
Originally Posted by
Future Filmmaker
The casting was excellent except for one fatal flaw which is why I won't watch the show. They should never have cast Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He looks and acts nothing how I would imagine Henry VIII to be. He doesn't even have auburn hair or the right physical build. Henry was a robust man that was very physically fit for the first ten years of his reign until he grew fat. I don't feel he captures Henry's emotional atmosphere well either.
The best thing I ever read about Henry was The Autobiography of Henry VIII - With Notes from his fool Will Somers by Margaret George.