Trivia / The King

• Casting Gag: Intentional or not Dean-Charles Chapman playing the younger brother of an heir/king-to-be with a chip on his shoulder to prove himself is pretty recent for comfort. Remarkably, however, the historical character, Thomas of Lancaster has a more noble (if no less tragic) fate than Tommen.
• Fake Brit:
  • Timothée Chalamet, an American-French, plays the King of England.
  • New Zealander Thomasin McKenzie plays an English-born queen, Philippa of Denmark.
  • English king Henry IV is played by Australian Ben Mendelsohn.
  • Australian Joel Edgerton plays John Falstaff.
• Fake Nationality: The very English Robert Pattinson plays the Dauphin of France.
• Romance on the Set: Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp dated for a time after appearing in the film together; in-universe their characters get engaged at the end of the film.
• Separated-at-Birth Casting: Timothée Chalamet and Thomasin McKenzie portray siblings Hal and Philippa, respectively, and their facial features are similar enough that they do indeed look convincing as brother and sister.

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