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** A similar case with the thirty-three year old David Dawson playing Alfred, who is twenty-two at the start of the series. The novels explicitly state that Alfred looks about ten years older than his actual age.
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** Cenric is played by Hungarian actor Máté Haumann.
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** Many Danish {{Bit Character}}s and extras are played by Hungarians.
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** Alexander Dreymon portrays a 20-something Uhtred quite convincingly for a man in his 30s.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the series is set in England, most of the scenes were filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}}.
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* FakeScot: King Constantine is played in English actor Rod Hallett.
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** King [=AEthelred=] [=Æthelred=] is played by Scottish actor Alec Newman.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Bernard Cornwell originally wrote his most famous character Richard Sharpe as a lean, dark-haired Londoner only to fall in love with Creator/SeanBean's big, blond OopNorth portrayal of the character. When it came to writing ''The Last Kingdom'', Cornwell wrote Uhtred as a big, blond Northumbrian only for the TV series to cast lean, dark-haired Alexander Dreymon in the role.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Bernard Cornwell originally wrote his most famous character Richard Sharpe as a lean, dark-haired Londoner only to fall in love with Creator/SeanBean's big, blond OopNorth portrayal of the character. When it came to writing ''The Last Kingdom'', Cornwell wrote Uhtred as a big, blond Northumbrian only for the TV series to cast lean, dark-haired Alexander Dreymon in the role.role.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The actress who plays Stiorra in seasons 4-5 looks remarkably similar to the actress who played her mother, Gisela.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The actress who plays Stiorra in seasons 4-5 looks remarkably similar to the actress who played her mother, Gisela.
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* DawsonCasting: A justified case with sixty-one year old Simon Kunz as Odda the Elder. Odda is forty when Uhtred first meets him, but he is YoungerThanTheyLook, due to his hair being completely grey, thus an older actor would make a sufficient amount of sense.
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** A justified case with sixty-one year old Simon Kunz as Odda the Elder. Odda is forty when Uhtred first meets him, but he is YoungerThanTheyLook, due to his hair being completely grey, thus an older actor would make a sufficient amount ofsense.sense.
** A less-justified (but not completely unjustified) case with the actresses who play Aelswith and UsefulNotes/{{Aethelflaed}}. Throughout the series, Aelswith is played by Eliza Butterworth, while [=Æthelflæd=] as an adult is played by Creator/MillieBrady (i.e. from Series 2 onward). One problem: Eliza Butterworth is less than 6 months older than Millie Brady. (This is largely resolved with makeup.)
** A justified case with sixty-one year old Simon Kunz as Odda the Elder. Odda is forty when Uhtred first meets him, but he is YoungerThanTheyLook, due to his hair being completely grey, thus an older actor would make a sufficient amount of
** A less-justified (but not completely unjustified) case with the actresses who play Aelswith and UsefulNotes/{{Aethelflaed}}. Throughout the series, Aelswith is played by Eliza Butterworth, while [=Æthelflæd=] as an adult is played by Creator/MillieBrady (i.e. from Series 2 onward). One problem: Eliza Butterworth is less than 6 months older than Millie Brady. (This is largely resolved with makeup.)
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** Iseult is played by Irish actress Charlie Murphy
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** Sihtric is played by Lithuanian actor Arnas Fedaravičius.
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** Jackdaw is played by Dutch actor Tygo Gernandt.
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** Ravn is played by Dutch actor Rutger Hauer.
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** Tekil is played by German actor Marc Rissmann.
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* FakeNationality: The Anglo-Saxons used the word "Dane" to refer to any Scandinavian Viking raider, so the numerous Swedish and Norwegian actors playing "Danes" are not necessarily this. However, some non-Scandinavian actors have also played Danes:
** Brida is a Saxon by birth and a Dane by upbringing, but Emily Cox is Austrian.
** Gisela is played by German actress Peri Baumeister.
** Brida is a Saxon by birth and a Dane by upbringing, but Emily Cox is Austrian.
** Gisela is played by German actress Peri Baumeister.
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** Father Selbix is played by Irish actor Lorcan Cranitch.
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** Brother Trew is played by Irish actor Peter McDonald.[=McDonald=].
