JUDE LAW'S FIREBRAND
ADS CAST FOR THE COURT
As Deadline reports, Henry VIII historical movie drama
FIREBRAND in which
Jude Law will play the king and
Alicia Vikander the protagonist, his last wife Katherine Parr, has finalised the court entourage:
Sam Riley and
Eddie Marsan will portray noble brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour
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Alicia Vikander and Jude Law will lead the cast
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who loathed each other. Their sister Jane Seymour was Henry VIII’s third wife. Thomas Seymour and Katherine Parr were sweethearts before Parr caught Henry’s eye. After the monarch’s death, Thomas and Katherine were reunited. Film follows the marriage of Katherine to Henry, his sixth and final wife, and how she fell foul of her husband’s courtiers — namely his key adviser
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Sam Riley and Simon Russell Beale take the supporting roles
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Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, played by
Simon Russell Beale. Hunting for high profile heretics, he sent Protestant martyr Anne Askew (
Erin Doherty) to the Tower of London, hoping she would betray the queen. Katherine, a noted scholar and author, surrounded herself with a loyal entourage who watched out for her. The queen knew how to out-fox powerful
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Junia Rees, Patsy Feran, Erin Doherty will also star in the film
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adversaries and survive plots on her life. Katherine’s ladies will be played by
Ruby Bentall as Cat,
Bryony Hannah as Ellen, and
Maia Jemmett as Dot. Queen Katherine formed a close bond with her step-daughters, Princess Mary (
Patsy Ferran) and Princess Elizabeth (
Junia Rees)!
Can't stand Jude Law at all...
ReplyDeleteWhaaaat? All that hunkiness?
DeleteI love Jude. He was my mother's last crush. I'll watch this one as a prequel to becoming Elizabeth.
ReplyDeleteHe has magnetic on screen presence. I think that in about twenty to thirty years he, Ewan, Kate and Cate, will be what today Judi, Jacobi and McKellen are.
DeleteI do love me some Jude Law, so this one is definitely going on my watch list.
ReplyDeleteHope they will not mess it up, since it is a Brasilian directors first English feature.
DeleteI guess it could go either way. I'll keep my fingers crossed it's on the positive side.
DeleteIndeed
DeleteI'm with you and Theresa. Jude Law's a HUNK and I'm all in!
ReplyDeleteHe totally is.
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