Manori Ravindran International EditorTilda Swinton has said she’s “very grateful” for a renewed discourse around her casting as The Ancient One in “Doctor Strange” — a hot topic for representation in Hollywood that re-emerged last month when Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige expressed regret at casting her in a role that was portrayed by an elderly Tibetan man in the graphic novels, but written for a woman in the movie.In May, Feige told Men’s Health magazine that the controversy over the 2016 film was a “wake-up call to say, ‘Well, wait a minute, is there any other way to figure it out?
Is there any other way to both not fall into the cliché and cast an Asian actor?’ And the answer to that, of course, is yes.” In a wide-ranging.
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