With blonde hair and fair features she would have looked more English (perhaps even moreso than the actually English Anne Boleyn) than Spanish. She may have been Spanish, but Katherine of Aragon didn’t look it. There is no picture of this guy that doesn't show him fat. Not to say that I don’t like Rhys Meyers, but he looks nothing like he’s supposed to. Why then would they cast a guy who doesn’t reach six feet, has dark hair, and – while he’s not scrawny by any means – isn’t an impressive muscular force? This is exactly the wrong type of casting.
When he was younger, he was considered the “golden prince.” Athletic, tall (more than six feet), golden haired (with tinge of red), Henry was attractive and intelligent. We’ll start with the guy who is the focus of attention: Henry VIII.
The tudors season 1 episode 10 series#
In these first three episodes of the series we already get a look at some absolutely ridiculous storytelling that falsely portrays a good deal of things that we know happened. WHY NOT MAKE HIM FAT? It’s so inane it infuriates me. Who thought this an acceptable decision? Aside from all his marriages the thing people know about Henry VIII is that he was hugely fat. Why change what Henry VIII looks like when we clearly know what he looked like? I’ve heard a rumor that Jonathan Rhys Meyers refused to wear a fat suit for the show and that is why he doesn’t gain any weight in the later seasons. Some facts in this show are wrong on so basic a level I have to question what the writers and producers could have been thinking. It’s really a pretty show, and some effort was taken to determine characterization and drama, but it seems the writers took no efforts to make those characterizations accurate to what we know about the historical figures. With that said, let’s move onto the show!įor anybody who has seen The Tudors but doesn’t know anything about the time, I’m sure you still managed to discern that most of what happens in the show is fantasy. Hopefully I will continue being able to put out a post a week, but this might change depending on how much I have to do. But! Now that I’ve settled in and started working things out, I can say that there shouldn’t be another delay so long.
The tudors season 1 episode 10 movie#
I shouldn’t have tried to promise a post over a four hour movie that required a bunch of research at the same time I started a new job. Period of history in focus: Tudor England (specifically reign of Henry VIII)įirst, I’d like to apologize for the ridiculous delay in posts. It could be mere capitulation, or she could be sticking her neck out a bit too far.Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sam Neill, Natalie Dormer After Henry's womanizing ways are brought to the attention of Anne, she not only arranges for his next mistress, but gives her blessing to the illicit affair. A number of clerics and government officials refuse to accept such an order-among them More and Bishop Fisher, who are charged with treason and imprisoned. In response, the king commands his subjects to swear an oath of "allegiance and recognition of the king's supremacy" to both church and state. When word reaches the pope, he condemns Henry's behavior and threatens him with excommunication.
Tired of waiting for a determination on his marital status, the king weds a pregnant Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer) in a secret ceremony. With More gone, Henry appoints lawyer Thomas Cromwell (James Frain) the new chancellor. Even Sir Thomas More (Jeremy Northam), whose fealty was unquestionable, sees the need to resign his post as chancellor and withdraw from public life.
Amid all this religious turmoil, a royally peeved Henry demands to know if his clergymen are loyal to him or whether their allegiances lie with the pope in Rome. At home, Henry selects an obscure cleric (Hans Matheson) to be his personal chaplain, and an attempt is made on the life of Bishop Fisher (Bosco Hogan). As the Catholic church and Pope Paul III (Peter O'Toole) strive to take charge of the "great matter" of the king's annulment from Katherine of Aragon (Maria Doyle Kennedy), Henry (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) succeeds in having himself declared supreme head of the church and clergy of England. But that doesn't make it any less interesting to watch. Savvy students of English history, especially the Tudor-period reign of Henry VIII, know exactly where this saga is headed in its second season.
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