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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 6667461" data-attributes="member: 1125"><p>Okay so the title may be a bit more provocative than it needed to be but I've just learnt that Tilda Swinton has been cast as the Ancient One (aka the High Lama, the Mystic) the Tibetan Scorcerer who teaches Doctor Strange everything he knows.</p><p></p><p>I'm okay with the gender swap there, but I am concerned that - following in the footsteps of the Ben Kingsleys Mandarin and the live action depictions of Ras Al-Ghul by Liam Neeson and the Australian guy on Arrow - there seems to be a bit of whitewashing going on amongst Superhero Movies that removes important Asian roles.I don't think its deliberate of course, its probably more a systemic issue of casting agents who focus on the white actors they know. But its not as if there aren't a good few Asian actors available in Hollywood.</p><p></p><p>So what do you all think? are my concerns justifiable or am I looking for issues where none exist?What can be done to get more Asian actors into movie roles and can you think of any Asian actors that could have filled the role of the Ancient One as well as Tilda Swinton?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 6667461, member: 1125"] Okay so the title may be a bit more provocative than it needed to be but I've just learnt that Tilda Swinton has been cast as the Ancient One (aka the High Lama, the Mystic) the Tibetan Scorcerer who teaches Doctor Strange everything he knows. I'm okay with the gender swap there, but I am concerned that - following in the footsteps of the Ben Kingsleys Mandarin and the live action depictions of Ras Al-Ghul by Liam Neeson and the Australian guy on Arrow - there seems to be a bit of whitewashing going on amongst Superhero Movies that removes important Asian roles.I don't think its deliberate of course, its probably more a systemic issue of casting agents who focus on the white actors they know. But its not as if there aren't a good few Asian actors available in Hollywood. So what do you all think? are my concerns justifiable or am I looking for issues where none exist?What can be done to get more Asian actors into movie roles and can you think of any Asian actors that could have filled the role of the Ancient One as well as Tilda Swinton? [/QUOTE]
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