A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France
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Once again, LadyPseudonym already clarified me on that.
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Just because I was incoherent in my understanding of the context doesn't means it's "funny".
No, but unfortunately, once something like that happens, you never live it down 😛
Possibly. If I could write the New World, I might be able to give you a concrete answer...
Cast, Queen of Lillies, 2015 (I)
As promised, here is my cast list for a period drama about Marie's life as this week's update. I imagine this being aired in 2015, to mark the 500th anniversary of Marie's marriage to Francis, and it's title comes from both the fleur-de-lys and the fact that lillies are often linked to Marie's namesake, the Virgin Mary. (NB: I have only cast the children with the first person who plays them - I'm sure their actors/actresses change as they grow up! I have also left out anyone who hasn't been introduced yet.)
Marie, Queen of France - Sophie Skelton
Francis I of France - Tyler Hoechlin
Marguerite, Holy Roman Empress - Michelle Dockery
Louise of Savoy - Ruth Gemell
Renee, Duchess of Brittany - Alexa Gerasmovich
Mademoiselle Margot - Natasha Raphael
Dauphin Francois - Ryan Turner
Henri of Orleans - Kyle Breitkopf
Francoise de Foix - Lily James
Kate Parr - Hannah Saxby
Marie, Queen of France - Sophie Skelton
Francis I of France - Tyler Hoechlin
Marguerite, Holy Roman Empress - Michelle Dockery
Louise of Savoy - Ruth Gemell
Renee, Duchess of Brittany - Alexa Gerasmovich
Mademoiselle Margot - Natasha Raphael
Dauphin Francois - Ryan Turner
Henri of Orleans - Kyle Breitkopf
Francoise de Foix - Lily James
Kate Parr - Hannah Saxby
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Cast, Queen of Lillies, 2015 (II)
Fran de St Pol - Richard Coyle
Anne, Countess de St Pol - Natalie Dormer
Henry VIII - Sam Heughan
Katherine of Aragon - Tilda Swinton
Princess Mary/Nora Boleyn - Florence Hunt
Meg Douglas - Brooklyn Proulx
Mary Talbot - Claudia Jessie
Lady Elizabeth - Blaithnaid Mckeown
Diane de Poitiers - Holland Roden
Charles V - Sebastian Arnesto
Anne, Countess de St Pol - Natalie Dormer
Henry VIII - Sam Heughan
Katherine of Aragon - Tilda Swinton
Princess Mary/Nora Boleyn - Florence Hunt
Meg Douglas - Brooklyn Proulx
Mary Talbot - Claudia Jessie
Lady Elizabeth - Blaithnaid Mckeown
Diane de Poitiers - Holland Roden
Charles V - Sebastian Arnesto
Ooh Sam Heughan😳... I like all the other casts too, especially those of Marie and Francis!
Francois and Henri and their youngest sister are all redheads. Their other siblings - Margot, Louise, Jean, Charles and baby Marie when she was alive - are all Valois in colouring.
Well if Sam and Sophie can be father and daughter in Outlander, they can play siblings, surely? And I actually picked a redhead for Katherine of Aragon!
I generally love the casting you have going! Like damn they’re just so perfect! I can really put some faces to the names now.
Although two things: 1) who is Louise of Savoy? I’ve forgotten. And 2) Tilda Swinton doesn’t seem like a good casting for Katherine of Aragon. She’s a great actress but she just doesn’t do it for me.
Although two things: 1) who is Louise of Savoy? I’ve forgotten. And 2) Tilda Swinton doesn’t seem like a good casting for Katherine of Aragon. She’s a great actress but she just doesn’t do it for me.
Louise of savoy is Francis i’s mother. Dowager countess of Angoulême and duchess of a number of territories granted to her by her son. She’d be 50 years old in 1526. And honestly, I agree with you on Tilda Swinton. Katherine was a beautiful woman in her youth but she was also short and plump by the mid 1510s…so the tall and slender swinton does seem miscast.
Ah gotcha!
Yeah I was trying not to be too rude but that’s it. Tilda doesn’t fit the description of a younger and pretty Katherine nor her older and plumper self as you said.
I can see what you're both saying, and I nearly went for Maria Doyle Kennedy, but then I saw that photo of Tilda. The determination in her face - and her red hair!- swung it for me instantly.
At the very least, this TV show hasn't made Katherine a stereotypical olive-skinned, dark-haired Spaniard like a lot of them seem to do...