I am not sure if anyone has actually seen an episode, but this Showtime-produced series emerged April of 2006.
I only started watching it about 4 months back...and I am hooked. What would you expect?
The series is being shot in Ireland. The central characters of the story are two actors who have become my favorites - carefully bringing to life the misfortunes (along with lust and betrayal) that occurred in the House of Tudor.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the tragic King Henry VIII. More than the loves and conquests of Henry, it is, truly, the intrigue and conspiracy surrounding England’s monarch that makes the audience clamor for more. Rhys Meyers convinces us of his capacity to shift from one persona to another – as King Henry VIII, he is ambitious, he is zealous and he is driven by his desires (my kind of guy, actually).
Natalie Dormer plays the role of the seductive Anne Boleyn. Natalie’s confidence exudes onscreen, as she takes on a character that, I don’t suppose, will ever be considered ‘boring.’ As Henry’s second wife, she’s influential, she’s flamboyant, and she’s twisted. But she’s such a good actress that she makes the word ‘twisted’ sound so nice that it might just make some of us, if not all of us, want to be one.
The series takes us back to a timeless fragment in history – highlighting both the magnanimity and sometimes the heartlessness of one of the greatest sovereigns in Europe.
I guess what fascinates me more than anything is the reality that tragedy befalls everyone and anyone – that whether you are a commoner or a king – you never can escape life’s beating. That what goes around comes around. That victory does not only guarantee bliss but also downfall.
The Tudors is in itself, an unquestionably great work of art.
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