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Wolf Hall, the trailer
...looks good:
So the series will cover both books (i.e. Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies), then. Can't help but note Henry is more prominent in the trailer than he's in the actual novels, where Hilary Mantel keeps him off stage most of the time. It's been years since I've read the novel, but I can't recall the scene with Henry menacingly murming into Cromwell's ear that Cromwell will be entirely his creature? Which, btw, Damian Lewis does a great job of. (And suddenly I wonder: will the surprise 'ship of the tv series be Henry VIII/Cromwell?) Also precisely this was both Anne's and then Cromwell's problem; they derived all their power from Henry, accumulated enemies a plenty, and the moment Henry dropped them they were isolated and had no more support. But the series won't cover Cromwell's downfall, since Hilary Mantel hasn't written it yet, so it'll probably stick to the occasional foreshadowing.
As to the hero as performed by Mark Rylance, he's a bit less bulky than I imagined Cromwell to be and also doesn't have the killer look of the Hohlbein portrait which Gregory and Thomas C. talk about in-novel, but he comes across as smart, aware and determined, in as much as a trailer can tell.
So the series will cover both books (i.e. Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies), then. Can't help but note Henry is more prominent in the trailer than he's in the actual novels, where Hilary Mantel keeps him off stage most of the time. It's been years since I've read the novel, but I can't recall the scene with Henry menacingly murming into Cromwell's ear that Cromwell will be entirely his creature? Which, btw, Damian Lewis does a great job of. (And suddenly I wonder: will the surprise 'ship of the tv series be Henry VIII/Cromwell?) Also precisely this was both Anne's and then Cromwell's problem; they derived all their power from Henry, accumulated enemies a plenty, and the moment Henry dropped them they were isolated and had no more support. But the series won't cover Cromwell's downfall, since Hilary Mantel hasn't written it yet, so it'll probably stick to the occasional foreshadowing.
As to the hero as performed by Mark Rylance, he's a bit less bulky than I imagined Cromwell to be and also doesn't have the killer look of the Hohlbein portrait which Gregory and Thomas C. talk about in-novel, but he comes across as smart, aware and determined, in as much as a trailer can tell.
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