The Other Boleyn Girl!

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #1 03-07-2008, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I've been hearing for a couple of years that there are plans for a big movie about Mary Queen of Scots. I hate the old Katharine Hepburn one, and the one from the 1970s has Vanessa Redgrave badly miscast (other than her height) in the role. I forget who was up for the part this time.

- Jake

Oooh... I would love a movie about Mary Queen of Scots. I recently read a great book about her (I got it when I was up in Edinburgh). I didn't realise she was 6ft tall!

Steviefan49 · #2 03-07-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Oooh... I would love a movie about Mary Queen of Scots. I recently read a great book about her (I got it when I was up in Edinburgh). I didn't realise she was 6ft tall!

Pip.. Have you ever been to the Heaver Castle? It's SOOO awesome! I was taken there the very first time I landed in England, as it was to visit some friend's in Cambridge. We were taken to the Heaver Castle right after getting out of the airport.. and I'm STILL to this day blown away!

Stew_Matthews · #3 03-07-2008, 03:19 PM

Do you mean Hever castle?

Steviefan49 · #4 03-07-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Stew_Matthews

Do you mean Hever castle?

There ya go.. LOL..

Thanks Stew..

Stew_Matthews · #5 03-07-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Steviefan49

There ya go.. LOL..

Thanks Stew..

I knew what you meant - I was just being cheeky!

Steviefan49 · #6 03-07-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Stew_Matthews

I knew what you meant - I was just being cheeky!

Were you being a cheeky bugger? LOLOL

Stew_Matthews · #7 03-07-2008, 03:38 PM

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Were you being a cheeky bugger? LOLOL

hey not bad - you're learning well. But a Northerner would say cheeky bugger, a southerner like me would say cheeky fu*ker...........

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #8 03-07-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Steviefan49

Pip.. Have you ever been to the Heaver Castle? It's SOOO awesome! I was taken there the very first time I landed in England, as it was to visit some friend's in Cambridge. We were taken to the Heaver Castle right after getting out of the airport.. and I'm STILL to this day blown away!

No.. I have never been there

Steviefan49 · #9 03-07-2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

No.. I have never been there

Awww.. it's a cool one to go and see for sure..

tuigirl · #10 03-09-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Steviefan49

Pip.. Have you ever been to the Heaver Castle? It's SOOO awesome! I was taken there the very first time I landed in England, as it was to visit some friend's in Cambridge. We were taken to the Heaver Castle right after getting out of the airport.. and I'm STILL to this day blown away!

Apparantly, according to some tv blurb, about the movie, they didn't actually film at Hever castle (which sounds daft to me!) because it didn't have the right atmosphere or something (maybe it's changed a bit from the Tudor days...I dunno, although I've been and it looks great...) so instead they chose other places including Penshurst Place which is about 1/2 hour away from us (and very nice it is too)

darklinensuit · #11 03-07-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Oooh... I would love a movie about Mary Queen of Scots. I recently read a great book about her (I got it when I was up in Edinburgh). I didn't realise she was 6ft tall!

I think 5'11'' to be exact, but huge for her day. Whoever plays her needs to tower above most of the cast. The height plays a role in how she supposedly dressed up as a man when she wanted to go about unrecognized, and how she was so conspicuous when she landed in England, and how she escaped from imprisonment in a castle by hanging sheets from a high window and scaling down the side. (I think it was Fraser who writes about this.)
I'll get flamed for this, but I always thought that as far as well-known American actresses are concerned, Julia Roberts (of fifteen years ago) would fit the bill in many ways. She is tall, down-to-earth, does not come off like an intellectual (or a trashy bimbo), is pretty without being perfect-looking, and has some believable charm that might inspire lust or chivalry in others. Of course, she's too old now, & Mary really should be played by a Brit.

- Jake

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #12 03-07-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I think 5'11'' to be exact, but huge for her day. Whoever plays her needs to tower above most of the cast. The height plays a role in how she supposedly dressed up as a man when she wanted to go about unrecognized, and how she was so conspicuous when she landed in England, and how she escaped from imprisonment in a castle by hanging sheets from a high window and scaling down the side. (I think it was Fraser who writes about this.)
I'll get flamed for this, but I always thought that as far as well-known American actresses are concerned, Julia Roberts (of fifteen years ago) would fit the bill in many ways. She is tall, down-to-earth, does not come off like an intellectual (or a trashy bimbo), is pretty without being perfect-looking, and has some believable charm that might inspire lust or chivalry in others. Of course, she's too old now, & Mary really should be played by a Brit.

- Jake

Yeah... I see how Julia would have worked in that role.

What amazed me about Mary's height is how small her bed was!

Forf some reason i didn't watch the Tudors when it was on TV here... so I'm downloading it now