Catherine lied and denied; after all, shes pledged her life on this untruth at this point.
A fact that left both Catherine and audiences wondering if Harry was also lying.
Was this the first in a long series of infidelities she would have to endure?
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There was genuine love and passion from both sides.
As we know, Catherine professed love to him right up until her death, actually.
And she was definitely the love of his life.
In our version, weve chosen to explore that Catherine is the one who lied about her virginity.
So whichever way you cut it, they will be going [down] that aisle on a lie.
We wanted to tell the truth about the power struggle and the lies that got them there.
Theres a bit of bittersweet history.
Shes going to marry him.
It really isnt this happy, simplistic romance.
This is something much more complicated.
Catherine is going to have to reap the rewards of things shes sown.
Because [of] his own male pride.
That moment when Diane Keaton says to Al Pacino, Did you have your own brother-in-law murdered?
She asks, and he lies to her face and says, No, I didnt.
We felt [this was a] more mature ending.
You think he shagged her sister.
Hang on, have you all forgotten what she did?
We wanted them to be completely equal in that final moment.
And for them to both really look at each other and go, This is what I am doing.
This is the lie I am marrying on.
And this is the person I am marrying.
Look at what were both capable of.
His father died; he becomes king and professes [his] love.
But we wanted to find something in the second half.
Margaret is doing some wicked things, but there is some sympathy for her.
And she knew it.
History is never going to give us a definitive answer as to who killed the princes in the Tower.
Richard III was very popular for a long time, thanks to Shakespeare.
It was quite compelling.
The arguments that Richard III is least likely because it just seems like he would have been cleverer.
And the worst thing is murder.
Certainly with Margaret Beauforts knowledge.
Dudley was in prison for quite a while before he was executed.
But in the end, we just thought, Oh come on.
And then we were determined to give him a really gruesome death.
Not even the Tudors were that ruthless.
By thoughts and ideas.
It was treason, and there was such a thing as Extraordinary Sessions of Council.
Margaret and the Privy Council tried very hard to cover their tracks before Henry VIII returned from Hatfield.
They knew full well what theyd done was wrong.
So we basically took that, ran with it, and made it more extreme.
We know she was destitute but otherwise not a lot.
It felt like the right moment to bring that in.
Be careful what you wish for.
