close-ups The same can not be said for Benedict Cumberbatch unfortunately, who will have to reshoot his Avengers: Infinity Wars scenes after everybody else has finished. According to Page Six , Broadway actor Aaron Lazar has been hired to stand in for the 40-year-old for filming in Georgia, due to scheduling conflicts.