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** Anne herself was described by one of her friends as being "good-looking enough," which means she probably wasn't very attractive by the standards of the day, and most contemporary accounts agree that it was more her personality that people found interesting over physical attractiveness. As with every fictional portrayal, Anne is much more beautiful than in real life since she's played by Creator/NataliePortman, a MsFanservice actress who has dressed up in skimpy clothing [[Film/TheProfessional for]] [[Film/{{Closer}} some]] [[Film/GardenState of]] [[Film/AttackOfTheClones her]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith previous]] [[Film/VForVendetta roles]] and was even outright naked in the short film ''Hotel Chevalier''.

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** Anne herself was described by one of her friends as being "good-looking enough," which means she probably wasn't very attractive by the standards of the day, where fair women were the ideal, Anne was olive skinned with dark Brown hair, a very skinny figure and most flat-chested. Most contemporary accounts agree that it was more her personality that people found interesting over physical attractiveness. As with every fictional portrayal, Anne is much more beautiful than in real life since she's played by Creator/NataliePortman, a MsFanservice actress who has dressed up in skimpy clothing [[Film/TheProfessional for]] [[Film/{{Closer}} some]] [[Film/GardenState of]] [[Film/AttackOfTheClones her]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith previous]] [[Film/VForVendetta roles]] and was even outright naked in the short film ''Hotel Chevalier''.
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** Catherine of Aragon looks much better in the film than she was reported to in real life. While she was very beautiful in her youth, her seven pregnancies took a massive toll on her. Her figure was reportedly ruined by the time she was thirty and her auburn hair had faded to grey.

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** Catherine of Aragon looks much better in the film than she was reported to in real life. While she was very beautiful in her youth, her seven pregnancies took a massive toll on her. Her figure was reportedly ruined by the time she was thirty forty and her auburn hair had faded to grey.
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-->'''Catherine of Aragon''': How dare you. You want me to creep away and become a nun? Well I shall not. You want me to lie before God and admit my first marriage was consummated? Well it was not. You want me to retire and [[MamaBear give up my daughter's claim as sole rightful heir to the throne?]] Well I shall not. Not in a thousand years. Not if you rack me to within an inch of my life. I am Catherine, Queen of England! The King's one true wife and mother of the heir to the throne. Beloved of the people, and beloved of a king you have bewitched.

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-->'''Catherine of Aragon''': How dare you. You want me to creep away and become a nun? Well I shall not. You want me to lie before God and admit my first marriage was consummated? Well it was not. [[MamaBear You want me to retire and [[MamaBear give up my daughter's claim as sole rightful heir to the throne?]] throne? Well I shall not. not.]] Not in a thousand years. Not if you rack me to within an inch of my life. I am Catherine, Queen of England! The King's one true wife and mother of the heir to the throne. Beloved of the people, and beloved of a king you have bewitched.
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* HotConsort: After Anne came home from France the king found her so seductive (hot) that he was willing to risk everything to make her his queen (consort). After he married her he lost interest though.

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* HotConsort: After Anne came home from France France, the king found her so seductive (hot) that he was willing to risk everything to make her his queen (consort). After he married her he lost interest though.
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* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul:
** There is zero evidence that either of Mary's children were Henry's, and in fact it's extremely unlikely they were as Henry was known to never sleep with married women.
** Mary Boleyn did not take in and raise the future Queen Elizabeth as the movie suggests; in fact, they never met after Mary was banished.
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** Catherine of Aragon looks much better in the film than she was reported to in real life. While she was very beautiful in her youth, her ten pregnancies took a massive toll on her. Her figure was reportedly ruined by the time she was thirty and her auburn hair had faded to grey.

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** Catherine of Aragon looks much better in the film than she was reported to in real life. While she was very beautiful in her youth, her ten seven pregnancies took a massive toll on her. Her figure was reportedly ruined by the time she was thirty and her auburn hair had faded to grey.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard) calls out both her brother -- who receives a rather loud and probably painful slap -- and her husband for Anne's fate. She's probably right. Note, the word "probably" should be read as "completely and absolutely most definitely"

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard) calls out both her brother -- who receives a rather loud and probably painful slap -- and her husband for Anne's fate. She's probably right. Note, the word "probably" should be read as (read: "completely and absolutely most definitely"definitely") right.
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The plot revolves around the two Boleyn sisters UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn (Creator/NataliePortman) and Mary (Creator/ScarlettJohansson) competing for the affections of UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/EricBana). Political machinations run rampant in this movie and plots are laid, hatched, destroyed and reborn sometimes within minutes of one another, however for any meager student of history you will inevitably know all the rest of it already.

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The plot revolves around the two Boleyn sisters UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn sisters, [[UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn Anne]] (Creator/NataliePortman) and Mary (Creator/ScarlettJohansson) (Creator/ScarlettJohansson), competing for the affections of UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/EricBana). Political machinations run rampant in this movie and plots are laid, hatched, destroyed and reborn sometimes within minutes of one another, however for any meager student of history you will inevitably know all the rest of it already.
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* StockFootage: A shot of Natalie Portman's character holding a newborn baby from this film was used in the ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' fanedit ''Labyrinth of Evil'' to depict Padme surviving and holding her newborn daughter Leia. Earlier edits didn't color correct the baby's eyes, and HAL's was the first that did.

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* StockFootage: A shot of Natalie Portman's character holding a newborn baby from this film was used in the ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' fanedit ''Labyrinth of Evil'' to depict Padme surviving and holding her newborn daughter Leia. Earlier edits didn't color correct the baby's eyes, and HAL's was the first that did.Leia on Alderaan.
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%% * StockFootage: A shot from this film was used in the ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' fanedit ''Labyrinth of Evil'' to depict Padme surviving and holding her newborn daughter Leia.

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%% * StockFootage: A shot of Natalie Portman's character holding a newborn baby from this film was used in the ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' fanedit ''Labyrinth of Evil'' to depict Padme surviving and holding her newborn daughter Leia.Leia. Earlier edits didn't color correct the baby's eyes, and HAL's was the first that did.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Lady Elizabeth Boleyn is more loving towards her daughters than in the original book, and is horrified at what her husband and brother have caused and that they've condemned Anne to death, giving the latter man a sound slap round the face.

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* BookEnds: The film starts and ends with three children playing in a meadow while their parents watch over them; Mary, Anne and George at the beginning, and Mary's children and Anne's daughter Elizabeth at the end.



* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: For those that don't [[ItWasHisSled know this already]], the Epilogue presents us with vignettes of the various characters, informing us in the captions that Thomas Boleyn died in disgrace, Thomas Howard was put in the Tower for treason, Mary lived happily in the country with Stafford, and Elizabeth grew up to reign as queen for 44 years.

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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: For those that don't [[ItWasHisSled know this already]], the Epilogue presents us with vignettes of the various characters, informing us in the captions that Thomas Boleyn died in disgrace, Thomas Howard was put in the Tower for treason, treason and the next three generations of his family were executed, Mary lived happily in the country with Stafford, and Elizabeth grew up to reign as queen for 44 45 years.
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The plot revolves around the two Boleyn sisters UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn (Creator/NataliePortman) and Mary (Creator/ScarlettJohansson) competing for the affections of UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/EricBana). Political machinations run rampant in this movie and plots are laid, hatched, destroyed and reborn sometimes within minutes of one another, however for any meager student of history you will inevitably [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready know all the rest of it already]].

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The plot revolves around the two Boleyn sisters UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn (Creator/NataliePortman) and Mary (Creator/ScarlettJohansson) competing for the affections of UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/EricBana). Political machinations run rampant in this movie and plots are laid, hatched, destroyed and reborn sometimes within minutes of one another, however for any meager student of history you will inevitably [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready know all the rest of it already]].already.
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The other way around. As the film portrays Norfolk as a monster, while Elizabeth's husband just comes across as a fool, it is reasonable that Norfolk would get the slap


* CallingTheOldManOut: Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard) calls out both her husband -- who receives a rather loud and probably painful slap -- and her brother for Anne's fate. She's probably right. Note, the word "probably" should be read as "completely and absolutely most definitely"

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard) calls out both her husband brother -- who receives a rather loud and probably painful slap -- and her brother husband for Anne's fate. She's probably right. Note, the word "probably" should be read as "completely and absolutely most definitely"

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