Tilda Swinton doesn't regret asking multi-hyphenate Margaret Cho about the criticisms of her playing The Ancient One in Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange.

Swinton infamously reached out to Cho -- who is Korean-American -- via email, in the hopes of gaining a better understanding of the debate around her casting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She reflected on this decision during an interview with Variety, stating, "I made a questionable decision to reach out to somebody in a certain way, which was naive and clearly confusing, because their misunderstanding came about because of it."

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Cho discussed her email exchange with Swinton, whom she had never met prior to that, during an appearance on the TigerBelly podcast in 2016, saying Swinton made her feel like a "house Asian" because she “wanted to get my take on why all the Asian people were so mad" about The Ancient One being whitewashed for Doctor Strange. She recognized Swinton had decent intentions but found it "so weird" and felt Swinton contacting her out of the blue, on the assumption Cho would explain the situation to her without question, reflected the Oscar-winner's white privilege.

Swinton, who later released her full email exchange with Cho to the website Jezebel, discussed her response with Variety, admitting, "I was embarrassed that I had maybe gone up a blind alley in starting the correspondence in the first place -- maybe I had confused matters -- but beyond that, I have zero regrets.” She referred to it as a "hot moment" before elaborating, "But the way in which people get listened to is by speaking up and getting hot. And sometimes, it needs to get messy.”

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For the time being, there are no official plans for Swinton to reprise her role as The Ancient One in a future MCU project. Meanwhile, Benedict Cumberbatch's Sorcerer Supreme will return in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which finished production in April. While story details are under-wraps, the film will build upon the events of the Disney+ series WandaVision and Loki, revealing more about the larger Marvel multiverse.

Directed by Sam Raimi, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Xochitl Gomez. The film arrives in theaters March 25, 2022.

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Source: Variety