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When historians and directors clash: ‘Ridley Scott was Napoleonic – there was no doubt who was in charge’

Film and TV have a slippery relationship with the truth when it comes to historical epics. So spare a thought for the historical experts whose advice often goes unheeded

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

Firebrand finally tells Katherine Parr’s story – and Jude Law is grippingly grotesque as Henry VIII

The 1933 hit film The Private Life of Henry VIII was, inevitably, structured around the infamous king’s six wives. But wife number six, Katherine Parr, only got a minute or so of screen time at the very end, as the comedy schoolmarm who tamed the king in his old age.…

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2024

Firebrand review: A girlboss Katherine Parr biopic, but it’s Jude Law’s Henry VIII who steals the show

This story of the gluttonous king’s least-explored wife has its promising flourishes, but veers off the historical record too often

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024