Did producers tell LLOYD BRIDGES he'd be walking around without a shirt?
Seems he might have wanted to spend some more time at the gym.
"It's the system, Lara. People will be different after the Revolution."
Bridges was always pretty fit and athletic and for a long time looked younger than his years -- he was 39 here -- so I don't really see the problem with how he looked.
The real problem was that in early 17th-century England no one, even sailors, would have gone about half dressed like that, certainly not in port. His persistent shirtlessness is a movie affectation and historically absurd.