yeah insofar as I have critiques of the movie it’s 1) casts established actors, 2) casts actors that are too old, and both of these are mostly explained in the interview above - they had to cast it this way to get it made, and it is what it is
but it’s worth noting, bill o’neal was 17 when he started informing, and hampton was 21 when he was assassinated. fred was younger than bernie and he still should be alive today. i don’t know how you bring that through on film, but yeah
let me write a longer post… interested also in @digs thoughts