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

""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."

Ha Ha, that was Holbeins form of "airbrushing" like they do these days for magazines & ads!"

"I too am interested in how Anne of Cleves will dress. Her manner of dress was considered strange by English/French standards. It wasn't considered flattering to her face or figure.
The way things have gone thus far on the Tudors, most characters have been attractive in lovely costumes, so I believe it may not be any different for A of C."

"I'm a wee bit annoyed by Joss' attitude about her character: "She wears frumpy clothes," says Stone, from her home in Devon on a break from filming in Dublin. "None of the sexy English corsets. I'm a German weirdo. I had to have a bloody German accent and play the harpsichord."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/2008-10-02-coming-attractions_N.htm

First of all Anne of Cleves wasn't musically talented, Hirst probably threw that in there to showcase Joss' talent. And two, I'll agree the hat she wears is ridiculous but it's not even close to the German cap the real Anne wore, it looks more Italian. But the gown in that still I think is beautiful not frumpy. I guess I'm upset because this isn't just a character on a tv show, it's an historical person who deserves some respect."

"I do agree the dress looks a tad bit Italian, but if you look at paintings by the German painter Lucas Cranach, the dress Joss is wearing looks very similar:
http://www.fabulousmasterpieces.co.uk/userimages/lucas_cranach_the_Elder.jpg
http://www.tate.org.uk/images/cms/12568w_messages_threeprincesses.jpg
Joss's head dress reminds me of Amelia of Cleves's head dress:
http://www.henrytudor.co.uk/USERIMAGES/amelia%20von%20kleve(1).jpg"

"I thought the hat was Italian, I like the dress it's definately in keeping with the mission to deconstruct the style of the period. The stripped stomacer reminds me of a later painting of Anne (the gold and black stripes)."

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The writers haven't held back in exposing several characters as homosexual. I have a suspicion that they are going to make Anne of Cleves a lesbian.
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"In the article from USA Today Joss stated how she wanted to play Jane Seymour but her touring scheudle won't let her film as long as she would need to for that role, so she was cast as Anne. I don't think she be right for a Jane Seymour, Annabelle Wallis looks more of the part.
And I do agree with MaryElizabethEdward, she has an unconvential prettiness about her that's why I thought she would pass atleast in appearence for AoC - also a woman of unconvential beauty as Holbein captured in his paintings."