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Fun Facts about The Tudors (in history, the actors & the series) If you know something FUN ie. amusing, odd, quirky, unusual, different and maybe strange that might make us smile or that we might not know about add it here! click the easyedit button |
| In history |
King Henry VIII - Henry had a fondness for fart Jokes and other less sociable body functions - He built a 2-story, communal public lavatory with 14 seats at Hampton Court.( The mind boggles at 14 people all sitting together doing their "business") - He was a big gambler and in two years it was recorded he lost £3,250 on cards which by today's standards is an enormous amount and he would be a candidate for Gamblers Anonymous ( if he wasn't a king) - Despite having his own mistresses, it was forbidden for a man to appear in public with his mistress. - Henry had a remarkable memory and could remember the names of every servant employed in all the royal households. - It is said, that even though he was a large man, he had a high pitched voice - He loved to dress up in costume, and "was especially fond of bursting in upon Queen Katherine of Aragon and took boyish delight in these disguisings. Katherine seemingly never tired of feigning astonishment that it was her husband who had surprised her." He tried this unsuccessfully later with his 4th wife-to-be, Anne of Cleves who did not have the same reaction as her predecessor and he came out the room declaring : "I like her not!" - He self-medicated and his prescription book shows methods for treating ulcers, some of them apparently devised by Henry himself. He was terrified of catching the plague, spending most summers away from London to avoid it. - In an age, where few people bathed regularly, Henry was ahead of his time as he was fastidious and obsessed with cleaning due to his fear of germs. - By the end of his life, his waistline measured 4 and half feet around and there were mechanical devices made to get him in and out of bed ....and on and off his horse. - Henry was a big spender. His post-mortem inventory listed nearly 20,000 items, including the largest tapestry collection on record, 70 ships and 6,500 handguns. He died in massive debt. |
| Actors on The Tudors |
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - JRM owns a horse named Belle"Belle" but he doesn't own a car - He has a pet chihuahua called "Boo Boo" - He "hates computers" (only uses it for itunes to download world music, like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) but "loves television" and his favourite show is Law & Order: SVU ("Mariska Hargitay," he says, placing his hand on his heart, "is my crush.")  |
 - Has a knack for languages. Speaks nine languages, including Italian, French, Nepalese, and Russian. - If he wasn't an actor he would have joined the Military Forces just like his brothers & father. - Has an interest in Egyptology. - Has auditioned for various super hero movies (Superman Returns, Batman Begins) but hasn't been cast...yet! He also auditioned for Casino Royale but lost to Daniel Craig because Cavill was thought to young for the role. |
 - Owns her own record label named Mermaid Records - After learning a bit of Spanish for her role in "The Tudors", she took some more lesson's and moved over there for some time. - Was pregnant for the second series and gave birth to a boy. |
Natalie Dormer - Speaks French - Quite skilled at fencing and is a member of the London fencing academy - Mezzo soprano singer & trained dancer - Enjoys playing poker, favorite game is Texas Hold'Em, has the poker nickname "The Queen" |
 - Has a fascination with combat and weapons. She studied hand to hand combat and trained with all different kinds of swords and weaponry. |
Annabelle Wallis - On her resume, her performance skills include modern dancing and athletic skills, hip hop and rollerblading. - she speaks Portuguese, French, Spanish & Armenian |
Joss Stone - Stone was asked personally by Barack Obama to write & record a song for his presidential campaign, reportedly due to the fact that she appeals across racial boundaries - First CD she bought was Aretha Franklin's Greatest Hits - Is a Vegetarian (from birth) - Joss wanted to play Jane Seymour in The Tudors but her touring schedule was too busy, instead she was cast as Anne of Cleves |
Tamzin Merchant - In "Pride and Prejudice" Tamzin played the piano forte herself - Tamzin appeared in the Groove Armada/Mutya Buena Music Video - 'Song 4 Mutya' - Tamzin appears briefly in Jamie T's 'If You Got The Money' Music Video. - Has two poems published for Platforms Magazine: “Ode to a Toilet” and “Where Does Revent Stop?” |
 - Has played a queen before in The Affair of the Necklace as Marie Antoinette. - Her ex-husband is Tim Bevan who is one of the producers of the show. - Before she became an Actress, Joely was on her way to becoming a Tennis Star after receiving a scholarship to Harry Hopman Tennis School in Tampa, FL. Her father put a stop to it and Joely followed in her sisters footsteps as an actress. |
| The Tudors series |
 - In the movie Sleepy Hollow, Steven Waddington's character is de-capitated. The model of his head created for that scene was flown in and used again for Buckingham's beheading in Season 1, episode 2- |
Katherine of Aragon - Maria Doyle Kennedy was pregnant during the filming of the second series so they had to use trick lighting, camera angles, good use of costuming and props to conceal the bump. |
 - Callum Blue broke his arm during the filming of the first season so his line's had to go to other characters making him not as prominent as scripted as they did not have casts in Tudor Times!. |
Pope Paul III  - Michael Hirst wrote another scene for the pope as a bargaining tool to have Peter O'Toole to play him. |
 - In order to be more believable as Anne of Cleves, Joss Stone had to learn how to play the harpischord. - Joss also had to have heavy make-up to cover her nose-peircing and tattoos. |
