HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – First, Emma Stone was cast to play Allison Ng, a Hawaiian-Asian character in the newly-released film, ‘Aloha.’ Now, Tilda Swinton is about to play an Asian character in a comic film now in production.
The Oscar-winning actress is poised to star as the Ancient One in the upcoming Marvel superhero film Doctor Strange, despite the character’s originally written gender and ethnicity. The character is supposed to be a 500-year-old Tibetan sorcerer.
While Marvel’s consideration to cast a female as the male Sorcerer Supreme is being praised by some fans of the franchise, others are upset that a white actress has been cast as an Asian character.
In traditional Marvel storylines, the Ancient One was a peaceful male farmer of Asian descent, which Swinton is most certainly not.
Not everyone is offended or upset by this new Hollywood trend of casting white actors to play Asian characters. Asian actors see this as an opportunity for them to be cast as white, blue-eyed and blonde characters.
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HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – ‘Boyhood,’ one of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Picture, will have a much-awaited sequel and has started filming, according to reliable insider sources in Hollywood.
HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – For the Oscars, actors vote for actors, directors vote for directors, writers vote for writers — at least in the first round of nominations. But all voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences get to cast their ballot for Best Picture as well as the other category winners to be announced this Sunday.
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