Raul is too young for Fredrik Egerman. This character is the father of Henrik who is a 19 or 20 year old seminary student. Raul is 39 now, although he looks younger on stage.
Even at his "real" age of 39, Fredrik would have had to be 19 or 20 himself when his son Henrik was born. And he's a lawyer. I doubt he would have been married so young and having kids while studying as an undergraduate.
It's bad casting for this character and his motivations, too. Fredrik is going through a major midlife crisis in the story. It's the reason he marries 18-year-old Anne. It would look silly and trivial for a 39-year-old (who doesn't even look it) to be "trying to renew his unrenewable youth." (a line Fredrik says in the show)
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 7/4/09 at 04:04 PM