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No./ 8 Shakespeare gets Game Of Thrones-ed

DIRECTOR DAVID MICHÔD knew one thing: Timothée Chalamet’s enviable, Byronic curls had to go. “Everyone freaked out about the haircut a little bit, but no matter what, it just had to happen. It’s a famous haircut and we couldn’t have that kidjust waltzing into the 15th century.” So be warned: unlike , this story of England’s King Henry V doesn’t shy away from the less attractive parts of the Middle Ages.

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