# Master and Commander

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-and-commander/116496>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 29, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-and-commander/116496 "2002-06-29T01:27:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-and-commander/116496/1 "2002-06-29T01:27:32Z")

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Apparently it just started filming.  
But these guys don’t look like Aubrey and Marturin.  
How come Stephen gets first billing?  
[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0311113](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0311113)

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-and-commander/116496/2 "2002-06-29T01:55:07Z")

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Looks like they’re gonna screw it up. Crowe is way too old to play Aubrey at that stage of his career. Aubrey is a big, puppy of a guy, totally gormless except at sea. Crowe is likely to play the part as a tortured Horatio Hornblower sort of character.

The other guy is way, way too good-looking for Maturin.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-and-commander/116496/3 "2002-06-29T02:06:15Z")

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If they could have been younger, I’d go for Rutger Hauer and Dustin Hoffman.

“I have faith, Sir, in Captain Aubrey’s ability to catch anything that swims. There is not a moment to be lost!” -Marturin, I forget the novel.

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**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-and-commander/116496/4 "2002-06-29T02:16:06Z")

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[Corona’s Coming Attractions](http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/masterandcommander.html) gave one tip that the movie’s plot will actually be based on “The Far Side of the World,” which takes place much later in Aubrey’s career.