don't see the problem not going with an old asian guy considering the film doesn't have to follow a Tibetian based training location. Given the British influence through the casting so far they can easily go with a European based training location and it woukd still work, especially given the fact Doctor Strange is a more western based character anyways (in the fact that much of his comic history his spells are more oriented to western style incantations and alchemy rather than eastern style methods of focusing....which was more how he was portrayed in the last animated film and thus made sense for a Tibetian location for his training) as have the interpretations of both his enemies and mystical allies been. In fact there is very little asian influence in the Doctor Strange canon aside from his training and servant. This Ancient One could easily be connected to the Arthurian legends or be more along the lines of a druidic background and her predecessor was the Tibetian vision in order to make that comic book connection. Whether it will work will depend on how Strange's magic is presented.
Given the fact I'm hoping this film will not do a standard origin but go with an Incredible Hulk style opening and Strange already have gone through his training (given he's a known threat as of Winter Soldier) we wouldn't see as much of The Ancient One as portrayed in other media, like the animated film.
In that regard it would work not to have Wong be a servant but a fellow practicioner and ally much like the animated movie (up to the ending).
Plus its not revealed that Strange will be the Sorcerer Supreme by the end of the film....its not in the title and may work better to wait till the second or third film, if there is one, to create a trilogy arc that ends with him becoming the SS rather than copying formats already done to get him into the position immediately. Better to set-up the context of the mystical in the MCU and the players in it (good and bad) than to present an already done storyline/origin.
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