We talking about the REAL Anne Boleyn or the Anne Boleyn screwed over by popular culture?
The REAL Anne Boleyn had morals and essentially was sexually harassed by Henry to the point where she fled his presence for months on end, to avoid him. The REAL Anne Boleyn wanted nothing to do with him. Presumably, once he announced his intention to get rid of Katharine of Aragon, then she saw a possibility to become queen -- the old "well, I argued against our affair because it would hurt her for six months straight, but you're going to replace her anyway, so I might as well marry my stalker" routine.
Of course, the Anne Boleyn of popular culture is usually a sexpot who sets out to get the king's attention and sexually tease him until he dumps his first wife and makes her queen.
I rather like "Anne of the Thousand Days" because despite its inaccuracies, I think it gets the feisty Anne just about right.
Natalie Dormer's Anne is drop dead gorgeous, but a scheming hypocrite.
Sadly, most depictions of Anne ignore her religious beliefs altogether, which contributed to the whole "I won't sleep with you, you're married" thing.
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sarizonana
9 years ago
Mmmmm
I thought the Anne from the Tudors and the other Boleyn Girl were the closer ones to real life Anne and Gennevive's version was the one that they changed for dramatic Licenceand being original
So the seducer and teaser Anne we see in The Tudors and The other Boleyn is the fake one and the real is closer to the Anne of the thousand days who truly didn't want anything with Henry and she just didnt play it hard to tease him and get him obessed.
He was just right obseesed since he met her and she genuinely didn't want anything with him.
That's really interesting.
I guess i was talking about the Femme Fatale pop culture Anne Boleyn.
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KatharineFanatic
9 years ago
I thought the Anne from the Tudors and the other Boleyn Girl were the closer ones to real life Anne and Gennevive's version was the one that they changed for dramatic Licenceand being original
So the seducer and teaser Anne we see in The Tudors and The other Boleyn is the fake one and the real is closer to the Anne of the thousand days who truly didn't want anything with Henry and she just didnt play it hard to tease him and get him obessed.
He was just right obseesed since he met her and she genuinely didn't want anything with him.
That's really interesting.
I guess i was talking about the Femme Fatale pop culture Anne Boleyn.
That is correct.
Anne of the Thousand Days is probably the closest depiction of the REAL Anne that has ever been on screen, in terms of personality and her relationship with Henry.
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