Marvel Comics character the Ancient One could have a gender swap if Tilda Swinton joins the cast of Doctor Strange.
Academy Award winner Swinton is in talks to play the spiritual mentor to surgeon-turned-cosmic warrior Stephen Strange, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The Ancient One has traditionally been portrayed in Marvel Comics as a male Tibetan mystic since his first appearance in 1963.
Swinton would be starring opposite Benedict Cumberbatch as the Sorcerer Supreme Stephen Strange in the upcoming Marvel Comics adaptation.
Sinister and Deliver Us from Evil director Scott Derrickson has the responsibility to introduce the cosmic side of the Marvel universe in Doctor Strange.
Cumberbatch has spoken about his excitement for the project in recent months, revealing that he doesn't consider a superhero role to be a career risk.
Doctor Strange opens on November 4, 2016, with production set to begin this autumn at the famed Pinewood-Shepperton studios.
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