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* IKnewIt: A lot of folk had already deduced that the Eye of Agamotto is [[spoiler: an Infinity Stone, and more specifically the Time stone,]] since the first good look at it, based on such things as its color, [[http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/29/doctor-strange-benedict-cumberbatch-powers comments by Feige on its abilities]], and the fact that [[spoiler: with the ''Infinity War'' film fast approaching, the then-unknown stones would need to be introduced somewhere]].
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* FakeNationality: Master Hamir is potentially Chinese, as his character is Chinese in the comics. His ''actor'' is Indonesian.
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* FakeNationality: FakeNationality:
** Master Hamir is potentially Chinese, as his character is Chinese in the comics. His ''actor'' isIndonesian.Indonesian.
** Creator/BenedictWong is a British actor of Hong Kong Chinese descent, while his character Wong is Nepalese in the film.
** Master Hamir is potentially Chinese, as his character is Chinese in the comics. His ''actor'' is
** Creator/BenedictWong is a British actor of Hong Kong Chinese descent, while his character Wong is Nepalese in the film.
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* OldShame: In 2021, probably not coincidentally shortly before the release of ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', Kevin Feige stated that he'd come to deeply regret the film's notorious casting for the Ancient One, saying there clearly would have been a way to avoid making the character an offensive stereotype while still being Asian.
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*** Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/DanielRadcliffe, Creator/EwanMcGregor, and Creator/JaredLeto also had discussions with Creator/MarvelStudios about the titular role. Leto would later go on to portray [[ComicBook/{{Morbius}} Michael Morbius]] in ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}''.
*** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/ColinFarrell, Creator/JackHuston, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/PatrickDempsey, Creator/JustinTheroux, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/EthanHawke, Creator/OscarIsaac, and Creator/JakeGyllenhaal were considered for the part of Doctor Strange as well before the casting of Cumberbatch. Hardy, Hawke, Isaac, and Gyllenhaal would eventually go on to play [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], [[BigBad Arthur Harrow]], [[Comicbook/MoonKnight Marc Spector]], and [[ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} Quentin Beck]] in ''{{Film/Venom|2018}}'', ''Comicbook/MoonKnight'', and ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.
*** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/ColinFarrell, Creator/JackHuston, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/PatrickDempsey, Creator/JustinTheroux, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/EthanHawke, Creator/OscarIsaac, and Creator/JakeGyllenhaal were considered for the part of Doctor Strange as well before the casting of Cumberbatch. Hardy, Hawke, Isaac, and Gyllenhaal would eventually go on to play [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], [[BigBad Arthur Harrow]], [[Comicbook/MoonKnight Marc Spector]], and [[ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} Quentin Beck]] in ''{{Film/Venom|2018}}'', ''Comicbook/MoonKnight'', and ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.
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*** Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/DanielRadcliffe, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/EwanMcGregor and Creator/JaredLeto also had discussions with Creator/MarvelStudios about the titular role. Leto would later go on to portray [[ComicBook/{{Morbius}} Michael Morbius]] in ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}''.
*** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/ColinFarrell, Creator/JackHuston, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/PatrickDempsey, Creator/JustinTheroux, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/EthanHawke,Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/OscarIsaac and Creator/JakeGyllenhaal were considered for the part of Doctor Strange as well before the casting of Cumberbatch. Hardy, Hawke, Isaac, Isaac and Gyllenhaal would eventually go on to play [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], [[BigBad Arthur Harrow]], [[Comicbook/MoonKnight Marc Spector]], Spector]] and [[ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} Quentin Beck]] in ''{{Film/Venom|2018}}'', ''Comicbook/MoonKnight'', ''Comicbook/MoonKnight'' and ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.
*** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/ColinFarrell, Creator/JackHuston, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/PatrickDempsey, Creator/JustinTheroux, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/EthanHawke,
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** Creator/GaryOldman, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/EdgarRamirez, and Creator/MadsMikkelsen were considered for Karl Mordo before Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor was cast. Mikkelsen would later go on to play [[BigBad Kaecilius]].
** Creator/BillNighy, Creator/KenWatanabe, and Creator/MorganFreeman were considered for the part of the Ancient One before the casting of Creator/TildaSwinton.
** Creator/BillNighy, Creator/KenWatanabe, and Creator/MorganFreeman were considered for the part of the Ancient One before the casting of Creator/TildaSwinton.
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** Creator/GaryOldman, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/EdgarRamirez, Creator/EdgarRamirez and Creator/MadsMikkelsen were considered for Karl Mordo before Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor was cast. Mikkelsen would later go on to play [[BigBad Kaecilius]].
** Creator/BillNighy,Creator/KenWatanabe, Creator/KenWatanabe and Creator/MorganFreeman were considered for the part of the Ancient One before the casting of Creator/TildaSwinton.
** Creator/BillNighy,
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*** Creator/JonathanLevine, [[Film/PowerRangers2017 Dean Israelite]], [[Film/TheDarkTower2017 Nikolaj Arcel]], and [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Mark Andrews]] were also considered to direct the film before Derrickson was hired. Levine was later considered to helm ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' before Creator/JonWatts was hired.
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*** Creator/JonathanLevine, [[Film/PowerRangers2017 Dean Israelite]], [[Film/TheDarkTower2017 Nikolaj Arcel]], Arcel]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Mark Andrews]] were also considered to direct the film before Derrickson was hired. Levine was later considered to helm ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' before Creator/JonWatts was hired.
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* AscendedFanboy: Downplayed, as Benedict Wong was not familiar with the comics before his friend Chiwetel starting telling him about the project, but became enamored with the character Wong since the role literally had his name on it.
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* PromotedFanboy: Downplayed, as Benedict Wong was not familiar with the comics before his friend Chiwetel starting telling him about the project, but became enamored with the character Wong since the role literally had his name on it.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After the controversial casting of the Ancient One as a white woman, producer Kevin Feige stated that her title is one that many have held throughout history, implying that a more traditional interpretation of the character existed at some point in the MCU's past. While this didn't stop the controversy, it did at least throw fans a bone. Although that's murkier in the film itself, where it's stated that the current holder of the Sorcerer Supreme title is known as the Ancient One because she's held it so long her name has been forgotten and, counterwise, Agamotto was stated to be the first Sorcerer Supreme.
** Creator/ScottDerrickson explicitly noted that Wong had been rewritten to have considerably fewer EthnicMenialLabor aspects with the goal of making him a less racially stereotypical character as mentioned below; while his earliest appearances were along the lines of "Asian manservant," in media preceding the movie he's more of a BadassNormal DeadpanSnarker. While the controversy on other decisions remains, this was enough to appease some fans.
** Related, but in a preemptive example of this trope, the main reason Wong was included ''at all'' is because they knew there would be some backlash against the movie over giving the Ancient One role to a white actress instead of an Asian one. Originally, Derrickson wanted to avoid using Wong altogether.
** When Marvel first announced they were preparing for a Doctor Strange film "at some point," Kevin Feige made a few comments about quantum mechanics and laws of probability, and how that weirdness is ground Doctor Strange could explore, leading many fans to be displeased with the idea that Strange's mystic arts would be given a quantum-mechanical-related TechnoBabble HandWave. In response to fears that the MCU was too reliant on ClarkesThirdLaw and ScienceFantasy, especially with the ''Thor'' movies, WordOfGod [[http://www.gamesradar.com/doctor-strange-director-says-the-magic-in-the-movie-will-never-be-explained-scientifically/?utm_content=buffercdf97&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer_tftw stated]] that the magic in ''Doctor Strange'' would be exactly what it looks like and that there would not be any DoingInTheWizard. Come the trailers, it's clear that this magic is ''magic''.
---> '''Scott Derrickson:''' Magic is magic in this movie. It's not something that's explained away scientifically.
** In a franchise-wide example, the reason for Mordo's AdaptationalHeroism. Creator/KevinFeige said that Mordo is kind of a FlatCharacter and CardCarryingVillain in the comics, and since one of the most frequent criticisms of the MCU is that the bad guys tend to be shallow and bland, they felt it'd be better to introduce Mordo as a hero and then have him become an antagonist in future installments, which everyone felt would make for a more interesting and sympathetic villain.
** Although is symptomatic less of Marvel in particular than the entire superhero genre, Scott Derrickson deliberately chose to avoid the cliche "brawl between superpowered beings" climax by having the hero ''[[TheChessmaster outsmart]]'' his enemies, rather than outfight them, specifically by [[spoiler: having Strange trap Dormammu in a StableTimeLoop and only releasing him when Dormammu [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu agrees to leave Earth for good.]]]]
** After the controversial casting of the Ancient One as a white woman, producer Kevin Feige stated that her title is one that many have held throughout history, implying that a more traditional interpretation of the character existed at some point in the MCU's past. While this didn't stop the controversy, it did at least throw fans a bone. Although that's murkier in the film itself, where it's stated that the current holder of the Sorcerer Supreme title is known as the Ancient One because she's held it so long her name has been forgotten and, counterwise, Agamotto was stated to be the first Sorcerer Supreme.
** Creator/ScottDerrickson explicitly noted that Wong had been rewritten to have considerably fewer EthnicMenialLabor aspects with the goal of making him a less racially stereotypical character as mentioned below; while his earliest appearances were along the lines of "Asian manservant," in media preceding the movie he's more of a BadassNormal DeadpanSnarker. While the controversy on other decisions remains, this was enough to appease some fans.
** Related, but in a preemptive example of this trope, the main reason Wong was included ''at all'' is because they knew there would be some backlash against the movie over giving the Ancient One role to a white actress instead of an Asian one. Originally, Derrickson wanted to avoid using Wong altogether.
** When Marvel first announced they were preparing for a Doctor Strange film "at some point," Kevin Feige made a few comments about quantum mechanics and laws of probability, and how that weirdness is ground Doctor Strange could explore, leading many fans to be displeased with the idea that Strange's mystic arts would be given a quantum-mechanical-related TechnoBabble HandWave. In response to fears that the MCU was too reliant on ClarkesThirdLaw and ScienceFantasy, especially with the ''Thor'' movies, WordOfGod [[http://www.gamesradar.com/doctor-strange-director-says-the-magic-in-the-movie-will-never-be-explained-scientifically/?utm_content=buffercdf97&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer_tftw stated]] that the magic in ''Doctor Strange'' would be exactly what it looks like and that there would not be any DoingInTheWizard. Come the trailers, it's clear that this magic is ''magic''.
---> '''Scott Derrickson:''' Magic is magic in this movie. It's not something that's explained away scientifically.
** In a franchise-wide example, the reason for Mordo's AdaptationalHeroism. Creator/KevinFeige said that Mordo is kind of a FlatCharacter and CardCarryingVillain in the comics, and since one of the most frequent criticisms of the MCU is that the bad guys tend to be shallow and bland, they felt it'd be better to introduce Mordo as a hero and then have him become an antagonist in future installments, which everyone felt would make for a more interesting and sympathetic villain.
** Although is symptomatic less of Marvel in particular than the entire superhero genre, Scott Derrickson deliberately chose to avoid the cliche "brawl between superpowered beings" climax by having the hero ''[[TheChessmaster outsmart]]'' his enemies, rather than outfight them, specifically by [[spoiler: having Strange trap Dormammu in a StableTimeLoop and only releasing him when Dormammu [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu agrees to leave Earth for good.]]]]
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* AscendedFanboy: Downplayed, as Benedict Wong was not familiar with the comics before his friend Chiwetel starting telling him about the project, but became enamored with the character Wong since the role literally had his name on it.
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* AscendedFancast: Benedict Cumberbatch was the people's choice for the role of Stephen Strange, since he had previously played stoic, troubled geniuses in well-known adaptations. The director also agreed, saying Cumberbatch was who they had envisioned for the character, so it was no surprise he ended up playing him.
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** Creator/ScottDerrickson wanted Nightmare to be the main villain, but Kevin Feige argued that introducing the Dream Dimension would require too much additional {{Exposition}} in a film that was already full of it. Nightmare was later confirmed to eventually appear in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' as the BigBad.
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** Creator/ScottDerrickson wanted Nightmare to be the main villain, but Kevin Feige argued that introducing the Dream Dimension would require too much additional {{Exposition}} in a film that was already full of it. Nightmare was later confirmed to eventually appear in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' as the BigBad.
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** In an early draft of the movie, Doctor Strange was meant to become the Sorcerer Supreme by the end of the movie, but Derrickson and his crew had many many problems with that.
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** In an early draft of the movie, Doctor Strange was meant to become the Sorcerer Supreme by the end of the movie, but Derrickson and his crew had many many problems with that.
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* DeletedRole: Child actor Lulu Wilson filmed a few scenes as Donna Strange but the character was cut from the final product.
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* DeletedRole: Child actor Lulu Wilson filmed a few scenes as Donna Strange but the character was cut from the final product. She is briefly mentioned in the sequel.
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* QuoteSource: This film provides the page quote for:
** AntiMagicalFaction
** ArtifactOfPower
** AstralProjection
** StoppedReadingTooSoon
** TimeLoopTrap
** TooBrokenToBreak
** ViolenceIsNotAnOption
** AntiMagicalFaction
** ArtifactOfPower
** AstralProjection
** StoppedReadingTooSoon
** TimeLoopTrap
** TooBrokenToBreak
** ViolenceIsNotAnOption
