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mastersoftheair · 9 months ago

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love how anthony basically said he doesn't have an iphone face. it's funny because i've seen people describe the mota main cast as dudes who look like they would ghost you on bumble which is funny but i think casting did pretty well (even if they don't look like their real life counterparts), what do you think?

as far as looking like their real-life counterparts, the cast ranges from Very Similar to That's A Whole Different Guy. when it comes to the main cast, raff law as ken lemmons and callum turner as bucky egan are close to the "Very Similar" end of this hbo war spectrum (tho no one's ever gonna be as Dead On as ron livingston's lewis nixon imo). on the other hand, the real life harry crosby was quite fair-haired (probably dark blond/light brunet) while anthony boyle is very much Not That.

also, iphone face is soooo subjective imo. i worked in an archive over the summer, handling old photographs ranging from the 1890s to the 1940s, and you wouldn't Believe how many people back then have that stereotypical "iphone face". to the point where they sometimes look out of place lol. (see: robert deniro as a kid). or, i'd see people who don't necessarily look "out of place", but they looked familiar enough that they'd probably blend right in today. so, to me, a lot of the cast members (barring more obvious outliers) blend in well enough. to me, at least!

anyway, check this guy out! (i nicknamed him 1910s barry keoghan while at the archives):

#the 'blending in' is probably a lot easier for male actors to do compared to female actors. consider the pressure to get cosmetic surgery #and that cosmetic surgery is gonna make you look Off if you're in a production set in the 19th century #one of the outliers (to me!) is austin butler. he fits the 60s at the earliest. or 50s. elvis has no bearing on this #ben radcliffe also looks really 'modern' and idk why #on the other extreme tho is ed ashley. that's a face that looks 'too old' for the 1940s even. 19th century material and nothing later lol #most of the dudes look fine tho. despite the overabundance of mustaches #and then the elliot(t)s have a face that fit the 40s. but yeahhh it's all subjective #masters of the air #hbo war #asks

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