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# Timothée Chalamet plays Henry as a humanist ruler reluctant to go to war with France
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/byl-li-genrikh-v-takim-patsifistom-kak-ego-pokazal-misho/
- Published: 2019-11-29T12:02:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:52:22.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Cinema, Monarchies, Observations, Humour

Was Henry V Really the Pacifist Michôd Made of Him?

If one thinks about it, and above all finds an actor handsome enough for the public to believe him, then even a Julius Caesar or a Napoleon smeared in blood will pass perfectly well as a herald of peace and virtue.

Timothée Chalamet's romantic character creates the image of a humanistic ruler, enchanted by the ideals of youth and moved by the best of intentions, a man who prefers to settle matters by negotiation rather than on the field of battle, and who, when obliged to fight, steps to the front and offers single combat in order to spare the lives of the soldiery on both sides. When the Archbishop of Canterbury urges the king towards war with France, Chalamet's Henry is astonished, betraying not the slightest wish to fight on the far side of the Channel, still less to lay claim to the French crown.