Tag: Mark Rylance
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5 Tempting Tudor Dramas to Watch Right Now
Wolf Hall: Happy Birthday Henry VIII by Katy Kostakis | Paste Magazine | June 29, 2022 Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived. Gloriana. The Virgin Queen. Bloody Mary. Just reading those words can instantly bring your mind to one of the most famous, scandalous, and formidable families to ever rule a nation. The powerful Tudor…
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39 Celebs Who You Probably Completely Forget or Don’t Know Are NOT American
Until You Hear Them Talk in Real Life by Lauren Yapalater | BuzzFeed | April 3, 2022 These actors are good at acting. 28. Damian Lewis Damian Lewis from Billions is from England. Listen to his real accent here:
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25 Best Movies and TV Shows About English Royalty
Certified Royal Drama – Wolf Hall by Devon Forward | Collider | November 13, 2021 For the days when you just want to watch some certified royal drama. Sometimes real life is even better than fictional drama, which is why so many television shows and movies are based around historical events. Take England, for example.…
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Hilary Mantel Hopeful Damian and Mark Rylance Will Return to Their Wolf Hall Roles
Henry and Cromwell by Rebecca Jones | BBC News | May 20, 2021 Dame Hilary, 68, is a shrewd observer of political drama that spans the ages. “I think what my books have tried to show is that there is no life without politics,” she says. She has been immersed in Tudor politics for more…
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PBS Masterpiece Hopeful To Be Involved with BBC’s Wolf Hall – Jan 9, 2021
PBS Wants Damian Back for Wolf Hall by Peter White | Deadline | January 8, 2021 PBS’ Masterpiece, which has been home to classic British dramas including Downton Abbey, Upstairs, Downstairs, Prime Suspect and the original House of Cards, turns 50 on January 10. Susanne Simpson, an exec producer on series including Downton Abbey, took…
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Masterpiece (PBS/BBC) Favorites of a More Recent Vintage – Jan 8, 2021
Two for Damian: Wolf Hall and The Forsyte Saga by Matthew Gilbert | Boston Globe | January 7, 2021 Here are some of my favorite Masterpiece shows, in no particular order. I have restricted the list to those that have aired in the past 25 years, which is why you won’t see the well-known classics,…
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100 Best Miniseries Of All Time – Aug 17, 2020
Wolf Hall Has It All by Joni Sweet | Lake Geneva Regional News | August 17, 2020 With shelter-at-home orders still in effect, the pandemic has left us with little more to do than veg out in front of the TV. Data released from Comcast in May showed that the average household watched some 66…
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Wolf Hall Sequel Update – Feb 25, 2020
The Mirror and the Light: TV Adaptation Has Begun by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | February 25, 2020 According to this February 25, 2020 article in the Radio Times, “Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky has apparently already been sent the manuscript for Hilary Mantel’s long-awaited sequel The Mirror and the Light – and the work of…