Discussion: Will Anne of Cleves be made beautiful...

"I agree Holly2. Well if we technically go by "royal blood" literally then many of us will fit into that category. Especially those of us from Germany and the former HRE. I did mean of a ruling dynasty. But also where does one draw the line for royal blood and not simply having a royal ancestor. Isn't the blue diluted from the blood after a while or even gone? "

"I predict that Anne of Cleves will probably be made somewhat plain as JRM probably will not wear a fatsuit. If H-8 isn't depicted as bloated and awful, Anne of Cleves won't have reason to recoil from him in disgust. So, Anne will be plain and unsophisticated....but not absolutely ugly. Henry will have to debase himself by telling Parliament and the world that he is impotent with Anne and cannot consummate the marriage in order to get out of said marriage. This blow to Henry's ego and the fact that Cromwell fatally forgot that Henry has to be attracted to and "in love" with his wives will spell doom for Cromwell.
I predict the first part of Season Three will focus on the Pilgrimage of Grace and the last half will focus on Henry toying with Cromwell and setting his minister up for a huge fall. The entrance of Katherine Howard will add a sexual element (hopefully it will be an actress as good as Natalie Dormer) and speed things up. The season will end with Cromwell's horrific execution (apparently he got a novice headsman) and Henry's fifth wedding...execution and wedding happened on the same day."

"I predict that Anne of Cleves will probably be made somewhat plain as JRM probably will not wear a fatsuit. If H-8 isn't depicted as bloated and awful, Anne of Cleves won't have reason to recoil from him in disgust. So, Anne will be plain and unsophisticated....but not absolutely ugly. Henry will have to debase himself by telling Parliament and the world that he is impotent with Anne and cannot consummate the marriage in order to get out of said marriage. This blow to Henry's ego and the fact that Cromwell fatally forgot that Henry has to be attracted to and "in love" with his wives will spell doom for Cromwell.
I predict the first part of Season Three will focus on the Pilgrimage of Grace and the last half will focus on Henry toying with Cromwell and setting his minister up for a huge fall. The entrance of Katherine Howard will add a sexual element (hopefully it will be an actress as good as Natalie Dormer) and speed things up. The season will end with Cromwell's horrific execution (apparently he got a novice headsman) and Henry's fifth wedding...execution and wedding happened on the same day."

"I do hope that they cast someone who isn't a real beauty, as everyone on this show is just too darned good looking! LOL And I also hope that JRM does wear a fat suit. Some people feel that they should have cast someone who looked more like Henry but I'd rather see someone who can act portray him instead. We all know what Henry looked like, we're not children, we can use our imaginations a little bit, can't we? But on the other hand, to keep JRM slim throughout the seasons would be asking us to stretch our imaginations a bit much. Put a fat suit on him and let him show his true acting skills. He's got 'em. "

"well I think the poster was referring to the execution of Thomas Cromwell happening the same day as Henry & Katherine Howard's wedding...not her execution. That happened 19 months later."

"Maybe after being summarily rejected by the other women he chased - and I would love it if they throw in the line about Christina of Milan not wanting to marry him because she only has one head - he'll be confidently expecting Anne of Cleves (pretty but not a beauty like Anne Boleyn) to be delighted to get to be his bride and, when she is less than enthusiastic, his pride gets hurt.

I doubt that Anne of Cleves could possibly be as ugly as Henry claimed. I'd say that her portrait may have flattered her a bit but that it was essentially a good likeness. If you were Holbein, would you dare to paint one of Henry's prospective brides as pretty if she was really unattractive?"

"I hope they show There is another painting that was done of her (I believe by Holbein as well), that it was revealed that a much larger nose was hidden under the top layer of paint--and it had been painted over with a smaller, more appealing version. She was also said to have been marked by small pox, which is also something that wouldn't have been feattured in a painting. Unlike photographs, when it comes to paintings there is that unknown factor of what happens when an image is filtered through the eyes of an artist. "