It absolutely does not matter what movie, miniseries, Tv show, or play: whatever scene-chewing dame extraordinaire is playing Catherine of Aragon, she is going to steal the whole ass show from whoever is playing Henry VIII.
Tell me I’m wrong.
What’s more; this fact is not only a comment on the staggering imbalance of the relative maturity and political capability of the actual Queen Catherine at the time, but a meta commentary on the level of effort required to succeed as a woman past 40 in acting compared to her male contemporaries.
