Henry VIII has come into his own-he is a cold, ruthless tyrant willing to torture and murder to get his way. Other than that, he’s still a nice guy. Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Henry VIII as a still slightly mixed up person-he wants to do what is right, but he seems to have no idea what right is. While it has been clear that Anne Boleyn, played amazingly well by Natalie Dormer, is the bad guy-it is still a tearful moment when she is lead off to her death. Even though we all know that Anne Boleyn lost her head,…
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Showtime’s The Tudors-No More Mr Nice Guy
Henry VIII was not a nice fellow. Despite the fact that he wrote the song Greensleeves and seemed to be very found good food, he had this nasty habit of killing off people. In the second season of Showtime’s The Tudors we are just getting into the full stride of Henry VIII. Here was a man who would destroy the Catholic Church in England, set himself up as God’s right hand man, and kill a lot of people who didn’t think this such a good idea along the way. There is still that main thrust in the story of Henry…