By Wonderwall.com Editors
1:59pm PDT, Might 9, 2024
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Prepare for lavish units, luxurious Tudor-era costumes, scorching chemistry and a brand new approach of England’s King Henry VIII’s sixth and remaining marriage, to Katherine Parr.
“Firebrand,” starring Jude Regulation as England’s murderous monarch and Alicia Vikander as his reluctant final queen, hits theaters June 14. Primarily based loosely on Elizabeth Fremantle’s novel “Queen’s Gambit,” the “interval thriller” retells the story of Henry and Katherine’s marriage — a matrimony that got here with “nice private threat,” the film’s synopsis reminds us, “provided that her predecessors are both vanquished, beheaded, or useless.”
Whereas historical past tells us how Henry and Katherine’s lives actually ended, “Firebrand” gives a extra triumphant remaining observe — for Katherine, a minimum of.
Be part of us for a primary have a look at scenes from the film and extra particulars…
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“In blood-soaked Tudor England, twice married, completed, and educated Katherine Parr — Alicia Vikander (seen right here in a nonetheless from the movie) — reluctantly agrees to develop into the sixth spouse of the tyrannical King Henry VIII,” in line with the official synopsis for “Firebrand.”
“When Henry appoints her as Regent, the nation’s ruler throughout his absence when he departs to battle abroad, he lays a harmful path for her.”
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“Henry’s courtiers, suspecting Katherine is sympathetic to radical Protestant beliefs which have taken root within the kingdom and are a risk to their energy, scheme in opposition to her and solid doubts upon her constancy to the more and more ailing and paranoid King,” the synopsis continues.
Right here, Patsy Ferran and Junia Rees seem in a scene from “Firebrand.”
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“As soon as Henry (Jude Regulation, seen right here in a nonetheless with co-star Eddie Marsan) returns to England, his courtiers persuade him to show his fury on the nation’s radicals, together with Katherine’s childhood buddy Anne Askew, who turns into one of many scores of individuals convicted of treason and burned on the stake.”
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“Horrified and privately grieving, Katherine finds herself underneath ever-increasing scrutiny and suspicion from Henry and his courtiers,” the film’s synopsis explains.
On this nonetheless from the movie, a grieving Katherine Parr (Alicia Vikander) consults along with her husband, King Henry VIII (Jude Regulation).
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“Figuring out that even a whisper of scandal would possibly result in her downfall, Katherine pictured right here with should unleash her personal scheme to battle for survival,” the synopsis teases.
On this film nonetheless, King Henry VIII (Jude Regulation) shares a quiet second with Katherine Parr (Alicia Vikander).
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On this scene from “Firebrand,” Katherine Parr (Alicia Vikander) cares for her ailing husband, King Henry VIII (Jude Regulation), earlier than his dying.
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“Firebrand” premiered on the 76th Cannes Movie Competition on Might 21, 2023, with Jude Regulation and Alicia Vikander in attendance.
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“Firebrand” was directed by Karim Ainouz, proper, pictured right here with Jude Regulation and Alicia Vikander at a photocall for “Firebrand” through the Cannes Movie Competition in France on Might 22, 2023.
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“Firebrand” stars Jude Regulation and Junia Rees share a smile and cheer through the premiere of their movie on the 2023 Cannes Movie Competition in France.
“Firebrand,” which additionally stars Simon Russell Beale, Sam Riley and Erin Doherty, is in theaters June 14.