Virgil died when he was only 50 years old. Dante's self-insert, however, in the first line of the poem is intended to be middle-aged. This means that the character (and actor) of Virgil should either be the same age or younger than that of Dante.
Björn Andrésen
Jeremy Irons
Ralph Fiennes
Daniel Day-Lewis
Christian Bale
Daniel Craig
Alfred Molina
Ian McShane
Joel Edgerton
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