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They Should Have Used the Same Actors


As a number of threads here seem to agree on, the actors who play the older versions of the the Mossad agents do not look as much like the younger versions as they should. I had trouble following who was who; the only way to figure out the women was the scarring they had on Helen Mirren's face confirmed she was the older version. I assume the producers felt they needed more established stars for their film like Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson. I readily acknowledge that they are great actors. However, with modern makeup techniques there would have been no problem aging Jesica Chastain, et al. thirty years. (Good Example - Geena Davis in "A League of Their Own") It's very difficult to make someone appear thirty years younger, so you would have to go with the young cast only. It would have made the story easier to follow.

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Reference the older women in "A League of Their Own", that was not Geena Davis or Lori Petty. Lynn Cartwright & Kathleen Butler, both actresses who looked similar to the younger actresses they portrayed. Neither spoke though and Davis's voice was dubbed over Cartwright.

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I may be the only person who has no trouble with following the story based on the casting. The makeup could have worked on the younger Stefan but thats about it. It would have produced horrible results when applied to Chastain or Sam. The only actor who didnt fit in at all with his younger self was Hinds, as an older David. The other two worked well. Not perfect, but still better than if they has attempted the makeup as an aging tool. Usually yields horrifying results ( remember Connelly in a Beautiful Mind or Di Caprio in J Edgar?) Disaster which could ruin the entire film.
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They should have switched Hinds and Wilikensons roles. Hinds looks more like an older marton and Tom looks more like and older Sam for what it's worth.

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Agree 100 percent. Bad casting overall.

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Yes. I had a really hard time with that. I thought the exact same thing.

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They should have switched Hinds and Wilikensons roles.


That's exactly what I was thinking.

BBL

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