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'Doctor Strange' director addresses whitewashing controversy
Addressing the whitewashing controversy over the casting of Tilda Swinton in Marvel\'s \'Doctor Strange\', the film\'s director Scott Derrickson says he chose the actor to avoid being deemed racist.
Hong Kong: Addressing the whitewashing controversy over the casting of Tilda Swinton in Marvel's 'Doctor Strange', the film's director Scott Derrickson says he chose the actor to avoid being deemed racist.
He added that the role was actually written with the actress in mind.
Swinton's casting as The Ancient One has caused critics to speak of whitewashing, since the original character in the comic book is Tibetan. But Derrickson insisted that the role in the film was written for Swinton, and they would have had to rewrite the script if she had not been available.
"Looking at Marvel movies, I think that we're missing a major character that is Tilda's age and has this kind of strength and power," hollywoodreporter.com quoted Derrickson as saying.
"The Ancient One in the comics is a very old American stereotype of what Eastern characters and people are like, and I felt very strongly that we need to avoid those stereotypes at all costs," he added.
Derrickson addressed the controversy when he met select media from around the globe here along with the cast Benedict Cumberbatch, Swinton, and producer Kevin Feige.
'Doctor Strange' charts the journey of neurosurgeon Stephen Strange, who, after his career is ruined by a car crash, becomes the Sorcerer Supreme of multiple dimensions under the tutelage of The Ancient One.
'Doctor Strange' will hit screens in India on November 4, the same day as its North American release.
