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| Real Chaplin |
Murdoch Mysteries showcases real people from history. Sometimes, as with William Shatner playing Mark Twain and Thomas Howes playing Churchill, they are part of the mystery. Sometimes, as with the Wright Brothers and Buster Keaton, they make cameo appearances.
One of the coolest lessons of this conceit is learning how many famous people from history have overlapped, worked together, worked at the same time and in the same field. I had no idea, for instance, that Charlie Chaplin was friends with Stan Laurel. But he was!
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| Fictional Chaplin |
The actor who plays Charlie Chaplin on Murdoch Mysteries captures how dapper and charismatic Charlie Chaplin was outside of his adopted persona. Matthew Finlan does a fantastic job conveying the charisma, sharpness, energy, and ambition that the real man surely had.
And that smile!
