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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/johnsmithoncemore on 2025-07-29 22:08:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1950 the actor Peter Butterworth, after being a POW during WWII, was rejected from playing a part in the film “The Wooden Horse” about the real escape he helped take place because: “he didn’t look convincingly heroic or athletic enough”.