Marvel defends 'Doctor Strange' casting with new character info
 

Marvel defends 'Doctor Strange' casting with new character info
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Marvel has responded to the Internet uproar over Tilda Swinton's casting as "The Ancient One" in Doctor Strange*— which some have decried as an act of "whitewashing."

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A statement from*a Marvel Studios spokesperson, given to Mashable, defends the hiring, citing both the fictional character's background and the progressiveness of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole.

It's a sensible response. The Ancient One is more a title than an individual being in the MCU, and Swinton — who is of Anglo-Scottish-Australian heritage — establishes a new vision of the character.* Read more...


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