The Ancient One first appeared in Marvel’s Strange Tales #110 in July of 1963. In the comics, five centuries ago and man named Yao was a young farmer in the Himalayan village of Kamar-Taj.

As a white woman, the Ancient One might not personify an Asian stereotype, but she does help enforce one. In a misguided attempt at humor, Doctor Strange mistakes an old Asian man in Kamar-Taj as ...

The controversial casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One in 2016’s Doctor Strange was a mistake, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has admitted. Speaking to Men’s Health for a cover ...

With Mephisto finally part of the MCU, it's a good time to list the most powerful magic users the franchise has to offer.

Tilda 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 ...

When Tilda Swinton was cast as the Ancient One in Doctor Strange, it brought up a lot of questions about how the Marvel Cinematic Universe was going to handle the, traditionally, male and Asian role.

While Doctor Strange: Season One certainly holds true to the series’ tradition of stunning visuals, ... Pak’s portrayal of the Ancient One fits into this dichotomy nicely, ...

Enter Tilda Swinton, who was cast to play the Ancient One. While the gender-swapping helped to increase the number of prominent female characters in “Doctor Strange” (as well as in the Marvel ...

The Doctor Strange movie doesn’t need its Ancient One to look like Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China, but there are creative ways to interpret the character without yet again erasing an ...

Tilda Swinton talks about her Doctor Strange transformation into The Ancient One for Marvel. TILDA Swinton is a pale, Celtic woman — but she’s undergone a complete transformation to play a ...

A new Doctor Strange image from the print issue of Entertainment Weekly has made its way online and reveals the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) and Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in a teaching moment.