'MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS'
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| The movie was directed by Josie Rourke |
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| Mary's son George was Elizabeth's heir in the end |
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of the compelling
Elizabeth I. Each young Queen beholds her
"sister" in fear and fascination. Rivals in power and in love, and
female regents in a masculine world, the two must decide how to play the
game of marriage versus independence. Determined to rule as much more
than a figurehead, Mary asserts her claim to the English throne,
threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and
conspiracies within each court imperil both thrones!
explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of the compelling
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| The movie is based on a book by John Guy |
THE ROYAL COURTIERS
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| Oscar winner Alexandra Byrne is doing the costumes |
Cruz Córdova as David Rizzio, Mary's close friend and confidant.
Brendan Coyle as Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, father of Lord Darnley! Ian Hart, Adrian Lester and James McArdle are also starring.
"How did it come to this?" Mary, Queen of Scots, brought it all on herself, quite frankly. When you poke the lion, expect to be clawed.
ReplyDeletebut she thought she was the lioness, British throne was hers by right! I do like the scene when she tells Bess that she would be killing her queen and that she is inferior to her :) She had such a sad life, though, especially when they took her child from her. And when she constantly had to marry another guy to keep the power which she never really had.
DeleteI remember seeing another movie with this title many many years ago and a horrifying scene at the end where someone was repeatedly stabbed with a rapier over and over. A shame this won't be more historically accurate, looks like some good actors!
ReplyDeleteit will be visually stunning, though, methinks, the visuals in the trailer left me quite in awe! Hope Margot's acting chops have improved, she was never overly good and extremely overrated, but gorgeous though. The same goes for Saoirse, mediocre for me, but one of those actresses that think they are better than they are. She does not have the presence.
DeleteI was thinking about the costume,hair and make-up designers in this sort of historical drama. They have to be the best and most hard working people!
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of research to be done, and then, dealing with the actors who can make life quite difficult.
it is sometimes amazing what research they have to do. I remember the costume designer for Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth movie speaking of how she had to be very careful not to use blue in costumes because Tudors apparently did not wear blue at that time. And how, since there isn't a scene in which Elizabeth is wearing a crown, she created a special gown for one of the scenes which looked more regal than others to give her that royal superiority at least in one scene.
DeleteIf you can overlook the bullshit of them not staying true to history, it does look worthy of watching. I think it looks visually beautiful and the costumes and makeup are wonderful from what I can tell from the trailer.
ReplyDeleteyes, and it has some really memorable lines, too bad Saoirse does not have the presence and charisma to say them like some other actress would.
DeleteShe does seem a bit bland with her speaking in role form, but I do think she's cute and quirky in her every day speaking. Maybe she should draw from her real life to pump some life into her speaking roles.
Deletepossibly!
DeleteToo bad it's not completely historically accurate. It looks like it would be a good drama otherwise.
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DeleteI hope she can pull it off. No, not THAT!
ReplyDeleteshe cannot
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