"I don't know how many of you have read all the production notes, but did you read the Costume Designer, Joan Bergin's section where she discusses the final scene? It sounds wonderful especially with the complete reincarnation of the Holbein portrait we are all familiar with, of Henry. This is what she said :

"... the greatest thrill for me was making the costume for the famous Holbein portrait that everyone knows of Henry VIII. I think everyone thought that we would deliver a version of it, but what we delivered was every exact detail, so that when he walked onto the set the gasp was very wonderful! We even made the jewellery to match the portrait. It was just wonderful.

How did you dress the final scenes that end the season and the show?
The final great moment is the reappearance of Henry’s wives so I went for the whole gothic look, black and big veils. They appear in costumes that we haven’t seen before; I thought it was important to have a particular look to have them as almost a separate poster for the last 2 episodes to show him as old. He got the most wonderful makeup from an LA makeup artist to show him old. So they are kind of angels of death really, all black and white."


It will be interesting to see which portrait she used since Holbein's orginal only exists in cartoon form and all the other portraits are copies....check out this collection of portraits : http://tudorswiki.sho.com/photos/album/112478/Henry+VIII%27s+full+length+portraits
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"I agree with you about that costume. I think JRM would look great in that one.

And the wives as "angels of death' should be very interesting. I can't wait to see them all again. I wonder if they will all be getting along amongst themselves, since they have a 'common interest'. This should be one time that he can't order them around...should be quite a scene, to be sure!"

"Me too, they could really make this a memorable and fantastic ending to the mini series. I hope they pull it off, the ending for me is one of the factors that makes or breaks a good movie or show in my opinion"

"Me too, they could really make this a memorable and fantastic ending to the mini series. I hope they pull it off, the ending for me is one of the factors that makes or breaks a good movie or show in my opinion"