Is itTimothee Chalamets boyish, bowl-cut king?
OrTom Hiddlestons goatee-sporting, speech-spouting monarch?
So, which Hal will it be?
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The real Henry was, well, decidedly not hot.
Unlessyoure into bowl cutsand pencil-thin eyebrows.
See: Exhibit A, below.
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Such a hirsute crime has not been committed onscreen since Chris Evans shaved off his beard inAvengers: Endgame.
In contrast, Hiddleston models his natural nearly ginger locks and, post-coronation, grows a goatee to boot.
Costumes further this point and grant Hiddleston another point in his favor.
One word: leather.
Chalamet wears darker colors throughout, and enough velvet to outfit several years worth of Christmas card looks.
Its this that makes Hiddlestons Hal the bigger thirst trap.
And even that hurt is kept behind a wall.
The internets favorite sad boy is somehow inexplicably just too damn sad.
In contrast, Hiddleston delivers a boisterous, joyous performance.
Shakespeares history plays are notably larger-than-life, a task that Hiddleston rises up to and even exceeds.
He takes the outsized, flowery language and extraordinary circumstances and humanizes the proceedings.
