British actor Benedict Cumberbatch said at the world premiere of his new film Doctor Strange he relished playing his first role as a superhero.

Amid fireworks and screaming fans at the red carpet premiere in Hong Kong during the weekend, Cumberbatch said the film based on a popular American comic was a classic Marvel offering.

“It sort of fulfilled everything that you could have imagined from a Marvel film. It’s big. It’s bold and it is very new, visually obviously, but also some of the tone of it,” he said.

Cumberbatch who gained international acclaim for his role in the TV series Sherlock, was joined by co-star TildaSwinton, director Scott Derrickson and Marvel Studios executive producer Kevin Feige.

The film will play in Hong Kong cinemas on October 27, one week before its worldwide release on November 4.

The trailers of the highly-anticipated flick set the Nepali Twitterverse abuzz in April. With the sneak-peeks incorporating various scenes shot in the Kathmandu Valley, the Nepali Twitterati had taken to the social networking platform to express their excitement.

In November 2015, Hollywood actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Chietewel Ejiofor had arrived in Nepal for the shooting of Marvel Studio’s new superhero franchise, which casts Cumberbach as a famed neurosurgeon who loses his skills after a deadly car accident and before discovering the world of magic and mystic arts on his quest to heal himself. That quest leads him to the Himalayas, but not before a stopover in Kathmandu. While in the Capital, the film crew was seen shooting at various places including Asan, Pashupatinath and Patan Durbar Square.

Nepal, which has been touted as an exotic location for both Bollywood and Hollywood movies, has over the years served as a backdrop for several blockbusters.

Marvel’s Doctor Strange now follows the footsteps of movies such as the Eddie Murphy-starrer The Golden Child, Seven Years in Tibet with Brad Pitt, Little Buddha featuring Keanu Reeves, and Everest with Josh Brolin and Jake Gyllenhaal, which have brought Hollywood A-listers to the country.