Kevin Feige Says Criticism of Whitewashed 'Doctor Strange' Casting Was a 'Wake-Up Call'

Five years later, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has acknowledged that the company made a mistake in how it handled casting for one of the main characters in 2016’s “Doctor Strange” — and said he considers the whole thing a “wake-up call.” We’re talking of course about the casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, a character who, as originated in the comics, was an Asian man. It was heavily criticized at the time as yet another example of whitewashing characters of color, and ...