The row over the casting of Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One in Marvel’s Doctor Strange has been reignited, with one group saying the film has been tarnished by the “whitewashing” of the character.
Derrickson has also explained the decision not to cast an Asian after the Ancient One was written as female.
The Media Action Network for Asian Americans attacked the decision to cast Swinton in a role that had been Asian in the comics from which the film was adapted.
“So the Ancient One was racist and stereotyped, but letting a white woman play the part erases all that?