Why so much shagging?
Was the King really as horny as they portrayed him to be in the movie?
shareYes Charles did in fact shag a lot!
shareOh those englishmen are so wicked ha ha ha ha
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Rather, more accurately, women threw themselves at him constantly, and he had no will power to refuse. ("It's good to be da King!")
"To have an idea is noble; to execute it is servile." -Leonardo da Vinci
nah! all those woman went for 'the beauty within'
Nice suggestion, but I have a life.
I hear the Earl of Rochester was even more bawdy than the King.
shareWell, he was perhaps more "reckless". I'm not sure anyone at that time got more action than the King without paying for it. ;-)
"To have an idea is noble; to execute it is servile." -Leonardo da Vinci
[(Well, he was perhaps more "reckless". I'm not sure anyone at that time got more action than the King without paying for it. ;-) ]
Well I guess you are right about that he did have to support all those women though.
'Tis true! So, I guess no lady's "services" went completely unrewarded. Yich!
"To have an idea is noble; to execute it is servile." -Leonardo da Vinci
> I hear the Earl of Rochester was even more bawdy than the King.
Charles II had 14 illegitimate children: Rochester only had 2, the lightweight.
Maybe Rochester knew when to quit (lol) when to withdraw as it were.
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shareI have not seen the movie only excerpts of it. Rufus has this amazing long wig on. I bet it was all over his head when he was getting busy (lol)
shareActually, Rufus had remarkable wig-control during his couple of love scenes. ;-)
"To have an idea is noble; to execute it is servile." -Leonardo da Vinci
:Actually, Rufus had remarkable wig-control during his couple of love scenes:
Go Rufus Go Rufus Its your birthday get busy (lol)
I wonder if he had problems with his mother showing affection and thats why he had so many women.
shareYou mean problems with his mother NOT showing affection? Henrietta Maria wasn't exactly Mom of the Year to be sure.......I mean, she was nice to her kids (probably moreso than her husband, who was a bit aloof), but she was also a master manipulator. Her portrayal in this movie was pretty much spot-on. You could be on to something there.
"To have an idea is noble; to execute it is servile." -Leonardo da Vinci
I have yet to see the movie although I read a lot about the old royals. Usually when men are promiscious like that, its because of something they lacked in their early development.
shareI have a hard time characterizing CII as "promiscuous" only because women were constantly throwing themselves at him, and he had not the will to say no. However, in his younger days when he was in exile, he could barely get a woman to look at him, LOL! It's good to be the king. ;-)
You should see the movie! It's actually quite faithful to historical fact. There are only a few things I could pick out which were inconsistent with the truth.
"To have an idea is noble; to execute it is servile." -Leonardo da Vinci
Personally I thought there was going to be much more! There's much more in the Tudors than there is in this, which doesn't make sense.
shareWell, having Henry VIII played by young, studmuffiny pretty boy Jonathan Rhys-Meyers doesn't make any sense either, so there ya go! ;-)
"To have an idea is noble; to execute it is servile." -Leonardo da Vinci
Well, having Henry VIII played by young, studmuffiny pretty boy Jonathan Rhys-Meyers doesn't make any sense either, so there ya go! ;-)
Lol!!
What were the producers thinking.....
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Every copy of that idiotic, waste-of-time piece of garbage known as the Tudors should be tossed on a bonfire, followed by the producers and writers. If anyone is foolish enough to think any of that drivel was remotely connected to history, then I have a nice bridge I'd like to sell him/her. Rhys-Meyers can't act his way out of a paper bag, and he's not nearly as attractive as some claim. He reminds me of the sniveling little rat-faced git on Monty Python.
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Henry VIII was reportedly a very athletic young man who fattened up as he got older.
shareHe was not known as "The Merry Monarch" for nothing!
After the puritan Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard "Tumbledown Dick" Cromwell the English were ready for a good time.