I chatted with Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez this weekend for his new supernatural thriller Deliver Us From Evil, wherein he plays an unorthodox Jesuit priest and exorcist. At the very end of the interview, I asked him if his Deliver Us From Evil director Scott Derrickson had approached him about being in his next film, Marvel's Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange, Edgar Ramirez, and Baron Mordo.

Edgar Ramirez as exorcist Father Mendoza in Deliver Us From Evil.

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"We're talking," replied Ramirez. "We've been talking." He wouldn't specify if the part is that of Doctor Stephen Strange or perhaps his nemesis Baron Mordo.Ramirez's other credits include Carlos, The Bourne Ultimatum, Vantage Point, Zero Dark Thirty, Wrath of the Titans, Che, and the new Simon Bolivar biopic The Liberator. He'll next shoot the remake of Point Break where he plays Bodhi, the role played in the original film by Patrick Swayze.Ramirez popped up on the fanboy radar in 2011 for the role of Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness. He passed on the role, which ultimately went to Benedict Cumberbatch who, as the casting gods would have it, is now reportedly up for the role of Doctor Strange . Could we see Khan and the man who passed on being Khan in the same film?We need to emphasize again that it's just parties talking to each other about the project right now. It doesn't mean that Edgar Ramirez is attached, signed or committed to doing the Doctor Strange movie. It might not pan out. Either way, Ramirez's incantation skills and demon-battling abilities are on display in Deliver Us From Evil if you want to check it out when it opens July 2.Marvel Studios honcho Kevin Feige recently revealed that Doctor Strange starts filming in spring 2015 and that casting will happen within the next few months. Prometheus' Jon Spaihts is now rewriting the script.