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Writer & Executive Producer : Michael Hirst

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Elizabeth (1998) - writer
Elizabeth, the Golden Age (2007) - writer & executive producer

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Place of Birth: 1952

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“Showtime commissioned me to write an entertainment, a soap opera, and not history,” creator/writer Michael Hirst told the New York Times. “And we want people to watch it.”
"What I would like to do is go back to Henry VII, Henry VIII's father, and show how the dynasty was set up, because that's interesting, and then I'd kind of like to jump forward to his son Edward VI, with Seymour, as Lord Protector—and then Queen Mary, who tried to reintroduce Catholicism. Mary married the king of Spain, and then thought she was pregnant, but it was a tumor. And she nearly killed her own sister Elizabeth. That's an amazing period."
"I know I am sometimes taken to task for “inventing” things, but believe me the general rule of thumb is that the more extraordinary and unbelievable a scene is, the more likely it is to be based on historical “fact”. I simply could not make up the story of Henry wrestling, virtually naked, with the King of France; or the “orgy” that followed the birth of his bastard son; or the fact that the King fell head first into the mud and nearly drowned trying to vault over a ditch"

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Interview with Michael Hirst - October 2007

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Michael Hirst with a team of Morris Dancers called "the side" who performed on the set for the May day scene - Season 2.	[photo by by Jonathan Hession]

Executive Producer : Morgan O'Sullivan

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World 2000 Entertainment Ltd. have been involved in the following co-productions:
King Arthur
Becoming Jane
P.S. I love you
The Blackwater Lightship
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone
Ella Enchanted
Veronica Guerin
Reign of Fire
Tristan & Isolde
Highbinders
The Count of Monte Cristo
An Everlasting Piece
David Copperfield
Angela's Ashes, The Nephew, Oliver Twist, Moll Flanders, Mystic Nights of Tir na nOg (Gaban); St. Patrick (Saban Entertainment); Animal Farm (Hallmark); David Copperfield (Hallmark); Durango (Hallmark Hall of Fame); Her Own Rules (CBS); Braveheart (Icon); Scarlett
and many more

Date of Birth: 1946

Place of Birth: Ireland

Bio: Morgan O'Sullivan was born and educated in Dublin. He began his career in broadcasting with RTE and then went to Australia to work in various production management capacities. He also acted in a broadcasting capacity on TV and radio as an on-air announcer. Returning to Ireland three years later, he rejoined RTE and established himself as a major on-air celebrity with a weekly interview show broadcast on radio.Morgan is now the Managing Director of World 2000 Entertainment Ltd.

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[Tribune.ie - July 6, 2008]
At the helm of the $40m production, which employs 300 people, is executive producer and local Bray man Morgan O'Sullivan. "It's really important to have somebody in the background who takes care of everything, who knows the business," Jonathan Rhys Meyers said. "Without Morgan, The Tudors would have been impossible."

However, O'Sullivan (62) himself said the cornerstone of the period drama was writer Michael Hirst, whose screen credits include 1998 Oscar- winning film Elizabeth."It's Michael's vision we're trying to make happen," he says. "But along with Michael, you have Irish directors like Brian Kirk, Ciaran Donnelly and Dearbhla Walsh, and a huge team, including Tom Conroy our set designer, and Joan Bergin our Emmy-winning costume designer.

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Morgan O'Sullivan with Michael Hirst, Seamus McInernery & James Flynn accepting the IFTA for Best Drama Series / Soap	Jonathan Rhys Meyers giving credit to Morgan O'Sullivan
Season 1	Morgan can be seen behind Annabelle Wallis - the "new" Jane Seymour - Season 3

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Ciaran Donnelly with Jonathan Rhys Meyers on the set of season 1. Directed Season 1 Episodes 9 & 10 & Season 2 Episodes 1 - 10 He is the Chairman of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland.	Alison Maclean Season 1 Episodes 7 & 8 a Canadian film director of music videos, short films, television (episodes of Sex & the City, The Tudors, Homicide. Life On the Streets), commercials and feature films.

Latest page update: made by MsSquirrly , Aug 27 2008, 7:30 AM EDT (about this update - complete history)

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Casting - Best & Worst

Aug 30 2008, 11:50 PM EDT by funrod6

Thread started: Aug 28 2008, 3:00 PM EDT Watch

There has been a lot said about the casting of this show but here we are going into our 3rd season of an award winning show. What casting choice do you think was the worst and the best?

For me, I have to say that although Gabrielle Anwar is a lovely actress, I really didn't buy her in her role of Princess Margaret...she was too tanned and at 38 ...really not a match for 25 yr old Henry Cavill. So she is my choice for Worst.

For the Best, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and I have to say that in the beginming I really thought he wasn't right for the part but he has won me over with his larger than life portrayal through sheer screen presence. He has been criticized for overacting but Henry WAS melodramatic.... I think he has successfully made the part his own.

(I didnt add the obvious ie. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'toole, Maria Doyle Kennedy or James Frain but all really good casting choices.)

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