'WOLF HALL' EPIC SERIES
GETS FIRST CHARACTER PHOTOS
Although their last year's historical series
WHITE QUEEN didn't meet with much success due to being poorly and chaotically written and badly acted at some points, BBC is again bravely venturing into the medieval waters with the launch of new Tudor era series
WOLF HALL which will open the doors of the Tudor royal court in January in United Kingdom and later on in April at
PBS in the United States! Today you can check out luxurious first images from the upcoming six part series presenting the main characters and their lavish costumes! To be broadcast at
BBC Two next month the series is actually a small screen adaptation of
Hilary Mantel's highly popular bestselling historical novels
WOLF HALL and BRING UP THE BODIES with
Damian Lewis leading the cast as English king Henry VIII whom we've last seen portrayed by
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in THE TUDORS. But unlike that show,
WOLF HALL is going to stick more closely to the real history with the aim to be more realistic in

portraying the English court of the 16th century (the airing of the series actually coincides with the 500th anniversary of Hampton Court Palace!
HISTORICAL SERIES WILL FOCUS ON THOMAS CROMWELL
The series will dominantly
focus on Thomas Cromwell, the 16th-century Godfather like figure at the
heart of all the machinations at the court of Henry VIII.
Mark Rylance plays king’s chief minister, brutal fixer and disposer of royal wives, the man who was at home in
courtroom or waterfront, bishop’s palace or inn yard. He could draft a
contract, train a falcon, draw a map, stop a street fight, furnish a
house and fix a jury! He spoke French and Italian, and because of his
humble origins as son of a blacksmith, his class

consciousness made him
an astute observer and reader of men and women. Cromwell was instrumental
in securing the annulment of

Henry’s marriage to his first wife,
Catherine of Aragon, his union with the scheming Anne Boleyn, her
execution and Henry’s subsequent marriage to Jane Seymour.

JOANNE WHALLEY, ED SPELLERS, JONATHAN PRYCE ALSO STAR
In the series which will have over 100 characters
, Saskia Reeves will appear as Cromwell's sister-in-law Johane.
Charity Wakefield
(Sense and Sensibility) will play Mary Boleyn, the royal mistress and
sister to Henry VIII's second wife Anne, who will be played by
Claire Foy (who is also the top candidate to portray the current queen Elizabeth in Netflix's new series
THE QUEEN).
Joanne Whalley will be Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, beloved by the nation. Legendary
Jonathan Pryce will play the powerful and scheming Cardinal Wolsey.
Mark Gatiss will be Henry's top civil servant Stephen Gardiner while GAME OF THRONES'
Anton Lesser will play Thomas More. Another GAME OF THRONES star,
Thomas Brodie Sangster, will play

Cromwell's ward Rafe. ERAGON and DOWNTON ABBEY star
Ed Speleers will be Edward Seymour, brother to Henry VIII's third wife, Jane!
Jack Lowden will play famous poet Thomas Wyatt.

CANDLELIGHT AND CODPIECES
Among the interesting facts from the production of
WOLF HALL, one of
the most intriguing ones is that the series used new camera

technology
which allowed for the scenes to be shot under candlelight in Tudor halls
and country homes which results in bigger authenticity.

Among the funny
facts is the one about
codpieces: they were made much smaller so that
they wouldn't baffle the American audience once it starts airing in USA.
40 comments:
Hmmm? looks good, There was nothing wrong with the White Queen, it was a great bit of TV.
Wow, a great set of characters...and costumes!
I wanted to like WHITE QUEEN, but it just had no direction within the episodes and the big time jumps were done to chaotically, with some of the actors giving either poor or overly dramatic performances. I did like the music in it
glad you like it, Phil, hope we get a trailer soon
Oh, wonderful! Such exquisite costumes. And I love the look of all the characters. Looking forward to watching this one, though I suppose we'll have a long wait in the US. Great pics, Dezzy. :)
yep, it starts for us in the Europe in no time... but you can always Torrent it like me does :)
Spectacular garments indeed. I hope the series lives up to them! :)
fingers crossed, it's only six episodes :)
Oh this looks lovely - the book was fascinating :)
Hi Dez....
Love Damien Lewis!
This looks awesome!
Cheers!
Linda :o)
I enjoy historical series..and this one seems real juicy!!! The costumes look awesome and that plot is dripping. Love it!
glad you think so
he is always so great!
should be fun to watch this winter!
Not fat enough to be Henry VIII
Wow, looks like no expense was spared for those costumes!
Great costumes! They'll likely win some awards for those.
I definitely like my codpieces smaller(smile).
I love the lavish costumes
The costumes are fantastic. However, I wonder if they got overly hot and heavy having to wear them around the set all day!?
I am in for this one... like Phil said...
Glad to hear it
he wasn't always fat, you know....
fit for royalty?
hope they look good on camera, because Anne's white gown looks horrid in the photo :)))
pffttt... they should make an original version with huge natural codpieces for us Europeans :) Gents apparently wore them as big as possible in that era because being masculine in a wild way was considered a good thing :) Ah, to be a fly on a Tudor walll.....
glad to hear it
they most certainly did. They didn't even have hidden zippers or velcro, so it wasn't easy getting out of them
And if you were a fly on a Tudor wall, you'd return and tell us all about it, please.
The Spawn Torrents a lot, but she seems to get lots of viruses in her computer as a result.
When he was young he was said to cut quite a fine figure. But it did go to fat. That leg wound really messed him up.
More on the Tudors. What a fascinating lot of plotters and schemers they were. 'Twas a dangerous thing to be a favourite at that court.
so true, dahlink, one could end up stung by a royal prick at Tudors' court in no time....
I'd shoot it with my mobile phone :)
yep, he was allegedly the handsomest of athletic men of that age ... but then again power does make men more attractive
dahlink, you must tell her to install AVAST, it is free, you should install it too, just download the free version from AVAST site.
Fingers, toes and what not...
you can cross other parts too?
I really enjoyed the Tudors. Looking forward to this one too. I had to go to IMDB to read about Damian Lewis.....I wasn't sure if Homeland was finished as we have been watching it on Netflix and are a little behind. Thanks for the heads up on this show!
I think his character died, but I don't follow HOMELAND so I wouldn't know :)
Thanks for following the spy!
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