infamous mom Anne Boleyn met a bloody and bitter end. On the show, she lives with Henry’s widow, Catherine Parr (Jessica Raine).
Things become complicated when Catherine’s husband, Thomas Seymour (Tom Cullen) takes an interest in Elizabeth. “The most surprising thing for me was how dangerous that world was.
It wasn’t glossy at all. And how lonely she was. Her mother was dead since she was 3, her father died, she never knew who to trust,” said von Rittberg. “In that vulnerable state of mind, she had such a difficult relationship to her stepfather.
I didn’t know that.“I think she wanted to be seen as ‘The Virgin Queen’ after such painful experiences. What we see is just an interpretation of a very complex first experience with love, and that made her the person she was later on.
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