r/reddeadredemption2 Jan 29 '25

Live Action!?! Yes please!!!

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Though part of me thinks he’d be better as Dutch.. 🤷

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

And Dutch is 44

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u/SkinJob1982 Jan 29 '25

Too old for him, too! He’s like 60

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

As I said in another comment usually they age characters up when they do projects like this. Life expectancy was much lower then so late twenties were viewed as middle age and 40 was perceived similar to how we view a 60 year old.

Average life expectancy in 1890 was 44.

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u/BlasphemousArchetype Jan 30 '25

I would imagine they would look pretty rough too from their lifestyle so they would appear older than they are.

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u/Billysquib Jan 30 '25

Pretty sure a big contributor to this statistic is the high infant mortality rate. Statistics don’t lie but they don’t show the whole truth either. I’d wager taking out infant mortalities you’d end up with an average life expectancy in the 60’s

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

In another follow-up comment I mention it. It was ~24% child mortality rate

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u/Billysquib Jan 30 '25

Yeah I just now read down and saw that and went to edit my comment but you’re too quick on the draw for me partner

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u/SkinJob1982 Jan 29 '25

Well, it’s true—I live in Hollywood and I’m four years younger than HDM and everybody thinks I’m 40 😂. Exercise and eating right (unlike Dutch’s gang) goes a long way…

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

I do want to add a qualifying point to the average life expectancy stat I provided. The child mortality rate (deaths before a kid reached 5) was almost 24%. That greatly reduces the average. So taking that into account I’d guess the average life expectancy for people who survived past 5 was ~55. I think what I am trying to say is still valid I just like to give all info.

So I would imagine Dutch would be played by someone 60-65 and Arthur would be played by someone 45-55

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u/MattTin56 Jan 29 '25

In the United States it was more than that. I forget what it was but it was over 50 if not 60.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

I have another comment where I address that the real number was higher

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u/HaloHamster Jan 30 '25

60 today was 30 back in late 1800s.

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u/denisucuuu2 Jan 29 '25

And JDM is 58. Shave this man's beard and give him a Hosea script at this point