Amazingly Cruel

Alexander and Haphaestion were extremely close, with Hephaestion always following and supporting Alexander even in his riskiest and most controversial decisions.

There is an anecdote about how after a battle, the two, dressed in similar-looking clothes, went to meet the Persian royal family, who had been captured and held as prisoners, and the queen mistook Hephasetion for Alexander because he was taller. The Final Reckoning does not have any confusions like that, but it does feature a scene where the two main characters go to see a certain prisoner, dressed in (identical) prison guards' uniform, and their height difference is emphasized.

Then here is also this detail:

"Time after time, when Alexander needed to divide his forces he entrusted half to Hephaestion, knowing that in him he had a man of unquestionable loyalty who understood and sympathized with his aims and, above all, who got the job done."

Remind you of anything/anyone?

To the point where...

"After the siege of Tyre (332 BC) Alexander entrusted his fleet to Hephaestion, who had orders to skirt the coast and head for Gаzа, their next objective, while Alexander himself led the army overland. Hephaestion's task was not an easy one, for this was not the Athenian fleet with which Alexander had started and had earlier disbanded, but a motley collection of semi-reluctant allies of many nationalities who would need holding together with patience and strength."

Even the ending of the movie now feels like some sort of a fix-it for how Hephaestion actually died: "Alexander had to be summoned from the games to Hephaestion, who was seriously ill. He did not arrive in time; by the time he got there, Hephaestion was dead."

(Albeit this can be applied to several characters, without the "fix-it" aspect).

I mean, I had to draw it.

Ethan looks at Benji something fierce in the Final Reckoning!