Charlize Theron's Andy is the oldest of the immortals in Netflix's new movie The Old Guard, but just how old is her character supposed to be? Her backstory doesn't seem to point to a specific event that helps pinpoint her age, like her colleagues, but savvy viewers will catch a reference that at least narrows down how old Andy might be.
The key to Andy's age is said near the end of the movie, almost so quickly that you can't notice it: she's referred to as "Andromache of Scythia" in one scene, and the same title appears again in the "bulletin board" credits. That's Andy's "real" name, meaning that she originated from the empire of Scythia - which is really, really old! Scythia was an ancient empire in eastern Europe and central Asia, which is believed to have spanned from around the 11th century Bce to the 2nd century Ce.
The key to Andy's age is said near the end of the movie, almost so quickly that you can't notice it: she's referred to as "Andromache of Scythia" in one scene, and the same title appears again in the "bulletin board" credits. That's Andy's "real" name, meaning that she originated from the empire of Scythia - which is really, really old! Scythia was an ancient empire in eastern Europe and central Asia, which is believed to have spanned from around the 11th century Bce to the 2nd century Ce.
- 7/13/2020
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
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