As Jude Law’s ripe and revolting portrayal of the Tudor monarch opens in cinemas, we look at the film and TV stars who have played him – as comedian, tyrant or heart-throb
Photograph: BFA/AlamyPhotograph: BFA/Alamyreasy, hairy, large and smelly are not words that instantly summon up the image of Jude Law. Until now. Because the actor’s latest role,, will show him in an almost entirely unflattering light. And the effect will be topped off in later scenes by the pustulant ulcers shown on his legs.
Five centuries later, Henry’s major impact on English politics and the state’s relationship with the established church often serves merely as a backdrop to the extraordinary, murderous chicanery of his marital career. “We know more about his private life than we do about other monarchs because of the legal proceedings surrounding his two divorces and the two trials of his wives,” said Gregory.
Gregory said: “He would be absolutely right to play Henry as quite monstrous at this stage. As a ruin of a man who had killed two wives, he was not good husband material.” However, the only Henry to win an Oscar was Charles Laughton, who played the title part in Alexander Korda’s. This 1933 film was a vehicle for Laughton and his wife Elsa Lanchester, who played Anne of Cleves, and it clearly built on the Jannings model of a king who is a childish, dangerous egotist.A Man For All Seasons
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