It's his last name! The Benedict Wong as Wong Thread.

[MichaelChen]

The answer is "No, not really". His ten rings have occasionally been called, rather inexplicably, magic rings. . . but they were and always have been "magic" rings gained from a crashed alien spacecraft. Other than that, his activities center around superhuman kung fu and mad science. He has never been a sorcerer, not for a single issue.

I suspect the misunderstanding is rooted in the nineties, when he was drawn as wearing robes that resemble a wizard's. The thing is, he only wore that in the nineties.

His original costume was basically a martial-arts gi.

And as you can see, he's portrayed as basically a superhuman martial-artist with high-tech versions of smoke-bombs or throwing dirt in the other guys eyes. He's basically a high-tech ninja, combining sci-fi versions of misdirections and illusions with martial-arts.

Yet somehow, perhaps because many people began reading comics in the nineties, the wizard-dress and its implications caught on and defined him in the minds of many readers.

 

[Dark Raven]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/martian-actor-nabs-key-doctor-858155?utm_source=twitter

Can we have this thread changed to the Wong IS Wong thread?

No Benedict Wong in the title please. Just Wong is Wong.

 

[TheUnknownX]

There's your answer it's his last name

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

Damn, that's some spot on casting.

 

[Web-Head]

There's your answer it's his last name

Beat me to it!

 

[Dark Raven]

Is there a chance that the name of this film could be changed to Dr Cumberbatch, just so that Benedict can also play someone with the same name?

 

[CaptainWagner]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/martian-actor-nabs-key-doctor-858155?utm_source=twitter

Can we have this thread changed to the Wong IS Wong thread?

No Benedict Wong in the title please. Just Wong is Wong.

I second this t:

All jokes aside, this is some great casting. Wong was one of the best parts of The Martian.

 

[Eddie]

For **** sake, the man has a name. Already calling him by his Marvel character? Really? "Wong was one of the best parts of The Martian" Yeah, I bet you thought Iron Man was awesome in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

 

[RockSP]

How's that old saying, go...? Two wrongs don't make a right, but two Benedicts are making a Doc Strange movie.

 

[CaptainWagner]

For **** sake, the man has a name. Already calling him by his Marvel character? Really? "Wong was one of the best parts of The Martian" Yeah, I bet you thought Iron Man was awesome in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

This is sarcasm, right?

 

[Eddie]

Sarcasm? I'm shocked somebody would acuse me of sarcasm.

 

[Dark Raven]

How's that old saying, go...? Two wrongs don't make a right, but two Benedicts are making a Doc Strange movie.

Two Wongs make a Wong!

 

[TheVision]

Two Benedicts Make A Right!

I was thinking that there wouldnt be a Wong in this film due to the racial stereotype stuff. Now Im looking fwd to seeing what this film version of Wong is like. Maybe a Chiun (Remo Williams) type character?

Hoping to see some of these antics with Doc and Wong:

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jk

 

[marcvader]

Good up and coming actor. Thumbs up from me.

 

[Dark Raven]

To Wong: Thanks for everything!

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[Suzanne78]

All Wong, all the time.

But yay for this casting. I think he was in SUNSHINE, and he was great!

 

[cph9fa]

And here I thought Marvel's casting choices could never go Wong.

 

[terry78]

All these Wong puns. Feel like I'm back in high school with all the Abercrombie and Fitch surrounding me.

 

[Dark Raven]

All these Wong puns. Feel like I'm back in high school with all the Abercrombie and Fitch surrounding me.

What's Wong with that?

 

[terry78]

**** you.

 

[Mike5575]

Definitely the Wong choice. Why couldn't we get Ken Wantanabe, so we can hear him say "Let them fight" as Strange battles Mordo? I mean, what's Wong with that?

 

[Eddie]

Ken Watanabe is a totally different nationality. C'mon, not all Asians are the same. What's Wong with you?

 

[Dark Raven]

He's the Wong nationality.

 

[Mike5575]

What's Wong is Wong. What's right is right.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Just find this funny as they now have 2 actors with the name Benedict and the guy playing Wong is actually named Wong. Almost feels as if Marvel is trolling us or has a weird sense of humor.