Tudor Historian SHOCKED by Firebrand Movie Clip

[@Carter-hx3nb]

The reason she’s so bold and straightforward here is because she’s in shock. She’s much more subtle and cunning in the rest of the movie

[@jonathanwilliams9697]

I genuinely believe Firebrand is one of the best Tudor series we've ever been given. Jude Law shows the perfect contradiction in Henry's views versus his actions. Showing his volatility and unbowing devotion in the same breathe. Extraordinary. Alicia demonstrates so well the strength and courage of Katherine Parr in not only challenging a Tyrant like Henry but also knowing exactly how and when to play him by being the "meek" and "humble" wife subservient to his bidding yet being the learned and intelligent woman of the world he adores - as shown in Katherine of Arragon and Anne Boylen. Absolutely fantastic.

[@devilsfavorite999]

Series? It's a movie

[@bocus20]

I think that the moment she included Henry's soul in the conversation, he flipped, because this was a real fear of his. He couldn't and wouldn't stand anyone question his soul, because he couldn't and wouldn't allow himself to question it. The fear here is real, it is the fear for her life, the stakes are that high. I have high hopes for this movie.

[@BP-yd9vn]

Yes, I had hoped to see the KZbin reviewer would catch that. Very interesting portrayal. Of course, based on some of rumored concerns on his deathbed. He was a tyrant, but he also made a lot of decisions that were end justifies the means - stability of the country and no one challenging the king.

[@Geo_Babe]

I SAW FIREBRAND 3 TIMES IN A WEEK HERE IN CINEMAS IN LOS ANGELES and I was FLOORED!!! My jaw was literally agape watching Jude laws performance … it’s astonishing - out of a 30 year career of killer performances this may be the BEST thus far (caps for emphasis!❤) I also think the firebrand title applied across the board equally to Parr, Anne Askew, and Elizabeth! To me they all felt equally important in this remarkable story. And as a Tudor Historian and consultant to productions myself - can we please pause a sec to celebrate these COSTUMES?!! Oh my god! Nailed it. The director said every single garment was made exclusively for this film - which is rather uncommon for period productions! ❤ I also hadn’t read the Fremantle novel so of course the twist at the end left me deeply satisfied :) Please everyone, see this film!! In a cinema if possible because the thrilling pulse of the score that underwrites the film is so haunting and beautiful! So the score, costumes, performances (from literally everyone), narrative make this a one in a million period film and I think they NAILED IT!! ❤ Ps. The scene with the falcon was improv and the falcon really did react in real time and the name Law calls out is the bird handler … it is so effective - that scene reads like a JUMP SCARE he just gets the nuance of HVIII in a way i haven’t seen another actor do. Oh and the leg scenes!!! I physically felt sick… it truly got across what this man dealt with in his last decade. You almost feel sorry for him (almost), I could go on and on about this film and baffled it’s not getting far more media coverage. Merci, Dr P for giving space and thought to this remarkable film!! ❤

[@pattigibson4396]

Henry's double standard of labelling a woman as bad because she abandoned her children and husband, when he did the same to his own issue both with Mary and Elizabeth and their mothers. Also, he had greater care for the hawk than he did for Katherine. The man was a nuisance and a menace

[@RobertoLorenzPianist]

Back then those double standards were common ideas in people's minds though.

[@banditqueenbanditqueen9110]

Anne Askewe abandoned her husband and came to London, leaving her children. Regardless of how Henry treated his wives, that would have been seen as particularly neglectful because as the mother she should nurture her family. Henry separated from Katharine but he didn't abandon young children. They were left in good care, as far as he was concerned. It is a double standard, I agree, but women were meant to raise a family and care for them, not go to London preaching and drawing attention to themselves as AA did. That's how it was.

[@adriannespring8598]

He was absolutely self-absorbed & psychotic.

[@nomoresunforever3695]

To be honest, taking care of children was almost the only task a woman had in society. The other way around it would also be that the man would get judged for not earning money. The woman wouldn't be. Men would be judged for not going to fight in wars. (and there were a lot of wars.) Women wouldn't be. Would you call those double standards too?

[@medievalwolfgrrl]

Alicia Vikander is a wonderful actress. I wish Firebrand would have been released in more theaters in the US. I guess I'll have to wait until it comes out on streaming services.

[@Geo_Babe]

It’s currently playing here in SoCal !!

[@RobertoLorenzPianist]

I'd love it if you'd also take some clips from older movies like "Anne of the thousand days" and "A man for all seasons", commenting on their authenticity.. That would be Gold!

[@keiththorpe9571]

Based on everything I've ever heard or read about Henry, I believe he had people around him who, over time, learned how to work him in order to get him moving in the direction they wanted him to go. Now, he certainly wasn't the type who walked through a room, spoke to five different people who wanted five different things, agreeing to them all and acting on the last thing he heard said to him. No, not a bit of it. However, I have no doubt there were those who could get Henry to do something he might not have done on his own, if they were able to convince him that it was to his advantage. One thing at which Henry seemed quite adept was convincing himself of anything which served his immediate convenience. The moment where Henry becomes enraged with Katherine, and the others assembled don't react. Yeah, by that point, they knew better than to stick their nose in. When the king gets that upset, people get their heads cut off. You don't want to bring his attention down on your head. That wouldn't be prudent. Just keep going with your conversation, take note of the frightful weather, hell, pretend you've gone blind for a moment...But just tighten up and hope it passes without a death warrant being signed.

[@emocuta]

Thank you for reviewing this movie clip. Your perspective is spot-on. I simply CAN'T wait to see this film!

[@imonherenow3673]

I can’t wait to see this in its entirety. I’m so pleased we finally got some spotlight on Katherine Parr. Jude and Alicia are phenomenal in this scene. The wave of emotions they both present in just those few minutes is incredible. Side note no I wouldn’t want to see Alicia as Anne we’ve had the story of Henry and Anne and the other wives are always sidelined. Let’s appreciate this actress for this body of work.

[@ElePranaityte]

I saw it like 2 months ago at the cinema. I still get shivers down my spine.

[@ElleHistory]

Will review it soon

[@emmacharlenedostal]

It was me … I’m a lover of Queen Katharine & Anne Boleyn but I was floored after seeing the movie here in Texas I sat in my car & processed how even if you were adored by the King that would not save you if someone else “got to him first”

[@Chipoo88]

The first clip about Anne Askew - I really don’t feel she would have challenged him like that as it would have not been well received :). But it is a good line to demonstrate his omnipotence. “Her blood is on your soul”. No chance!

[@emmacharlenedostal]

When you see the next 5 minutes in the film she basically loses her mind trying to convince him (and perhaps even herself) how she could have said that out loud! But when you cry for what Anne endured to not bring the Queen down with her knowing they were like minded now that is strength

[@jamiedianne6778]

Wow! Yes, you’re right, Jude Law just might be the best Henry I’ve seen on screen! The acting in this clip is phenomenal.

[@Elvertaw]

With Jude Law and Alicia V. I wasn’t sure they had the gravitas to carry it off. But then I remembered Alicia’s performance in The Pure. 🤔 I can’t wait to see this film!!!

[@laurieduerr4757]

Yes fully agreed that the casting is really perfect, for both H8 and K Parr. It's definitely Jude and Alicia at their best!!

[@giraffequeen9437]

That scene made me so uncomfortable....that's likely how he was with his wife. I understand Catherine's fear in this scene. Scary stuff

[@elisabetta611]

The most accurate portrayal of Henry VIII is still Keith Michell in the Six Wives series.

[@philipmalone4771]

I don't believe that Catherine Parr would have dared to make this statement. At this point in his reign everyone would have been walking on eggshells, his court made up of frightened sycophants and powerless lackeys. You mentioned the people in the background not caring, I'm sure many did care, but were not only helpless to intervene, but genuinely terrified. I wonder if there was a universal sigh of relief in England when he died.

[@Geo_Babe]

I think you should see the full film to gather the context that’s missing from watching a random scene. That exact take is shown very clearly in the entirety of the film

[@mariahelleberg]

Henry was king, an not a meek king at that. It is up to him to behave the way he sees fit. The people in the background knew and accepted that. Fine acting shows Henrys love for his wife. Every feeling,m every thought is doubled - bad and good. He truly fears fundamentalism, rebellion and the loss of Catherine. There is another great scene were he rises from his chair and screams WE STRUCK THEM DOWN. In this respekt FIREBRAND has the edge over all the other motives about him.

[@irenepinsonneault2740]

I haven''t seen the film yet but I never miss Jude Law--he never disappoints (Michael Caine is another like that--it can be the worst excuse of a movie but they deliver and you can't look away when they have the camera.) Jude Law grips the audience in the scene, his poor falcon, and us beyond the fourth wall, while forcefully grabbing that woman FROM BEHIND the shot.!! WOW--we saw a bit of cheek and some part of a crown--what an amazing summons of the power of a king like Henry 8. I have to see the film now! You reflected on the speed and force in his grab and crush of his wife (and Queen). It got me thinking. This next part is long and includes my personal reflections after a decades long and never ending study of Henry 8 and the Tudors and the whole Tudor England Age. Inside the engine of the Renaissance the power of just three generations of this not particularly distinguished family was magnified to imbue an Age and transform a querulous small island country into a serious power capable of holding its own and beating a religious institution and two empires while all were similarly at their peak. How dangerous was Henry and why? I am reminded of what supposedly occurred when Thomas More first tried to warn Cromwell ( in a complicated and humble bragging kind of way) of the danger of getting into a cage with a lion. "He stares directly in your eyes and the sun is suddenly revealed in his smile; he pulls you in close--he has the common touch everyone is told--and he begins to dance with you and you feel the astonished stares of onlookers boring into your back with with jealous envy . But none of it matters because he is allowing you such a generous and true connection, speaking with favor and such confident affection that you are helpless to fight your own enjoyment in it. Still, somewhere deep inside a voice sharply warns you: "Look at his paws, look at his paws.." I felt that power coming from Jude Law's performance in just a snippet, but even more so from the actress (with whom I am not familiar) and her reaction of genuine terror. She apparently didn't hear the little voice until the paws were already around her head) I hope the writers stuck close to the truth of this part of the life of a king so gifted and inclined to the job and the moment in history. As it happened is a cautionary tale about the way that power even when smartly wielded to make positive changes still corrupts. It is like iron in open air--it's corruptibility is a defining characteristic. But in Henry's case, as to the question of whether a head injury changed him or any other construction, I draw from personal experience dealing with incurable and progressive damage to a pelvis shattered by a drunk driver. Old bones (mine passed 50 12 years ago -- wasn't Henry somewhere in that range for his 6th marriage?) hurt in a way that drains your powers of reflection, evaluation and even your wind to have a conversation. When I can't ignore or placate the bones, when I close my eyes and mind's eye can trace the red, glowing spider web of cracks, I have been known to snap at loved ones, sometimes I am shouting and do not realize or intend it. I have become a practiced and very abject apology writer. I think as Henry got old and trapped by his splintering femur, barely able to hold his tremendous weight on a leg that was rotting out from under him, --no NSAIDS, no TENS patches, no PT or aquatherapy-- pain alone could shorten his fuse, and make him less resistant to court gossip. And --sadly most for the lion of a king, pain could erode his command of faculties it had taken him ten hard years to develop in the crucible of his Great Matter, faculties that could see the self interest and political agendas of all his ministers and courtiers as they approached him with their flattery and fear mongering. Saddest for him, the injury robbed him of all the things he loved to do that helped to draw off stress, feel and maintain his strength, get some good feelings from the admiration his athletic prowess engendered in others . He was a caged lion. God bless the Queen for not tempting the fate of the claws too many times and managing to come out not only alive but respected by people on all sides for her care and duty to the king.

[@eilyahnitram]

i instantly thought of anne boleyn too when i saw her! she reminds me of natalie portman when she was anne, especially with the green sleeves people associate with her. it kind of took me a minute to match it with who she was actually portraying

[@uptonogood1893]

I'm looking forward to this. It feels powerful.

[@emmacharlenedostal]

And Jude Law … love him but wow I had admittedly low expectations & he captured Henry’s codependency type of crazy in a way I never felt before & I’ve seen a lot of Tudor related content … you just have to see the film in its entirety when you can❣️

[@nightowlslounge]

I’m in shock that that is Juse Law! What an actor!

[@emptyvoices31]

Ann Boleyn has been done to death. What about Mary, Queen of Scots? I could even see her as Elizabeth I.

[@lonesomevalkyrie]

I can't wait to see it.

[@racheldennis2613]

I just watched it and I was stunned. Other than the far fetched scenes and ending I was fascinated

[@annamcuthbert3993]

I believe it was filmed at Haddon Hall Derbyshire , get talk

[@nathalieplum2137]

In my book, the best Henry VIII is Richard Burton but Jude seems to be giving it a real shot!

[@somecontrol268]

Are you ever going to watch the whole film?

[@ElleHistory]

Yes and I’ll make a full review of it 😊

[@sheilalambie5288]

I can't find out if this is on at any cinema in the UK does anyone know when it will be released

[@elizabethadebanjo8736]

I have been trying to find out

[@octavianpopescu4776]

As far as I know, it was made for the Cannes festival last year and released worldwide something like 2 weeks ago. I'm also curious to see it.

[@sheilalambie5288]

@@octavianpopescu4776 can't find it at any cinemas in my area I know it was released in the us on 14 June if anyone know when it is out in the UK let us know

[@hannahedwards4493]

Alicia Vikander is so good at acting like yes I agree she could definitely play Anne Boleyn and I would like to see that. But I think the only thing that I personally didn’t like in this film was her killing Henry because that made know sense to me or when Henry tried to attack her knowing she may have a baby boy in her tummy was too much, but other than that it was really entertaining for me. And the COSTUMES 😍!

[@deanedge5988]

oh dear

[@weaviejeebies]

Katherine Parr might've thought such things about Henry, but she was far too smart to ever speak to him that way. As much as she might've supported or agreed with Anne Askew, she knew her route to promoting the Reformation lay in her privileges as Queen, publishing her books under her own name and extending quiet patronage, helping to raise up a network of talented, like-minded men into the bureaucracy. Sort of like stocking the pantry with high quality food and a good cookbook.

[@spinster9187]

I saw the movie as a whole bad bad bad except the costumes were perfect, the cinematography, and all of Jude Law’s scenes(but the last but even then it’s good). I don’t know how they chopped everything else up but damn. The writing outside of Henry, I think they robbed him of an Oscar. I also read the book and I think it’s better Than the movie but Henry isn’t portrayed as well.

[@AngelaChase]

I’m so glad to see someone else who has seen the movie comment. I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and agree with you. Some of the more repulsive scenes began to feel gratuitous and I do like they tried to turn Catherine into a composite of several of his wives. Catherine’s actual story was so much more interesting and more accurately portrayed in the book. Also, I loved the costumes, I especially loved Henry’s costumes and it’s rare that male costumes outshine the female ones, but of course Henry’s clothes were the most exquisite!

[@beadetrog7777]

This film blew me away.About time Henryis portrayed as the cruel tyrannical tyranthe is.And a shameless double standard towards woman.Only good to fuck,show off andcarry his goddamn heir.Serves him right his 2 heirs were women.Onlt too bad the afterword completely skips the horribly bloody reign of Queen Mary before Elizabeth's turn came.And she had her cruel moments as well.This all history shows us religion is one of the worst evils in the world.Ttens of thousands killed then for religion reasons;and it keeps happening today.Look at Gaza,Lebanon,Yemen..All because everyone believes their bloody goddamn god is the only right one..

[@StephanieHickey-v5e]

But didn’t Henry VIII break ties with the Catholic Church and create the Church of England to marry Anne Boelyn?

[@taylorfesmire9760]

Yes, but he didn't create a protestant church. While Anne had Protestant leanings, the church of England under Henry VIII was still very Catholic...with the exception that Henry was the head and could do what he wanted.

[@b.m.t.h.3961]

Saw this film, great scenery and costumes but awful ending. Lying about history is tedious and ruined it

[@ElleHistory]

I really need to watch it and review it don’t I?

[@msi6954]

In reality, Catherine Paar never met Anne Askew norvshe had miscarriage. Firebrand is full of false allegations. The only positive side if the movie is the respect of the Tudor costumes

[@wanya_telborn]

It’s a movie clip and you’re scared they have meds for that

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Henry wanted a boy. I think Henry regretted the break with Rome. Henry was never going to tell the pope he was right. I cannot get past Katherine Parr's treatment of princess Elizabeth.

[@amde8554]

He had a boy

[@wanya_telborn]

‼️‼️‼️‼️um here’s the deal How many Tudor historians are there in the entire world? Yea not a lot Soooooo most NORMAL people do not know this is not historically accurate Get it

[@emmacharlenedostal]

Totally true I was shaken at the decision the director made to end it as he did but while total fiction there gosh I loved to think for minute that’s how it really went down 😆 and I normally do not care for the fiction I’m here to learn the truth & the truth was far more frightening than I realized just being a part of King Henry’s Court

[@mariahelleberg]

THis is not a documentary, but something called ART. I very much hope that you have been able to experience some ART in your life.