[quote=@Apokalipse] I disagree but it's all good. See, my main problem is that there are so many good actors of color but they don't have the [i]chance[/i] to audition well because most white actors get the job because they have some fame to their name and it's good for marketing. I mean, there are more East Asian people in the world versus white people and there is a semi-equal amount of Asian-Americans as well as Anglo-Saxon americans and im supposed to think that [s]Benedict Cumberbatch[/s] Tilda Swinton was the best option? It is implausible to even think that there isn't an Asian-American better suited for the role that would allow for a good movie and an accurate representation. EDIT: for some reason, i got mixed up with the ancient one but whatever. it still stands. [/quote] I disagree with your disagreement which is also all good! :3 Obviously actors with some fame to their name have said fame for a reason and that reason is typically that they're good actors. Also I think it's quite the contrary nowadays. If we look at recent blockbusters such as Star Wars which featured a young black male and a young female and was highly acclaimed because of that, it's clear that being progressive is more "hip" than being regressive. [s]I feel dead inside for using "hip".[/s] If we look at the case of Doctor Strange in particular, I think Marvel were carefully trying to dance over the minefield that is the sensitivies of our generation and somehow managed to walk straight into a pole. The Ancient One, as I remember, was a male. They changed him to a her in an attempt to be progressive and it backfired on them anyways. I would celebrate that as a success in an industry that women were struggling in for a very long time and now a woman has as large a role as a man does in a movie that was based on a comic with little to no female main characters. Staying with the Ancient One, I'm pretty sure they mentioned that the Ancient One isn't a single character but like a title that is passed on and in this instance, it's a celtic woman that holds the title. Plus, while we're on the topic, I do agree with you that there are indeed a great number of Eastern Asians in the world. Or more specifically, there are a great number of Chinese people in the world. Over a billion, I do believe. Now, this is where it's kinda a shit storm that I don't agree with but it's an unfortunate reality. Ok, so let's say that Marvel does decide to appease the ravenous audience of forward-thinking Westerners and has a Tibetan play the Ancient One. You don't cast a Tibetan to play a Tibetan character? They still will more than likely have a problem. But let's skip this and assume that they did. Suddenly, boom, you lose the entire population of China viewing your movie after the Chinese government ban it for showing a person from a country they don't believe even exists. Marvel aren't doing that because they will lose [u]a lot[/u] of money. Their alternative, which they thought would work, was to cast a woman in the roll. That would appease the SJWs and it would avoid any political scandals; or it was meant to. This is not mentioning the fact that even if they did cast the Ancient One as an old Asian man imparting his great knowledge on a young and naive student, they would just be accused of putting in offensive Asian stereotypes. [sub]P.S. This isn't meant to offend - just my personal opinion on the matter! C:[/sub]