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Experts discuss depictions of Henry VIII in film and how appearances on the silver screen,
from Charles Laughton in 1933 to The Tudors of 2008,
tell us more about the preoccupations of each generation of film-makers
than the King himself.
[source: HistoricRoyalPalacesMay 22, 2009]

KING HENRY VIII


Jonathan Rhys MeyersYoung Henry VIII
JRM vs Young Henry (aged 18)
Portrait from the Denver Art Museum


King Henry VIII in The Tudors and in a portrait

Certainly not as luscious as JRM!! (HVIII aged 45)


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Real Henry aged 29 and JRM


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Henry on the left aged 35
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Laura Cowie in the role of Anne Boleyn in the 1911 British silent movie which was based on William Shakespeare's play "Henry VIII".
1911 - Silent Movie starring Laura Cowie
1933
1933 "The Private life of Henry VIII -
Charles Laughton as Henry
& Merle Oberon as Anne
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Emil Jannings
1920 -"Anne Boleyn" starring Emil Jannings as Henry
& Henny Portman as Anne
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1977 - "Crossed Swords" Charlton Heston as Henry
Robert Shaw as Henry
1966 - "A man for all seasons" - Robert Shaw as Henry
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1969 - "Anne of a Thousand Days"
Richard Burton as Henry
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Anne of a Thousand days




"Anne of a Thousand days"
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1970 - Keith Michell as Henry in
"The Six wives of Henry VIII"
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Keith Michell as Henry VIII and Charlotte Rampling
as Anne Boleyn (Henry VIII and his Six Wives)





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1973 - Henry VIII & his Six Wives
John Stride as Henry
1979 - Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" TV series
starring John Stride
Barbara Kellerman as Anne Boleyn &
Timothy West as Cardinal WolThe Tudors Depictions Throughout History of King Henry VIII - The Tudors Wikisey







Shakespeare's Henry VIII -- Act 1 scene IV
Helena Bonham Carter as Anne Boleyn & Ray Winstone as Henry VIII
2003 TV series - Henry VIII
Ray Winstone, Helena Bonham Carter (Anne), Emilia Fox (Jane) and Assumpta Serna (Catherine of Aragon)
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*Mature content - Rape scene and beheading included with original audio. Do not watch if this might upset or offend you.*




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2008 -The Other Boleyn Girl -
Starring Eric Bana as Henry VIII
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Trailer
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Jason Sharp as Henry VIII
2008- Jason Sharp a science teacher in Oldham protrays Henry VIII in a independant film " The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary.

Henry VIII





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Cover of the Manga Shakespeare's adaptation of "Henry VIII" Illustrated by Patrick Warren, available April 2009
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Sid James as Henry VIII in Carry on Henry 1971


Tudors Fans - What are your thoughts?

  • JRM can resemble young Henry, but he should have kept the beard. Ray Winstone appears to resemble the Henry at about 36 to 40 ish when he pursued and eventually married Anne Boleyn. I remember the 6 Wives of Henry VIII with Keith Michelll. His physical appearance was suited to the character as was Ray Winstone; it showed Henry VIII getting old and obese.Guess they'll have to do the same with JRM. Richard Burton and Robert Shaw were great Henrys but their portrayals covered a specific time in Henry's life.
  • Re: A Man for all seasons - Henry's appearance is very accurate for his time, since he was not always the fat and obese man we came to know, he was once a regular man like here by the time he was engaged to Anne Boleyn.

  • Henry the VIII interpretation by Keith Mitchell in appearance as in acting is very accurate, however; Catherine of Aragon's clothes seem to not be put to much attention in accuracy or in elegance.Anne Boleyn's accuracy was done way better, and so was Jane Seymour's clothing.The french hood is done very well, with a lot of accuracy as it is drawn to the back and not put in the halo form as others have done in their movies.

  • Re: Henry VIII (1979) - The halo form french hood that Anne Boleyn is wearing is slightly incorrect, the french hood although it had a circular shape and sometimes oval, it would not be 'halo' as this hood is and it would be drown more to the back like tilted to avoid such a 'halo' effect, the hood should have been drawn or tilted to the back life Dorothy Tutin's hood in her interpretation of the same character (see left picture).

  • Re: Anne of a Thousand days - Genevieve Bujold makes a more believable Anne for her appearance then Natalie Dormier, but, we mostly saw her hair loose which would be highly incorrect given that Anne Boleyn as her 'prestige' as Queen would have probably worn snoods (like in the right picture) or black veil as it was custom to do with a French Hood, that she liked to wear.Overall this movie scored big with appearance for the two main characters, but sadly for other characters like it was for Mary Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon, the imagery was more done to put them in a dark context, than in accuracy.

  • Re: Henry VIII (2003) - The clothing for this time period would include a square neck dress, with the jewelry on neck for noble women or Queens, specially for Anne Boleyn who loved to wear the 'B' necklace, and long sleeves with "bell" effect to them, Helen Bonham Carter would have made a more believable Anne if she would have worn a veil to her hood and the hood would be drawn a little backwards and not so much in the front. Jane Seymour's hood seems more like the french style, except it would be used later one by the end of her period. The audience would also think that Henry was a wife beater as he hits Jane when she is pregnant, and people may assume this is what killed her. He also rapes Anne. Katherine Howard's execution is also inaccurate, showing her to be hysterical whilst in real life she was fairly composed.
  • Re: The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn, she makes a believable Anne, perhaps better then Natalie Dormier in appearance, as for the hood though, the french hood, it is drawn backwards then other examples which is good, but, the hood looks a little flat on the upper front.

  • Re: The Tudors - series - Catherine of Aragon - Again the popular image of the Spanish woman is that of dark hair, dark skin and dark clothing. However, the Tudors does break barriers not in her clothing style or her hair, but in putting her more white, she is really white (as real Spaniards, many of them are) and has blue eyes, which that means they are not portraying her as all dark as "Anne of A Thousand Days", or other movies have in the Hollywood media.
    (DarkLadyWitch11)
  • The most accurate portrayal of Henry VIII I have ever seen on the screen is Keith Michell ("The Six Wives of Henry VIII") - both in appearance and general manner, it almost makes me believe in reincarnation! Also the Duke of Norfolk in the same series (portrayed by Patrick Troughton) was excellent, I think the real duke jumped out of his portrait to do that series! Dorothy Tutin is still my favourite Anne (followed by Charlotte Rampling in the movie version). The costumes were excellent too, especially the French and gable hoods, and the BBC were on a shoestring budget so this is a remarkable achievement.
    As for the costuming in "The Tudors", I think it is the worst I have ever seen! Very very inaccurate and sometimes centuries out of date, I actually laughed at JRM's PVC doublet and zip flies (!), plus that ridiculous Chinese-esque headdress that Natalie wears at some point. It's actually worse than the costumes in 2003's "Henry VIII", which were also pretty wrong!
    (Shadow_in_the_Sun)
  • Anne of A Thousand Days- Overall the costumes though, it was good costuming, excellent points in costume accuracy, Anne Boleyn interpretation was superb as we believed her to be the real one and not just other depiction, Genevive excelled herself in this performance, Richard Burton as Henry VIII is one of his biggest life-breaking performances in all his life, this of all his career won the price as he really looked and acted as Henry VIII. (DarkLadyWitch11)
  • Henry VIII - the casting directors of Henry VIII (2003) really got it right with Ray Winstone in the title role; as another poster said about the Patrick Troughton as the Duke of Norfolk in another production, Ray Winstone could have jumped out of one of Henry's portraits. He has definitely got the resemblance and the understated (in his younger years) bullying manner of behaving. I liked Robert Shaw as Henry for different reasons. Whatever it was about Henry that attracted women (aside from his being King) has always escaped me. Shaw's Henry had a slightly dangerous look in his eye and a brash, boyish charm that I would have found attractive, and the real younger Henry may have had. I also feel that Steven Waddingtom should get a chance at interpreting Henry in some future movie or series. I think he could do it well, and he certainly has the physical presence.
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highlandgirl how do YOU see Henry VIII (page: 1 2 3) 51 Dec 18 2009, 3:02 PM EST by Elliemental
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As time has gone by, Henry 8 has been largely (pardon the pun) misrepresented to show the bloated, ill, ale-swilling older fellow he was preceding his death. However, when digging deeper in recorded history, Henry - as represented here - was a calculating and brilliant young lion. Much of his behaviors and actions that seem so close to madness when seen through the eyes of our century, actually were not that off-base when taken in the context of what life was like during the period in which he lived, not to mention the experiences he had as a child and young man growing up in an environment that most certainly had affected him psychologically. I like how JRM and the writers of the Tudors have chosen to depict Henry. Though I know even this is not completely accurate, as no modern representation can be, I like that someone is looking at a different Henry than the one we've unfortunately come to know. I once played one of the wives of Henry VIII in a play, and took the opportunity to study up on the period and the royal family of that era. I choose to view Henry differently than he is usually portrayed, more in line with some of what the writers of The Tudors are doing. How do you see the real Henry VIII?
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fleur_de_lis Who do you envisage... 17 Dec 7 2009, 9:02 AM EST by MyLadyGreensleeves
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When you are reading books about the Tudors characters, be them fiction or fact, do you envisage certain actors as the characters? If you do, which ones do you think of?

Henry VIII is always Keith Michell, I do not think you can get much more like Henry then him.
Katherine of Aragon is usually Maria Doyle Kennedy although when it is something about her youth I always picture the fair haired girl from Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant
Anne Boleyn is Helena Bonham Carter
Jane Seymour usually changes from Anita Briem when she is unmarried to Emilia Fox when she becomes Queen
Anne of Cleves I always imagine to look like the woman from David Starkey’s six wives mini series
Katherine Howard changes. It used to be soley Emily Blunt but now if I read something which portrays her as bad I always think of Tamzin Merchant because up to now I find her very irritating
Catherine Parr is Claire Hollman though i am hoping that Joley Richardson will soon change that, we are in dire need of a good Cathy Parr
Mary is Sarah Bolger when she was young of course, and Joanna Whalley when older
Young Elizabeth is Anne Marie Duff unless she’s being annoying where it turns to Queenie from Blackadder :-D and Old Elizabeth is Judi Dench
Edward I always think of that cute boy from Henry VIII (2003) who was in Harry Potter when he’s young and the boy from lady Jane when he’s a teen

You can add more characters if you want I was just doing the general family. I would love to hear your views and see who really has had a lasting effect on you
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jmccoy2272 Ray Winstone 8 Jun 9 2009, 6:39 AM EDT by mistressbibi
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I think he looks the part. When I think of Henry 8 I think of him!!!
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