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Calling all you amateur casting directors!

We know the Tudors casting team did a stellar job of casting Seasons 1 & 2 with some great young & vibrant actors but if you were in their shoes, who would you have cast? Show us YOUR picks!
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Henry VIII

Steven Waddington plays Edward Stafford on The Tudors

Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Stephen Waddington
Why: Has physique and complexion of Henry and resembles him
Best Known for: Ivanhoe;
Last of the Mohicans;
Edward II; Carrington
Posted by: angelosdaughter
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Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Russell Crowe
Why: Sexy yet gruff,
could pull off the intensity
of the role quite easily
Best Known for:
L.A. Confidential; Gladiator;
The Insider; 3:10 to Yuma;
American Gangster; Romper Stomper;
A Beautiful Mind; Master and Commander; Cinderella Man;
The Quick and the Dead
posted by: LadyArtemis

Bolton Marsh

Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Bolton Marsh
Why: Tall, redheaded,
Shakespearean actor
Best Known for: What the Lord Made
Posted By: Twilightmoon
Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Chris Evans
Why: his body
Best Known for:fantastic four
Posted By: sara_kellie0103
Henry VIII
Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Oliver Coleman,
Why: See "The Other Boleyn Girl", he plays Henry Percy but is
dead ringer for young Henry VIII
Best Known for: ?
Posted By:CHG2
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Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Jensen Ackles
Why: um..he's hot
Best Known for: supernatural
Posted By: sara_kellie0103
Steven Waddington

Character: King Henry VIII
Why: He has the look and the presence of the King! Just needs a change of accent and, perfect!
Best Known For: The Tudors
(Duke of Buckingham)
Posted by: Shadow_in_the_Sun
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Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Luke Goss
Why: English, right coloring, right age, masculine, sexy, and regal
Best Known for: One Night With the King, The Man, Hellboy II
Posted By: Boudica
RDJ
Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Robert Downey Jr. Why: He like Henry when he was young had a reckless personality.
Also like Henry, he is like a rock star and his life has been on display
to the public eye.
Best Known for: Chaplin;
Tony Stark In Iron Man
Posted By: ClumsyxHeart
King Henry VIII
Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Rob Kazinsky
Why: Similar looks, can play a good and bad boy, as was Henry.
Best Known for: Eastenders
Posted By: MissBrit
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Character:King Henry VIII
Actor: Rufus Sewell
Why: Dramatic actor; able to play complex roles; has the accent.
Best Known for: Amazing Grace; The Illusionist; Charles II: The Power and the Passion; John Adams; Carrington;
Cold Comfort Farm
Posted By: Offwithherhead
christian bale
Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: <a class="external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Bale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christian Bale</a>
Why: Not only an amazing actor, this Welsh hunk has done a ton of different movies, making him one of the hottest male actors of our day. His ability to change roles and accents so brilliantly would make him a perfect and alluring Henry VIII. But the role would probably not pay him enough.
Best known for: The Fighter;
The Dark Knight; Batman Begins;
Public Enemies; The New
World; 3:10 to Yuma; The Machinist; American Psycho; Velvet Goldmine; Empire of the Sun
Posted By: howardfan
<a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322407/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brendan Gleason</a>
Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Brendan Gleeson
Why: Great actor and looks like an older Henry VIII. Look at the picture of
Henry VIII - he's a big guy.
Best Known for: Hmmm...Gangs of New York; Kingdom of Heaven; Troy; 'Mad-Eye' Moody in Harry Potter franchise; In Bruges; Braveheart; Cold Mountain
Posted By: Henry64
Kenneth Branagh
Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Kenneth Branagh
Why: Regal Acting, Controlled Anger
Best Known for: Henry V; Hamlet; Much Ado About Nothing; Othello; Wallander ('Mystery' series); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; A Month In the Country; Shackleton; Frankenstein

Posted By: Di-Lited
David Wenham, a good actor to play Henry
Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: David Wenham
Why: Real Red-head, Tall, Good-looking, can be scary as a bad guy,
adorable as a good guy.
Best Known For: 'Faramir' in Lord of the Rings; Australia; 300; The Proposition; Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Posted By: Rummywench
Simon Woods


Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Simon Woods
Why: Red hair, handsome, good English actor, can play tyrannical
(see Rome) and romantic
Best Known for: Older Octavian in HBO's Rome; Pride & Prejudice 2005
Posted by: sweetladyjaneseymour
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Character: King Henry VIII
Actor: Michael Fassbender
Why: Versatile actor, reddish hair, fair looks, age, can play passionate lover as well as a dark character
Best Known For: Shame (Brandon Sullivan); A Dangerous Method (Carl Jung); X-Men First Class (Magneto); Jane Eyre (Rochester); Hunger (Bobby Sands); Inglourious Basterds (Archie Hicox); 300 (Stelios); Hex (Azazeal); Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (Guy Fawkes)

Posted by: amore_angel
james purefoy
Character: King Henry
Actor: James Purefoy
Why: Well I know he looks about as much like Henry as JRM does, but he's a fabulous actor and could have done great justice to the role!
Best Known For: Marc Antony in HBO's Rome

Posted by: Coronation

Katherine of Aragon

Alex Kingston
Character: Queen Katherine of Aragon
Actor: Alex Kingston
Why: Great actress, very good at being angry which is good for playing the part of this particular character
Best Known for: ER; Boudicca;
Moll Flanders
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Lola Duenas
Actor: Lola Duenas
Why: Resemblance, Spanish
Best Known for:
Talk to Her; Volver
Posted By: Boudica
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Character: Queen Katherine of Aragon
Actress: Nicole Kidman
Why: Colouring, accent, stage presence

Best known for: The Hours (won the Oscar for Best Actress); The Others;
The Portrait of a Lady; Birth;
Cold Mountain
Posted By: LadyArtemis
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Actor Monica Bellucci
Why: She's got a renaissance beauty image to her. Historians known to call Katherine "a attractive red brown hair women with a pretty mouth." and Monica embodies all that.
Best Known for: The Matrix
Posted by: Padri81
Mariska
Character:
Katherine Of Aragon
Actor: Mariska Hargitay
Why: Kathrine Is a very strong Character in The Tudors and Mariska can fit into the character as a strong woman. She also has Katherine's foreign look to her also for her part in SVU she had to learn spanish
Best Known for: Her role as Detective Olivia Benson on Law and Order SVU
Posted by: Clumsyxheart
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Character: Queen Katherine of Aragon
Actor: Rebecca Mader
Why: resembles descriptions of Katherine as more 'English' (pale, auburn hair, blue eyes), feisty and intelligent actress
Best Known for: Lost, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Posted By: Boudica
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Character: Queen Katherine of Aragon
Actor: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Why: Katherine used to be known for her beauty. Sarah can pull off auburn hair. Katherine was young once, why not get a 30ish actor instead of a 40-year-old?
Best Known for: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Posted By: MissBrit
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Character: Queen Katherine of Aragon
Actor: Paz Vega
Why: Beautiful Spanish accent;
can play demure roles.
Best Known for: Spanglish
Posted By: Offwithherhead
Marcia Cross
Character: Queen Katherine of Aragon
Actor: Marcia Cross
Why: Calm Regal Dignity
Best Known for: Melrose Place; Desperate Housewives
Posted By: Di-Lited

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Actor: Gillian Anderson
Why: Red hair, fair complexion,
blue eyes, age, good actress
Best known for:
The House of Mirth; X-Files
Posted By: sweetladyjaneseymour
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Actor: Eva Mendes
Why: Hispanic, Hispanic accent, light coloured hair, age, can play young and be aged easily
Best Known For: 2 Fast 2 Furious (Monica Fuentes); Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Ajedrez)
Posted by: amore_angel
Dream cast- Rose McGowan
Character: Katherine of Aragon
Actor: Rose McGowan
Why: Can play a strong woman with a good, loyal heart like Katherine had. She can also play a convincing red head and is fair like Katherine was. She has also played alongside JRM and has good chemistry with him.
Best Known For: Charmed (Paige Matthews) and Elvis
(Ann-Margret)
Posted By: milkofhumankindness
polly walker as atia of the julii
Character: Katherine of Aragon
Actress: Polly Walker
Why: red hair, fair complexion, age,
and fabulous actress
Best known for: Atia of the Julii
in HBO's Rome
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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Kim Ryder
Why: English & her dark eyes
Best Known for: Coronation St
Posted By: MsSquirrly
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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actress: Keira Knightley
Why: sexy especially about
the eyes, accent
Best Known for: Pride & Prejudice 2005 (Lizzie Bennet); Atonement; Pirates of The Caribbean; The Jacket
Posted By: LadyArtemis
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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Rose Byrne
Why: She's got a natural flaw of
ambition like Anne herself.
Besides, she's got 'a lovely neck.'
Best Known for: Bridesmaids; I Capture the Castle; Troy; Adam; The Dead Girl;
28 Weeks Later; Sunshine;
Marie Antoinette (as the
Duchesse de Polignac)
Posted By: Padri81

She would have been my first choice CorvetteC2
Anne Hathaway
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Anne Hathaway
Why: The dark eyes
Best Known for: One Day; Becoming Jane; The Devil Wears Prada; Rachel Getting Married; Brokeback Mountain;
The Princess Diaries; White Queen in Alice In Wonderland; Nicholas Nickleby
Posted By: MsSquirrly
Odette Yustman
Character:Anne Boleyn
Actor: Odette Yustman
Why: her eyes say it all
Best Known for: South Beach
Posted By: sara_kellie0103
Juliette Binoche
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Juliette Binoche
Why: The eyes and her Frenchness, since Anne was educated in France
Best Known for: Chocolat;
The English Patient; The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Posted By: MsSquirrly
Rachel Weisz
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Rachel Weisz
Why: Convincing acting skills and she looks like Anne Boleyn (With the eyes, neck, hair, plus she's from England!)
Best Known for:
The Constant Gardener;
Enemy at the Gates;
The Mummy (1 & 2); Agora
Posted By: forgetful_blonde
Eva Green
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Eva Green
Why: Magnetic screen presence
Best Known for: Kingdom of Heaven; Casino Royale; Camelot on STARZ (quite good as Morgan, half-sister to Arthur)
Posted By: MsSquirrly
Virginie Ledoyen
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Virginie Ledoyen
Why: her dark features,
being French and alluring
Best Known for:
The Beach; 8 Women
Posted By: Boudica

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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Angelina Jolie
Why: The original seductress,
just like Anne.
Best Known For: Tomb Raider
Posted by: MissBrit
Kristen Kruek
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Kristen Kruek
Why: Her exotic looks,
olive skin and dark eyes
Best Known for: Smallville
Posted By: ebelli


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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Rachael Stirling
Why: She could totally pull it off!
Best Known for: Tipping the Velvet
Posted By: Boudica
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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Stepfanie Kramer
Why: Has Anne's dark eyes and hair. Incredible actress, could do British accent even though she's American. Could also play the seductress.
Best Known for: 80's cop drama "Hunter"
Posted by: Claremaggs

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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Why: dark, exotic colouring,
and can play feisty
Best Known for:
Chicago; Traffic; Mask of Zorro
Posted by: Tudorprincess
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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Liv Tyler
Why: dark hair, great actress,
good English accent
(just needs brown contact lenses)
Best Known for: Lord of the Rings; Plunkett & Macleane; Onegin;
Inventing the Abbotts;
That Thing You Do; Empire Records
Posted by: Tudorprincess
rose mcgowan as anne b
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actress:
<a class="external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_McGowan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rose Mcgowan</a>
Why: hair and eyes, plus a smoking hot personality and a very dark courageous side. This girl could well play the feisty, seductive and controversial Anne Boleyn Best known for: Charmed; Scream; Phantoms; Jaw Breaker; Grindhouse
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Claudia Black
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Claudia Black
Why: Exotic but unconventional beauty, Intelligence
Best Known for: Farscape, Stargate SG-1
Posted by: Di-Lited
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Character: Anne Boleyn
Actress: Lara Pulver
Why: dark haired, seductive looks, age, can play ambitious, cunning, independent woman (see Robin Hood), English accent and can do French accent
Best Known for: Robin Hood (Isabella); Irene Adler in Sherlock

Penn

Character:
Anne Boleyn
Actress: Penelope Cruz

Why: hair and eyes, plus a smoking hot personality
Best known for: Vanilla Sky; Vicky Cristina Barcelona
ADDED BY anne21
Dream Cast- Audrey Tautou

Character: Anne Boleyn
Actor: Audrey Tautou
Why: Age, dark hair and complexion, big brown eyes. She has the French accent and mannerisms Anne probably would have had.
Best Known For: Amelie; The Da Vinci Code; Coco Before Chanel; A Very Long Engagement
Posted By: milkofhumankindness




lyndsay marshall
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actress: Lyndsey Marshall
Why: Has complexion and coloring very similar to the real Anne -- olive skin, dark hair and brown eyes. Not a typical beauty but possesses an elusive quality, just like the historical Anne did.
Best known for: Cleopatra in HBO's Rome
Posted by: Coronation
rhona mitra
Character: Anne Boleyn
Actress: Rhona Mitra
Why: hair, eyes, beautiful strong features. Very sexy.
Best known for: Underworld; Skinwalkers; Spartacus (2004)
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Jane

Lisa Kudrow
Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Lisa Kudrow
Why: resembles Jane and good at playing the ditzy blonde
Best Known for: Friends; Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Posted By: MsSquirrly
Tamara Hope
Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Tamara Hope
Why: resemblance
Best known for:
September Dawn
Posted By: Boudica
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actress: Alicia Witt
Why: Why Not
Best Known for:
Urban Legend
Posted By: LadyArtemis
Julia Haworth

Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Julia Haworth
Why: Resemblance
Best Known for:
Coronation Street
Posted By: MsSquirrly
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Blake Lively
Why: Her hair and eyes
Best Known for: Gossip Girl (Serena van der Woodsen); The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; The Town
Posted By: Brandy246
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Emily VanCamp
Why: Her hair
Best Known for: Everwood;
Brothers & Sister
Posted By: Brandy246
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Jane Seymour
Why: Sure, she's too old for the part but she looks similar and she already has the name!
Posted By: queen_elizabeth_1533
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Jessica Biel
Why: Pale, blonde, pretty.
Best Known for:
The Illusionist
Posted By: Miss Brit
Romola Garai
Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Romola Garai
Why: She has that innocent look and I think would be a perfect match to Jane's character.
Best Known for: Amazing Grace;
Atonement; Vanity Fair; Nicholas Nickleby; I Capture the Castle;
Glorious 39
Posted By: curlyrain
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Reese Witherspoon
Why: colouring, chin and has already played a virtuous woman
Best Known for: Walk the Line; Legally Blonde; Vanity Fair
Posted By: Tudorprincess
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actor: Sophia Myles
Why: pale complexion,
hair and eyes
Best Known for:
Tristan + Isolde;
Underworld; Doctor Who
Posted By: Tudorprincess
S.M as JS
Character: Jane Seymour
Actress: <a class="external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sienna_Miller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sienna Miller</a>
Why: She is English, blonde and has displayed her acting abilites in such films as <a class="external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge_of_Love" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="The Edge of Love">The Edge of Love</a> and <a class="external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Girl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Factory Girl">Factory Girl</a>
Best Known for: One of Jude's tarts in the movie <a class="external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Alfie">Alfie</a>, as well as in real life lol
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actress: Rosamund Pike
Why: pale skin, blonde hair, light eyes, nose, age, can play sweet-tempered woman (see Pride & Prejudice)
Best Known for: Pride & Prejudice 2005 (Jane Bennet); The Libertine; Fracture;
An Education
Posted By: sweetladyjaneseymour
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actress: Christina Cole
Why: Pale skin, blonde, light eyes, age. Can play the shy, manipulated woman
Best Known For: Hex; Doctor Who; Casino Royale
Posted By: amore_angel
Dream Cast- Melanie Laurent
Character: Jane Seymour
Actress: Melanie Laurent
Why: Fair hair, pale complexion, blue eyes, pretty, elongated nose and small chin. She can play the strong
but silent type that Jane was.
Brilliant young actress.
Best Known For: Inglourious Basterds (Shoshanna Dreyfus/Emanuelle Mimieux)
Posted By: milkofhumankindness
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Character: Jane Seymour
Actress: Jessie Cave
Why: Resembles Jane, She is good at playing the ditzy blonde character
and the right age.
Best Known for: Harry Potter
Posted By: EdwardFan123




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Actor: Hugh Dancy
Why: He has an amazing ability to portray historical people.
Best Known for: Elizabeth I; Adam; The Jane Austen Book Club; Daniel Deronda (PBS); King Arthur; Madame Bovary (PBS); Black Hawk Down; Beyond the Gates; Journey's End (Broadway play)
Posted By: BoleynGirl13
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Actor: Hugh Jackman
Why: Sexy, right age, versatile
Best Known for: X-Men;
Van Helsing; Australia;
Kate & Leopold
Posted By: LadyArtemis
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Character: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Why: Still good-looking, despite his age.
Best Known for: There Will Be Blood; My Left Foot; Gangs of New York; The Crucible; In the Name of the Father; The Age of Innocence; The Last of the Mohicans; The Unbearable Lightness of Being; A Room with a View; My Beautiful Laundrette

Posted By: MissBrit
J.Cavazeil

Character:
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Actor: James Caviezel
Why: multi-talented actor, can display many accents and many different characters
Best Known for: Passion of the Christ; The Count of Monte Cristo; The Thin Red Line; Frequency
Posted By: howardfan
Nicholas Lea
Character: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Actor: Nicholas Lea
Why: Affable 'Boy-Next-Door' looks,
with a hint of danger.
Best Known for: X-Files;
Kyle XY
Posted By: Di-Lited
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Character: Charles Brandon,
1st Duke of Suffolk
Actor: David Boreanaz
Why: Would make a fab moody Brandon
Best Known for: Angel;
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Posted By: Kandae
Actor: Jim Sturgess
Why: Handsome actor, did well as George Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl
Best known for: One Day; The Way Back (awesome in that!); 21
Posted by: RoyalDynasty666




Sir Thomas Boleyn

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Actor: Ray Winstone
Why: Seems the right fit.
Best Known for:
Henry VIII (2003); Beowulf; Cold Mountain;
The Proposition,
and much, much more
Posted By: LadyArtemis
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Character: Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire
Actor: Jim Broadbent
Why: Looks the part
Best Known for:
Another Year; Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince; Vanity Fair; Gangs of New York; Bridget Jones' Diary;
Topsy-Turvy
Posted By: MissBrit

Played the Duke of Buckingham in Ian McKellen's Richard III
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Character: Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire
Actor: Christopher Eccleston
Why: He's such a brilliant actor we know he can play the ruthless part so perfectly.
Best Known for: Elizabeth;
Jude; A Price Above Rubies; 28 Days Later; eXistenZ;
Let Him Have It; 'Doctor Who'
Posted By:Curlyrain
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Character: Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire
Actor: Alan Rickman
Why: Does that whole cold, ruthless, emotionless bad guy thing so well
Best Known for: Playing Snape in the Harry Potter franchise; Sense and Sensibility; Sweeney Todd;
Truly Madly Deeply;
Michael Collins;
Love Actually
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James D'Arcy
Character: George Boleyn, or Thomas Wyatt
Actor: James D'Arcy
Why: Has a talent for playing historical characters, also drop-dead sexy.
Best known for: Master and Commander; P.O.W; The Struggle for Rome (Tiberius Gracchus); Sherlock Holmes
Posted by: Shadow_in_the_Sun
Colin Firth
Character: George Boleyn
Actor: Colin Firth
Why: Smouldering dark eyes, exceptional acting skills, is obviously suited to playing characters in a historical setting.
Best known for: The King's Speech; A Single Man; Girl With a Pearl Earring; Pride and Prejudice 1995; Bridget Jones' Diary; Shakespeare in Love; The Last Legion; The Importance of Being Earnest; The English Patient; Valmont;
A Month In the Country; Another Country
Posted by: Shadow_in_the_Sun
Matthew Macfadyen

Character: George Boleyn
Actor: Matthew Macfadyen
Why: He is not just a very handsome man but also very talented. I think he could easily play many Tudor characters, but I would like to see what he could do with George Boleyn's character.
Best known for: Pride & Prejudice 2005 (and on a personal note my favorite Mr Darcy); Little Dorrit (PBS)
Posted By:Curlyrain
james franco
Character: George Boleyn
Actor: James Franco
Why: Very great actor and charming
Best Known for: 127 Hours; Milk; Tristan + Isolde; James Dean (TV); The Dead Girl; City By the Sea; Harry Osborn/'New Goblin' in Spider-Man franchise

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Sam Waterston
Actor: Sam Waterston
Why: He's just perfect
for the part - he looks like him!
Best known for: Law & Order
Posted By: MsSquirrly
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Character: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Actor: Bill Nighy
Why: Veteran English actor, perfect to play a courtier like Howard.
Best Known for: Notes On a Scandal; Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean;
The Constant Gardener;
The Girl in the Cafe; Shaun of the Dead;
I Capture the Castle; Glorious 39
Posted By: Boudica
Character: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Actor: Jonathan Pryce
Why: Good actor - looks right
Best Known for: Pirates of the Caribbean; Evita; Brazil; Carrington;
The Affair of the Necklace
Posted By: MsSquirrly
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Character: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Actor: James Cromwell
Why: resemblance,
great actor
Best Known for: Babe;
The Queen; L.A. Confidential;
Becoming Jane; W
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Alan Rickman
Character: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Actor: Alan Rickman
Why: Haughty demeanor, voice that drips
poisoned honey
Best Known for: Severus Snape in the Harry Potter franchise
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Actor: John Malkovich
Why: Ominous enough
Best Known for: Movies too numerous
to list
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Character: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Actor: <a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001758/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Timothy Spall</a>
Why:
Resemblance to the fat Cardinal effect for the role of the smarmy secretive Wolsey; has been the bad guy in too many movies to count.
Best Known for: Peter Pettigrew (aka 'Wormtail') in the Harry Potter franchise; Secrets & Lies; Topsy-Turvy; Gothic; <a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132157/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gunrush</a>; <a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461770/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enchanted</a>; <a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sweeney Todd</a>; Nicholas Nickleby; Fagin in <a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1065309/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oliver Twist</a> 2007 version; Constable in <a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1065309/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oliver Twist</a> 1997 version
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sir ben kingsley
Character: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Actor: Sir Ben Kingsley
Why: He's a great actor, good for playing powerful men.
Best Known for: Gandhi (for which he won a Best Actor Oscar); Inception;
Twelfth Night; Thunderbirds;
House of Sand and Fog;
and much, much more
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Thomas Cromwell

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Actor: George Wendt
Why: Talented and looks right
Best Known for: Cheers
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Thomas Cromwell
Character: Thomas Cromwell
Actor: Robbie Coltrane
Why: Looks very
similar to him
Best Known for: Hagrid in Harry Potter franchise
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Ryan Gosling
Character: Thomas Wyatt
Actor: Ryan Gosling
Why: With a beard, resembles him. Plus, he's a romantic sort.
Best Known for: Drive (awesome!); Blue Valentine;Fracture; Half Nelson;
Lars and the Real Girl; The Believer;
The Slaughter Rule; The Notebook
Posted By: MsSquirrly

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Character: Thomas Wyatt
Actor: Viggo Mortensen
Why: Could play the quiet poet.
Best Known for: The Road; Eastern Promises; A History of Violence; Aragorn in Lord of the Rings franchise; G.I. Jane; The Indian Runner; Appaloosa
Posted By: LadyArtemis
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Character: Thomas Wyatt
Actor: Johnny Depp
Why: Just look at him! How beautiful is this man, he would make a great
sensitive poet. Yum!
Best Known for: Public Enemies; Sweeney Todd; The Libertine; Finding Neverland; From Hell; Chocolat; Alice In Wonderland; Sleepy Hollow; Donnie Brasco; What's Eating Gilbert Grape;
Ed Wood; Edward Scissorhands.
My personal favorite is Captain Jack (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise).
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Character: Mark Smeaton
Actor: Ian Somehalder
Why: Perfect Sexy
Cheat, duh!
Best known for: Lost
Posted By: LadyArtemis
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Character: Mark Smeaton
Actor: James Franco
Why: Young and handsome, as was Mark Smeaton.
Best Known for: 127 Hours; Milk;
James Dean (TV); City by the Sea;
Tristan + Isolde; Spider-Man franchise
Posted By: MissBrit
jim strugess
Character: Mark Smeaton
Actor: Jim Sturgess
Why: Handsome, good actor.
Looks like Mark Smeaton,
Best Known for: One Day;
The Way Back (awesome in it!);
21;The Other Boleyn Girl
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Thomas More

Matthew McFadyen
Character: Sir Thomas More
Actor: Matthew Macfadyen
Why: Good at playing complex but likeable characters
Best Known for: Little Dorrit (Masterpiece Theatre); Pride & Prejudice 2005
Posted By: Boudica
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character: Sir Thomas More
Actor: Jeremy Sisto
Why: Just looks right
Best Known for: Clueless;
Law and Order; Into Temptation
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Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier
Character: Pope Paul III
Actor: Patrick Stewart
Why: He is the quintessential classic actor who could rock the Pope hat.
Best Known for: Captain Picard
in Star Trek
Posted By: LadyArtemis
Nadia Cameron-Blakey
Actor: Nadia Cameron-Blakey
Why: Resemblance; can play spirited historical ladies well
Best Known for: Prime Suspect

Amy Adams
Character: Princess Mary 'Rose' Tudor (younger sister of Henry VIII & wife to Louis XII of France, followed by Charles Brandon).
Actor: Amy Adams
Why: Amy has many similarities to this Princess; She has her luxuriant red-gold hair, pale complexion, elegant figure and outstanding beauty. Amy could do a great job of playing this lively, energetic and headstrong Tudor Princess.
Best Known for: The Fighter; Enchanted; Doubt; Catch Me If You Can; Julie & Julia
Posted By: English-Rose