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Historical Fiction | Scathing
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Choice Movie Actress Drama | 2008 | Scarlett Johansson
Best Actor | 2008 | Eric Bana
Best Production Design | 2009 | John Paul Kelly
Budget 35,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 78,269,970 USD
Mark Rylance (Sir Thomas Boleyn) was reportedly dissatisfied during shooting due to historical inaccuracy.
The love letter that Mary reads to herself says, "My heart and I surrender themselves into your hands." This is an actual quote from the real letter, but the letter was to Anne, not Mary.
Out of Henry VIII's six wives, his first three wives each bore him children. Catherine of Aragon, during her more than twenty-year reign as Queen, was pregnant a total of seven times. Most of her pregnancies resulted in either miscarriages or stillbirths. Her second pregnancy resulted in the sought after male heir, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, who was born on January 1, 1511. Unfortunately, the infant died about a month later due to intestinal problems. Her fifth pregnancy resulted in the only healthy child she had, Mary I, who was born on February 18, 1516. Anne Boleyn's first child, Elizabeth I, who was born on September 7, 1533, was the only healthy child she had. Afterwards, her few subsequent pregnancies resulted in miscarriages and a stillborn child. Jane Seymour gave birth to a sickly child, Edward VI, on October 12, 1537. She had gone through an extremely difficult labor which lasted for a few days and left her gravely ill. A few weeks after giving birth, she died due to postnatal complications. After that, any luck in producing a healthy, royally legitimate male heir was fruitless due to health issues, misplaced priorities, and bad life choices on the part of Henry. However, Henry also had several illegitimate children, one of whom was acknowledged, named Fitzroy (son of the King), and made an Admiral of England.
Anne was originally sentenced to be "beheaded or burned at the king's pleasure," but was thought to have been allowed the easier death in exchange for signing away the legitimacy of her marriage and child. While her brother George was executed by an axe, Anne was given the favor of beheading by an expert swordsman brought in from France. Future queens sentenced to death would not be so lucky.
One month before filming began, Natalie Portman began daily classes to master the English accent under dialect coach Jill McCullough.
"King Henry VIII: [Before the hunt] With no man to hold onto how do you plan to stay on your horse? Anne Boleyn: [She gets on her own horse] As you do Your Grace, with my thighs."
"Lady Elizabeth: Now go to France. The queen of France is sophisticated. Be useful to her, amuse her. She'll admire your spirit. Learn from her. Observe the ladies of the court. See how they achieve what they want from their men, not by stamping their little feet but by allowing the men to believe that they, indeed, are in charge. That is the art of being a woman."
