Anne Boleyn (Channel 5, 2021)

“Queen & Slim” star Jodie Turner-Smith will star as the Tudor-era queen, Anne Boleyn, in a three-part psychological drama for ViacomCBS-backed U.K. broadcaster Channel 5.

Boleyn was the Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their tempestuous marriage, and her execution for treason, made her one of the most colorful figures in English history. The drama will explore the final months of Boleyn’s life from her perspective, and will follow her as she struggles to survive, to secure a future for her daughter, and to challenge the powerful patriarchy closing in around her.

The series is being produced by Sony Pictures Television-backed production outfit Fable Pictures. Eve Hedderwick Turner has written the mini-series, which will be directed by Lynsey Miller (“Deadwater Fell”).

The cast also includes Amanda Burton (“White House Farm”), Paapa Essiedu (“I May Destroy You”), Thalissa Teixeira (“Trigonometry”), Barry Ward (“Des”) and Jamael Westman (“Animals”).

in parte sicuramente perché mi ci sono abituata, ma penso sia anche perché il teatro richiede una maggiore sospensione dell'incredulità in generale?

Diciamo che a sto punto preferirei vedere più storie non-eurocentriche, oppure un Rinascimento (o periodo moderno in generale) che tenga conto della prospettiva non bianca

“I loved the script, and the humanity of the person at the centre of it,” Turner-Smith tells British Vogue over the phone. “It resonated with me as a story about motherhood, having just had my own child, and it highlights the many ways in which female bodies were policed and politicised, and still are. In Anne’s case, whether her body ‘worked’ according to the patriarchy’s demands was literally a matter of survival… There’s so much about her story that feels modern. It’s one I can relate to as a Black woman, and it shows how little has changed in terms of our desire to tear down powerful women, to not let them live in their truth.”

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