Willem Dafoe on Being ‘Too Old’ to Play Vincent van Gogh: ‘Today’s 70 Was Yesteryear’s 40’

Wille Dafoe, 63, reacts to critics who say he is too old to play the painter Vincent van Gogh, who died at 37, in the new film At Eternity’s Gate.

October 15, 2018 · 1 min · 72 words · Tiffany Campbell

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If you have a problem with that, Dafoe wants to flush the air.

Its not a regular biopic, number one, he began.

Now its 70 years old.

So without being too cute about it, todays 70 was yesteryears 40.

My point is: 37 wasnt young in those days,particularlyif youre drinking absinthe every day.

Get it out there!