Why does Hollywood always cast too old?

But if you look at the portraits of Napoleon during his meteoric rise, he DOES look juvenile! Boyish, even, I posted links to portaits above and if I weren't on my phone I'd post more now.

No, the middle-aged suits who run Hollywood just didn't have the nerve to tell the real story, which was of a kid in his twenties rising to be co-ruler of a nation during chaotic times. They don't think it feels right, they think that older white straight men like themselves are the natural leaders of the world, so that's what they want to film. Reality is so much weirder than their limited imaginations.

Here's a portrait of Napoleon, when he was First Consul, he was made ruler of France at age 30.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.28YP-EBicUuWCzU_NGwzowAAAA?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

Doesn't he look like some 18th century douche trying to look cool? Well, he wasn't some douche, he was a man who took over a nation by age 30, and was well on his way to conquering most of the known world, and that's the real story, because it was "chaos is a ladder" acted out in real life. Some utterly ruthless kid taking advantage of unsettled times, and that's a story Hollywood wasn't willing to tell.

Well, I bet that Napoleon looked older than his years by the time he got back from Russia, but this is how he looked when he first became ruler of France:

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.28YP-EBicUuWCzU_NGwzowAAAA?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

He looks young and douchey.

Yeah. If they ever make a movie about the older Napoleon, defeated and living out his days on St. Helena and looking back on his improbable life, Phoenix would be DA MAN!

But for a man spending his twenties rising from nothing to dictator, um...