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A new drama about Queen Tudor Anne Boleyn, starring Jodie Turner-Smith, has found her Henry VIII.
British actor Mark Stanley has been chosen as the iconic monarch. Best known for playing Grenn in the HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’, Stanley has also played lead roles in ‘Kajaki’, ‘Our Kind of Traitor’ and ‘Dickensian’.
Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their tumultuous marriage and his execution for treason made him one of the most colorful figures in English history. The drama Fable Pictures for UK channel Channel 5 will explore the final months of Boleyn’s life from her perspective and follow her as she fights to survive, to secure a future for her daughter and to challenge the mighty patriarchy that approaches her.
The highly anticipated series – which is shaping up to be one of the most innovative commissions ever for the ViacomCBS-backed channel – has also rounded out the rest of its cast.
Lola Petticrew (“Dating Amber”), who will play Anne’s romantic rival, Jane Seymour, while Anna Brewster (“Versailles”) will play the scheming and devious sister-in-law of Anne Jane Boleyn . Isabella Laughland (“Trigonometry”) will play the role of companion and friend of Anne Elizabeth Browne.
James Harkness (“The Victim”) as William Kingston Tower Constable, while Kris Hitchen (“Sorry We Missed You”) is the uncle of Anne Boleyn, The Duke of Norfolk, also joins the cast. Turlough Convery (“Saint Maud”) joins as the gentleman of the private room, Henry Norris and Aoife Hinds (“Normal People”) will play the role of Princess Mary.
The group joins Turner-Smith (“Queen & Slim”) previously announced as Boleyn, Paapa Essiedu (“I Can Destroy You”) as brother Anne and Tudor nobleman George Boleyn, Barry Ward (“White Lines”) as closest to King Henry VIII and most powerful adviser Thomas Cromwell, Jamael Westman (“Hamilton” of West End) as ambitious brother of Jane Seymour Edward, Amanda Burton (“White House Farm”) as housekeeper Lady Anne Shelton, and Thalissa Teixeira (“Two Weeks to Live”) as Anne’s Confidante and cousin Madge Shelton.
Newcomer Eve Hedderwick Turner is writing the three-part miniseries, which will be directed by Lynsey Miller, who directed BBC drama “The Boy With the Topknot” and Channel 4’s “Deadwater Fell”.
The series is currently in production on location in Leeds, England.
The drama will be produced by Faye Ward and Hannah Farrell through their London-based company Fable Pictures. The series is Channel 5’s last dramatic commission and was commissioned by Controller Ben Frow, Deputy Program Director Sebastian Cardwell and Sony Pictures Television’s President of International Production Wayne Garvie.
British historian Dan Jones will be executive producer.
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