Tuesday, 1st June 2021 at 6:03 pm
Channel 5 upcoming psychological thriller Anne Boleyn stars Jodie Turner-Smith as Henry VIII’s ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn, now considered to be one of the most influential queen consorts in history.
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The producers used identity-conscious casting for the series, similar to how theatre productions have long approached casting historical plays.
Mark Stanley, who plays Henry VIII in the Anne Boleyn cast, told
RadioTimes.com, “Jodie has a lot in common with Anne Boleyn. She’s a strong, opinionated, scarily intelligent person. She was also bringing up a young child at the time that we were on set, and she’s quite awe-inspiring really. If you put that all in a box, actually, it’s very similar indeed.