And, well, duh. But think about it: for one half of the movie, he’s the kind and innocent Man in the Iron Mask, and for the other half, he’s that hateful king, Louis, who is the *~literal worst~*.

By the 18th century the number of possible identities kept increasing. Some said the man in the iron mask was a bastard son of Anne of Austria (Louis’s mother) and half brother to the king.

Alexandre Dumas recounted it in “The Vicomte of Bragelonne”, and Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed him – among others – in the movies. We’re talking about the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask, who was ...