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The Ancient One in the original Doctor Strange is actually very good. The British actress Tilda Swinton interprets this role very well and has left a deep impression on audiences around the world.

Wu Yuan never thinks that Tilda Swinton's version of the Ancient One is bad. He also clearly remembers that Tilda Swinton's version of the Ancient One has always been an important member in a large number of Marvel movie mashup videos, and its influence is not much less than that of Doctor Strange.

It is more popular than Dr. Banner and Hawkeye in the first generation of Avengers!

But if this role is replaced by a Chinese man, it will be better!

Just as the original Marvel comics set this character as a Chinese man born in a small village under the Himalayas, this setting is to set off the mystery of this character.

The character of the Ancient One first appeared in the comics in Strange Tales No. 110, which was born in 1961.

At that time, China was undoubtedly a country full of mystery for most Europeans and Americans, just like the Chinese people looked at Egypt.

So Marvel gave this character such a setting, just to make the Ancient One more powerful and mysterious.

It seems that in the eyes of foreigners, it is normal for an old Chinese man to be knowledgeable and mysterious.

And it would be a pity if the movie version of "Doctor Strange" gave up this setting.

There is no doubt that Tilda Swinton played this role very well and really attracted the attention of global audiences, but a white Ancient One Master did lack a bit of mystery, at least in the eyes of Europeans and Americans.

The Ancient One Master is very popular in Asia, especially in China, and has been in the top few popular characters in Marvel movies for many years, but this is limited to China.

Although I don't know why Marvel chose to change the originally mysterious character to an ordinary white woman, it turns out that in Europe and the United States, the Ancient One cannot be ranked in the popularity rankings of Marvel movie characters.

Because in the eyes of foreigners, there is nothing special about the character of Ancient One. He is just a character who leads Doctor Strange and then dies.

The "mysterious" and "powerful" in the eyes of Chinese people do not exist in the eyes of European and American audiences. It's just that her bald head left a deep impression on people.

But now it's different.

Wu Yuan faithfully restored the Ancient One in Marvel comics. Wang Xueqi is an old man with white hair, white eyebrows and a Chinese immortal style in the movie.

It's probably similar to his image when he played the old Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain in "Under the Alien", of course, it's a serious version.

This image may not be very common for Chinese people. After all, whether it's Taishang Laojun in "Journey to the West" or the Taoist priests in various fairy dramas, they all dress like this.

But for foreigners, Wang Xueqi's version of Ancient One is really unique.

Except for a very small number of foreigners who understand Chinese traditional culture, most of the guests who attended the premiere event subconsciously exclaimed when they saw the "immortal style" Ancient One in the movie.

In particular, the first meeting between Ancient One and Stephen Strange in the movie was full of style. First, he opened a space door to lead him directly in front of him, and then he seemed to be able to see through Stephen Strange's heart and communicated with him directly through a mental link, showing a mysterious and unpredictable magical world.

When most of the guests watched this scene, their inner fluctuations were the same as Stephen Strange himself in the movie. It was magical, so magical!

Especially when Ancient One handed Stephen Strange a cup of real Chinese tea and asked him to taste it, I don’t know how many people felt like trying it.

There is no doubt that the Ancient One in the movie perfectly meets the imagination of most Europeans about the mysterious Chinese.

Of course, it does not refer to modern Chinese, but the Chinese in European historical legends!

You know, in the Renaissance, Europe had a lot of legends about the Chinese, including the fairy tales of the Thousand and One Nights, and there were many stories about the imaginary Chinese, most of which were mysterious and powerful, reflecting the curiosity and yearning of Europeans at that time for the Far East.

It's just that in modern times, the image of the Qing Empire was really bad.

Now, the "legendary" Chinese have finally appeared in a Hollywood movie!

Whether in Los Angeles or in London, the role of the Ancient One has become the most heated topic of discussion after the screening!

On the Internet in Europe and the United States, there are also a lot of popular science introductions about the Ancient One in Marvel comics, and even overwhelmed Doctor Strange for a time!

The actor Wang Xueqi was also dug out again, and his popularity on the Internet in Europe and the United States has risen!

In fact, before this, Wang Xueqi had some fame in Europe and the United States. From the earliest "Gravity" to a small number of science fiction fans, and then to "Inception", he replaced the Japanese businessman in the movie and showed his face again around the world.

Although he later became a character that only appeared in the China special edition of "Iron Man", this news was also reported on a large scale in Europe and the United States. Although it was negative news and there were many mocking voices, Wang Xueqi was indeed in the newspaper again.

Today, he is already the most famous Chinese actor in Europe and America, second only to Cheng Long.

It was also because of this that when Wu Yuan asked him to play the role of the Ancient One, Marvel had no objection.

And this time, the role of Master Gu Yi really made Wang Xueqi remembered by European and American audiences!

On October 26, 2016, ten countries and regions including Belgium, Colombia, Finland, France, Hong Kong Island of China, Indonesia, Italy, South Korea, Philippines, and Poland took the lead in large-scale screening of "Doctor Strange"!

This is one week earlier than mainland China and the United States!

In these countries and regions, except for Hong Kong Island and South Korea, the local film markets in other countries are basically sluggish or have not yet developed. Facing the impact of Hollywood blockbusters, there is no way to resist!

As soon as "Doctor Strange" was released, it immediately topped the weekly box office!

Even a large number of movie fans from mainland China, mainly die-hard fans of Marvel and online self-media who need to be the first to do movie reviews, rushed to Hong Kong Island and went to the cinema to watch it. They wanted to know the plot of the movie first-hand, so as to seize the Internet Traffic hot spot!

Every time a new Marvel movie is released, it is a carnival for the film industry worldwide! (End of chapter)