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The age of Charles IX


Why do they use a 40-year-old actor to play a man who died before his 24th birthday?

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Agreed. Aggravating, isn't it?

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Its not that important. I believe that a person in his 24 years in France of that period looked like a 40s today.

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That might be true for a farmer, but I highly doubt that was accurate for a member of the highest nobility...

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