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This is a good point. Casting a genuine Tibetan actor would cause the house of mouse to lose all that sweet china money.

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They could’ve still got someone vaguely Asian.

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No I think people would have been more angry if they got someone Asian but not Tibetan to play the character. Changing an Asian Male character to a White Woman makes it more obvious and direct.

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I don’t think anyone had an issue with Benedict Wong as one of the head monks so I think your theory is bad.

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They have talked about that, and said they fucked up. The went with a white chick because they didn’t want to make it seem like Asian is just interchangeable

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