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Everyone in the cast has either blue eyes or green


I know that lighter eyes look better than brown eyes on film but jeez, isn't this a bit excessive? Every cast member has either blue eyes or green!

War, what is it good for?

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I guess my only response to this could be, who cares?

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Lol.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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OK yeah that is weird. I checked and as far as I can tell they all have blue or green eyes.


I found this study:

Blue is the most common eye colour in Britain, researchers found. All eyes in the country were once brown, but a study revealed they are now 48 per cent blue, 30 per cent green and 22 per cent brown.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2738224/Is-rise-blue-eyes-attractive-Scientists-believe-colour-dominant-like-peacocks-tail.html

So I guess it's not that weird that all 11 in the main cast have blue or green eyes since they are all from Britain/Ireland,Scotland/Wales, but based on just percentages, 2 brown-eyed people would be expected out of 11.

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Oh well it's nice that the majority of the people there have blue or green eyes. But yeah, 2 actors with brown eyes would've been nice. I just think that every actor of this cast having either blue or green eyes was a bit excessive. Will look beautiful on film tho. Hell, the colors are beautiful. Just look at James Bloor's eyes I mean ffs I want those lololol

Honestly though, would've loved to have had green eyes. hahaha

War, what is it good for?

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Actually Fionn's and Rylance's eyes look fairly close to brown, more of a hazel.

I see Rylance's eyes are stated as hazel in a number of articles.

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Yeah green eyes are actually a combination of blue and brown. Fionn's do look a bit brighter than Rylance' still, more green than brown.

War, what is it good for?

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I am not sure who truly has green eyes in the cast. I think Harry's are closest though they can look blue in some photos, and even look dark brown in some lighting. Aneurin's are occasionally described as green but more often as blue. Fionn's seem greenish brown and Rylance's a hazel fairly close to brown.

Hardy, Cillian, Branagh, D'Arcy, Lowden, Glynn-Carney and Keoghan all have eyes that seem distinctly blue.

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Yes Hardy, Cillian, Branagh, D'Acry, Lowden, Glynn-Carney, Keoghan and Bloor have distinctively blue eyes for sure.

Whitehead has got the greenest eyes. Styles' are blue/green. Rylance' green/brown. Barnard blue/green. Brian Vernel has got green eyes too? Don't really know what eye color I would call Kevin Guthrie's tho I mean look: http://www.blueskyautism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Kevin-Guthrie-982x1024.jpg

Do you know how old Bloor is? Can't quite put my finger on it.

All in all, each one of them has got beautiful eyes good lord. Again, would've liked to have seen one or two cast members with brown eyes. Either light or real dark ones. Those look good too lol

War, what is it good for?

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Not necessarily, Al Pacino with dark brown eyes were very beautiful in The Godfather 1-2, They almost looked eerily black.

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I actually found the two 'land' guys to look so similar that I couldn't tell them apart. They literally looked like twin brothers. Terrible casting.

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