The Queen & Slim star, 34, transformed into the queen in a first look image at the new drama of the same name, after being cast as the first black actress to play Henry VIII s second wife.
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A British TV channel is producing a costume drama about Anne Boleyn, who was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England back in the 16th century. Henry s first wife, Catherine, had not been able to give him a male heir, so he had his marriage to her annulled in 1533 and married Anne. The issue of the annulment was what drove Henry to break with the Pope.
When Anne likewise failed to produce a male heir after three years of marriage, Henry had her charged with adultery and executed. The charges were most likely bogus, but that was the end of Anne; although, in a nice instance of generational revenge, her daughter later became Queen Elizabeth the First, a much better monarch than Henry.
Jodie Turner-Smith seen for first time as Anne Boleyn in ground-breaking thriller
The British actress plays the second wife of Henry VIII in a three-part psychological thriller, which seeks to shine a feminist light on the Tudor Queen s story
15:27, 15 DEC 2020
Updated (Image: MARK CAMPBELL/MCPIX)
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Jodie Turner-Smith has been spotted as Anne Boleyn for the first time while filming a Channel 5 drama that its producers say seeks to challenge conventions and shine a feminist light on her story.
Turner-Smith, a black actress born in Britain, is portraying Anne who was the second wife of English King Henry VIII, whom he famously had beheaded in 1536.
Boleyn, who was the white daughter of English nobility, is also one of the key causes of the English Reformation and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
She was executed by Henry for high treason after failing to produce a male heir.
‘Saint Maud’, ‘Calm With Horses’, ‘His House’
UK producers have emphasised their commitment to European co-production on the eve of the European Film Awards (EFAs), in which UK films are conspicuous by their absence.
Two non-UK actors in UK-European productions are the sole representatives in the EFA nominations: Viggo Mortensen for
Falling and Natasha Berezhnaya for
DAU. Natasha.
“From a filmmaker’s point of view, we mostly are very pro-European,” said Andrea Cornwell, the producer of Rose Glass’s
Saint Maud. This week the low-budget horror film received a record 17 Bifa nominations but is understood to not have been submitted to the EFAs.