Will there ever be a fat Henry VIII?

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JaneCat — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 06:33 PM)

Ray Winstone resembled Henry VIII physically, but I didn't like that Cockney accent. I found it extremely irritating and was unable to watch more than 15 minutes of the series because of it.
Joanna Eatwell, the costumer, did a brilliant job of designing corpulent clothes for Damian Lewis so you wouldn't notice how trim he really is.
I enjoyed Damien Lewis as Henry, too. His costumes may become more corpulent in the next season, since Henry VIII gained more weight later on.

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Fiery_Boycs — 9 years ago(September 24, 2016 06:57 PM)

I'm glad someone else raised the issue of Henry's accent; the King as a cockney geezer just didn't work. Otherwise, his physicality and manner were fine.
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!!!deleted!!! (2212087) — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 02:07 AM)

Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933). Long while since I've seen it, but it starts with the execution of Anne Boleyn, so it's after Henry suffered his injury. And let's be honest: Charles Laughton, even at his peak, was never fit and studly.

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Dungatar — 9 years ago(May 26, 2016 02:01 PM)

I have seen this version with Charles Laughton, he looks like the real Henry VIII for the most part of this movie.

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!!!deleted!!! (2212087) — 9 years ago(May 26, 2016 03:54 PM)

Apparently he based his appearance on the Holbein portrait of Henry VIII, painted in 1537. Henry would have been around 46 at the time, so no spritely youth.