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Mark Twain picked Edward the Sixth as his monarch for treatment in the Prince and the Pauper. Akira Kurosawa picked Takeda Shingen for Kagemusha. What if we combine these stores into a singular tale?

I don't know if this isn't ASB but I'm not quite sure where to postulate a crazy idea like this one.

Basically either the Prince and the Pauper is canon to this universe, or simply Tom Canty is found as a thief and criminal raised by that abusive father and when he is being judged is brought before the King for his stark resemblance. King Edward, knowing he is ill and knowing his sister Mary is Catholic and wants to reconvert the nation, decides to use Edward as a body double for as long as it take to neutralize Mary or secure the succession of Lady Jane Grey. Whom in OTL was beheaded my Mary's supporters... I'm not knowledgeable about English or Forgien politics of this time, but I seems like a fun if implausible scenario that came to me when I mixed two stories of identical strangers.

Hm... Maybe if Hollywood runs out of ideas they can take this and run with it. If they've made Battleship into a movie who knows what else they're willing to do.
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