THE SPANISH PRINCESS
WILL ROYAL UP YOUR SPRING!
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| The Spanish Princess starts May 5th |
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| 70 percent of the team behind The Spanish Princess were women |
THE SPANISH PRINCESS
sort of a prequel to The Tudors, directed by Poldark's and Beowulf's Stephen Woolfenden, will see Charlotte Hope playing the young princess of Spain who was promised the English throne since she was a child. She arrives in rain
lashed England with her
glorious court. She is Princess of Wales now, but when her husband
Prince Arthur (Angus Imrie) dies suddenly, the throne
seems lost to
Catherine. Until she claims her marriage was never consummated and that
as a virgin she may set her sights on the new heir, the charismatic and
headstrong Prince Harry (Ruairi O'Connor) who will one
day rule as King
Henry VIII. The above mentioned Elliot Cowan plays Henry VII of England
Alexandra Moen is his wife Elizabeth of York, while Olly Rix portrays
Duke Edward Stafford!
sort of a prequel to The Tudors, directed by Poldark's and Beowulf's Stephen Woolfenden, will see Charlotte Hope playing the young princess of Spain who was promised the English throne since she was a child. She arrives in rain
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| Ruairi O'Connor and Charlotte Hope play the couple in love |
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| The series is based on Philippa Gregory's novels |
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| Catherine's lady in waiting will fall in love with a soldier! |
MEET THE ROYAL TUDOR COURT
Charlotte Hope portrays Princess Catherine of Aragon who arrives to the English court in order to become the future queen. Her life there will be one of the most tragic ones recorded in royal history.
Ruairi O'Connor plays Prince Harry, the future King Henry VIII of England, the famous womaniser. Although in love with Catherine in the beginning, he will ditch her later on as she did not produce him a male heir. 
Stephanie Levi John plays one of Catherine's ladies in waiting Lina, intelligent and extremely loyal she served the future queen of England for more than two decades! Her character is based on a real woman called Catalina de Cardonnes!
Nadia Parkes plays Catherine of Aragon's second lady in waiting Rosa. She is a part of the strong female sisterhood with Catherine and Lina. They support each other when they arrive to the new court as newcomers.
Aaron Cobham is handsome Oviedo in the series, a bowman who travels to England with the court of Catherine of Aragon! Lina falls in love with him, even though she's supposed to marry someone from the Tudor court!
Harriet Walter plays the infamous and evil Margaret Beaufort, Henry VIII's vicious grandmother who fought for the Tudors to steal the throne from Yorks. Her son is now safely on that throne and she has two grandsons to secure the future as well.
Laura Carmichael plays Maggie Pole, a good and kind member of the royal court whom we remember from the previous The White Princess series as
well! The cast also includes Alicia Borrachero as Spanish Queen Isabella, Jordan Renzo as Charlie Brandon, Richard Pepper as Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, Philip Cumbus as Thomas Wolsey and Alan McKenna as Sir Richard Pole!
well! The cast also includes Alicia Borrachero as Spanish Queen Isabella, Jordan Renzo as Charlie Brandon, Richard Pepper as Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, Philip Cumbus as Thomas Wolsey and Alan McKenna as Sir Richard Pole!
The posters are quite lovely, almost fairy tale-like. I especially like the one with the with flowers and oranges and the purple flower one below it.
ReplyDeleteYes, I like the oranges and the pomegranate ones best! I expect the costumes will be very weird in this one as the Spanish fashion will bring exotic style to the English court! I White Princess they had magnificent gowns, capes and extremely long floating hairs hanging below their bums.
DeleteI do still stand by thinking that one dress looks more like a lampshade. I hope the costumes don't detract from the show in their weirdness.
DeleteI wonder if she will change her style gradually, adopting the Tudor fashion... You can't dress like a Spaniard if you're an English queen.
DeleteI like the thought in your sentence "...they're trying to forcefully stuff feminism and diversity down our throats..."
ReplyDeleteStunning posters!
It is just that they are using the trend of it. I'm not generally against feminism if it is not too extreme but they go way tooo far with it in some shows today, with diversity as well. In last year we've seen a black Zeus, Achilles, it is just ridiculous. And here it is not that they did not have black people on their court, but how the producers are playing that card because it is trendy now. They are also boasting how 70% of the production team were women. Why would you boast about that? Imagine if they said proudly 70% of our team are men? They should cast and give out jobs according to talent not at all according to gender.
DeleteThe costumes are amazing and I totally agree with you!
ReplyDeleteGlad everyone is agreeing with me today :)
DeleteThose are some stunning costumes. I think it's creative how they used flower walls as the backdrop for the photos. Those had to take a little time to make.
ReplyDeleteEspecially since lately none of the networks does cast stills any more :( which makes my business ever so more difficult.
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