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At Least The Casting People Got Katharine of Aragon Right This Time

posted 7 years ago by angelosdaughter
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Katharine was fair-complexioned with red-gold hair and blue eyes, not the stereotypical olive-skinned dark-eyed, dark-haired person as many depictions portray her because she was Spanish.
On her maternal side she was descended from the English royal house. Her great-grandmother, Catherine of Lancaster and great-great-grandmother Philippa of Lancaster, were granddaughters of Edward III of England.

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[–] KatharineFanatic 7 years ago

I enjoyed seeing her as a blue-eyed redhead for once. :)

[–] elena-28 7 years ago

True, I liked it too - and I liked that Catherine's mother was called "Isabel" and not "Isabella". I like the actress playing her, as well. But it's very narrow-view history, I feel: for example, where is Wolsey, who played such a vital part in the lives of both Catherine and Anne Boleyn (and whose conflict brought him down)? So far I've only seen the first episode. Maybe there'll be mention of him in the next one, where they really ought to bring in Fisher and More.

We'll see.

[–] TrangPak2 7 years ago

The actress playing Catherine is astonishingly good. Her last scene was utterly breathtaking.

Definitely an actress to watch

[–] angelosdaughter 7 years ago

But it's very narrow-view history, I feel: for example, where is Wolsey, who played such a vital part in the lives of both Catherine and Anne Boleyn (and whose conflict brought him down)? So far I've only seen the first episode. Maybe there'll be mention of him in the next one, where they really ought to bring in Fisher and More.

I agree. This isn't a series that is strong on history. It is telling a very abbreviated story from the point of view of the six wives. Wolsey certainly did play a large part in Catherine's story and his omission is strange, but this is a relatively low budget production. Maybe we will see at least Wolsey and More in Anne Boleyn's story where they played a large part; Fisher not so much. These vignettes are very shortened versions of the Queens' stories.

I could be a morning person if morning happened at noon.

[–] CakesAndAle 7 years ago

I don't think the point was to make a documentary including every detail of all the queens' lives. They only have three one-hour eps. I see it as an opportunity to see some of the original documents and artifacts from their lives, adding context to what we already know. I don't need to see yet another recreation of the whole story of Catherine of Aragon vs Anne Boleyn, with Wolsey and More. I've watched Starkey's doc several times, among others. I don't need another regurgitation.

[–] tomcervo 7 years ago

In the 60's series The Six Wives of Henry VIII Catherine was played by Annette Crosbie, in her natural fair color, and very pretty. Add to that her sweetnatured performance and you were wishing Henry dead by the halfway mark.
https://theatricalia.com/media/photos/person/28562/Annette%20Crosbie%20[9].jpg

[–] elena-28 7 years ago

We have that series on DVD - wonderfully done, and a great companion to the Glenda Jackson Elizabeth I miniseries. Yes Annette Crosbie was lovely, intense and made a wonderful Catherine (for a contrast, watch her as the fairy godmother in "The Slipper and the Rose").

Angela Pleasence as Catherine Howard was especially good, I think, in that series.