DEPICTIONS Throughout History of The Tudors

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Tudors over time Over the ages, there have been thousands of renderings, enactments, and portraits of the Tudors. Use this page to compare The Tudors cast cheek-to-cheek with the various depictions created throughout time. Click EasyEdit to update this page! (Don't see the EasyEdit button above? <a href="/#signin" target="_self">Sign in</a> or <a href="/accountnew" target="_self">Sign up</a>.) * Please keep in mind that posting too many pics on the same subject is redundant and the pics should be good quality and not too large for the format. See also : Depictions of Tudor wives & mistresses Depictions of The Tudor Family Depictions of other Tudor nobility

<embed allowfullscreen="true" height="340" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/widget/youtubevideo/c5260c7d07be27ef35092458325d27e16298808e" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" wmode="transparent"/> Experts discuss depictions of Henry VIII in film and how appearances on the silver screen, from Charles Laughton in 1933 to The Tudors of 2008, tell us more about the preoccupations of each generation of film-makers than the King himself. [source: <a class="external" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HistoricRoyalPalaces" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HistoricRoyalPalaces</a>May 22, 2009] KING HENRY VIII JRM vs Young Henry (aged 18) Portrait from the Denver Art Museum Certainly not as luscious as JRM!! (HVIII aged 45) Real Henry aged 29 and JRM Henry on the left aged 35 1911 - Silent Movie starring Laura Cowie 1933 "The Private life of Henry VIII - Charles Laughton as Henry & Merle Oberon as Anne 1920 -"Anne Boleyn" starring Emil Jannings as Henry & Henny Portman as Anne 1977 - "Crossed Swords" Charlton Heston as Henry 1966 - "A man for all seasons" - Robert Shaw as Henry <embed height="273" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/page/Depictions+Throughout+History+of+The+Tudors/widget/youtubevideo/9cf25f8f062363ba8fa48564a70fedc6f0b31ec0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="369" wmode="transparent"/> 1969 - "Anne of a Thousand Days" Richard Burton as Henry <embed allowfullscreen="true" height="319" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/widget/youtubevideo/8d822dee6d8d17e3978e34c26c742eab36955d23" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="367" wmode="transparent"/> <embed height="316" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/page/The+Tudors+Depictions+Throughout+History/widget/youtubevideo/-82952711" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="370" wmode="transparent"/> "Anne of a Thousand days" 1970 - Keith Michell as Henry in "The Six wives of Henry VIII" Keith Michell as Henry VIII and Charlotte Rampling as Anne Boleyn (Henry VIII and his Six Wives) <embed height="298" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/page/Depictions+Throughout+History+of+King+Henry+VIII/widget/youtubevideo/17fc2a18e02e05bf574fa431ee977ed6134c7d80" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="363" wmode="transparent"/> 1973 - Henry VIII & his Six Wives 1979 - Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" TV series starring John Stride Barbara Kellerman as Anne Boleyn & Timothy West as Cardinal Wolsey <embed height="298" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/page/Depictions+Throughout+History+of+King+Henry+VIII/widget/youtubevideo/6f4ff91220fe761ff2863ac86997cacc6e834dfe" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="363" wmode="transparent"/> Shakespeare's Henry VIII -- Act 1 scene IV 2003 TV series - Henry VIII Ray Winstone, Helena Bonham Carter (Anne), Emilia Fox (Jane) and Assumpta Serna (Catherine of Aragon) 242px|The Tudors Depictions Throughout History - The Tudors Wiki <embed height="298" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/page/Depictions+Throughout+History+of+King+Henry+VIII/widget/youtubevideo/52743acfe2474deb93f1a990590413d1d6a26f73" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="362" wmode="transparent"/> *Mature content - Rape scene and beheading included with original audio. Do not watch if this might upset or offend you.* 2008 -The Other Boleyn Girl - Starring Eric Bana as Henry VIII <embed height="294" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/page/Depictions+Throughout+History+of+King+Henry+VIII/widget/youtubevideo/79c90c952c112aad32d25977d594e0f621d9d140" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="356" wmode="transparent"/> Trailer 2008- Jason Sharp a science teacher in Oldham protrays Henry VIII in a independant film " The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary. <embed height="270" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/page/Depictions+Throughout+History+of+The+Tudors/widget/youtubevideo/28c78834e4eef5ef4e595b33afd12a8d81edb5ce" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="365" wmode="transparent"/> Cover of the <a class="external" href="http://mangashakespearehenryviii.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manga Shakespeare's</a> adaptation of "Henry VIII" Illustrated by Patrick Warren, available April 2009 Sid James as Henry VIII in Carry on Henry 1971

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JRM can resemble young Henry, but he should have kept the beard. Ray Winstone appears to resemble the Henry at about 36 to 40 ish when he pursued and eventually married Anne Boleyn. I remember the 6 Wives of Henry VIII with Keith Michelll. His physical appearance was suited to the character as was Ray Winstone; it showed Henry VIII getting old and obese.Guess they'll have to do the same with JRM. Richard Burton and Robert Shaw were great Henrys but their portrayals covered a specific time in Henry's life.

Re: A Man for all seasons - Henry's appearance is very accurate for his time, since he was not always the fat and obese man we came to know, he was once a regular man like here by the time he was engaged to Anne Boleyn. Henry the VIII interpretation by Keith Mitchell in appearance as in acting is very accurate, however; Catherine of Aragon's clothes seem to not be put to much attention in accuracy or in elegance.Anne Boleyn's accuracy was done way better, and so was Jane Seymour's clothing.The french hood is done very well, with a lot of accuracy as it is drawn to the back and not put in the halo form as others have done in their movies. Re: Henry VIII (1979) - The halo form french hood that Anne Boleyn is wearing is slightly incorrect, the french hood although it had a circular shape and sometimes oval, it would not be 'halo' as this hood is and it would be drown more to the back like tilted to avoid such a 'halo' effect, the hood should have been drawn or tilted to the back life Dorothy Tutin's hood in her interpretation of the same character (see left picture). Re: Anne of a Thousand days - Genevieve Bujold makes a more believable Anne for her appearance then Natalie Dormier, but, we mostly saw her hair loose which would be highly incorrect given that Anne Boleyn as her 'prestige' as Queen would have probably worn snoods (like in the right picture) or black veil as it was custom to do with a French Hood, that she liked to wear.Overall this movie scored big with appearance for the two main characters, but sadly for other characters like it was for Mary Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon, the imagery was more done to put them in a dark context, than in accuracy. Re: Henry VIII (2003) - The clothing for this time period would include a square neck dress, with the jewelry on neck for noble women or Queens, specially for Anne Boleyn who loved to wear the 'B' necklace, and long sleeves with "bell" effect to them, Helen Bonham Carter would have made a more believable Anne if she would have worn a veil to her hood and the hood would be drawn a little backwards and not so much in the front. Jane Seymour's hood seems more like the french style, except it would be used later one by the end of her period. The audience would also think that Henry was a wife beater as he hits Jane when she is pregnant, and people may assume this is what killed her. He also rapes Anne. Katherine Howard's execution is also inaccurate, showing her to be hysterical whilst in real life she was fairly composed. Re: The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn, she makes a believable Anne, perhaps better then Natalie Dormier in appearance, as for the hood though, the french hood, it is drawn backwards then other examples which is good, but, the hood looks a little flat on the upper front. Re: The Tudors - series - Catherine of Aragon - Again the popular image of the Spanish woman is that of dark hair, dark skin and dark clothing. However, the Tudors does break barriers not in her clothing style or her hair, but in putting her more white, she is really white (as real Spaniards, many of them are) and has blue eyes, which that means they are not portraying her as all dark as "Anne of A Thousand Days", or other movies have in the Hollywood media. (DarkLadyWitch11)

The most accurate portrayal of Henry VIII I have ever seen on the screen is Keith Michell ("The Six Wives of Henry VIII") - both in appearance and general manner, it almost makes me believe in reincarnation! Also the Duke of Norfolk in the same series (portrayed by Patrick Troughton) was excellent, I think the real duke jumped out of his portrait to do that series! Dorothy Tutin is still my favourite Anne (followed by Charlotte Rampling in the movie version). The costumes were excellent too, especially the French and gable hoods, and the BBC were on a shoestring budget so this is a remarkable achievement. As for the costuming in "The Tudors", I think it is the worst I have ever seen! Very very inaccurate and sometimes centuries out of date, I actually laughed at JRM's PVC doublet and zip flies (!), plus that ridiculous Chinese-esque headdress that Natalie wears at some point. It's actually worse than the costumes in 2003's "Henry VIII", which were also pretty wrong! (Shadow_in_the_Sun)

Anne of A Thousand Days- Overall the costumes though, it was good costuming, excellent points in costume accuracy, Anne Boleyn interpretation was superb as we believed her to be the real one and not just other depiction, Genevive excelled herself in this performance, Richard Burton as Henry VIII is one of his biggest life-breaking performances in all his life, this of all his career won the price as he really looked and acted as Henry VIII. (DarkLadyWitch11) Henry VIII - the casting directors of Henry VIII (2003) really got it right with Ray Winstone in the title role; as another poster said about the Patrick Troughton as the Duke of Norfolk in another production, Ray Winstone could have jumped out of one of Henry's portraits. He has definitely got the resemblance and the understated (in his younger years) bullying manner of behaving. I liked Robert Shaw as Henry for different reasons. Whatever it was about Henry that attracted women (aside from his being King) has always escaped me. Shaw's Henry had a slightly dangerous look in his eye and a brash, boyish charm that I would have found attractive, and the real younger Henry may have had. I also feel that Steven Waddingtom should get a chance at interpreting Henry in some future movie or series. I think he could do it well, and he certainly has the physical presence.

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