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* DiedDuringProduction: While the last of the novels (''The Mirror and the Light'') has already been published in March 2020, Hilary Mantel--who worked closely with Peter Straughan during the adaptation processes--would untimely pass away in September 22, 2022. Director Peter Kosminsky openly stated the series shall serve as a memorial to her, which understandably impacted production. [[https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/wolf-hall-the-mirror-and-the-light-first-look-pictures First look photographs]] of the series was released far later on April 2024.
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** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by about ten years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties. (As the series spans roughly a decade, he does match more closely by the end.)
** Jonathan Pryce, similarly, was almost seventy; Wolsey died at age 57.
** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by about ten years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties. (As the series spans roughly a decade, he does match more closely by the end.)
** Jonathan Pryce, similarly, was almost seventy; Wolsey died at age 57.
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DawsonCasting: Given the harsher living conditions of the late middle ages, actors are generally older than their characters by some margin to more effectively convey where the historical figures were in their life expectancy.
** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by aboutten 10 years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties. (As 40s. As the series spans roughly a decade, he does match more closely by the end.)
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** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by about ten years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties. (As the series spans roughly a decade, he does match more closely match by the end.)
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** Jonathan Pryce, similarly, is almost seventy; Wolsey died at age 57.
** Thomas Brodie-Sanger was in his twenties playing the teenage Ralph Sadler. On the other hand, he [[OlderThanTheyLook doesn't look it at all]] so it's not incongruous.
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** Henry is informed about the necessity of [[Series/BandOfBrothers establishing a military outpost in a French coastal town, like Normandy.]]
** Before playing Thomas Cromwell here, Mark Rylance had once played [[Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl Mary and Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn.]]
** Jonathan Pryce, similarly, is almost seventy; Wolsey died at age 57.
** Thomas Brodie-Sanger was in his twenties playing the teenage Ralph Sadler. On the other hand, he [[OlderThanTheyLook doesn't look it at all]] so it's not incongruous.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Henry is informed about the necessity of [[Series/BandOfBrothers establishing a military outpost in a French coastal town, like Normandy.]]
** Before playing Thomas Cromwell here, Mark Rylance had once played [[Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl Mary and Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn.]]
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** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by about ten years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties. (As the series spans about ten years of time, roughly a decade, he does more closely match by the end.)
** Jonathan Pryce, similarly, is almost seventy; Wolsey died at age57.
** Thomas Brodie-Sanger was in his twenties playing the teenage Ralph Sadler. On the other hand, he [[OlderThanTheyLook doesn't look it at all]] so it's not incongruous.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Henry is informed about the necessity of [[Series/BandOfBrothers establishing a military outpost in a French coastal town, like Normandy.]]
** Before playing Thomas Cromwell here, Mark Rylance had once played [[Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl Mary and Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn.]]57.
** Jonathan Pryce, similarly, is almost seventy; Wolsey died at age
** Thomas Brodie-Sanger was in his twenties playing the teenage Ralph Sadler. On the other hand, he [[OlderThanTheyLook doesn't look it at all]] so it's not incongruous.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Henry is informed about the necessity of [[Series/BandOfBrothers establishing a military outpost in a French coastal town, like Normandy.]]
** Before playing Thomas Cromwell here, Mark Rylance had once played [[Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl Mary and Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn.]]
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* DawsonCasting: Several actors were older than their historical counterparts; as the series spans about ten years chronologically, however, they fit by the end.
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** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by about ten years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties. (As the series spans about ten years of time, he does more closely match by the end.)
** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by about ten years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties. (As the series spans about ten years of time, he does more closely match by the end.)
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* DawsonCasting: Several actors were older than their historical counterparts; as the series spans about ten years chronologically, however, they fit by the end.
** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by about ten years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties.
** Jonathan Pryce, similarly, is almost seventy; Wolsey died at age 57.
** Thomas Brodie-Sanger was in his twenties playing the teenage Ralph Sadler. On the other hand, he [[OlderThanTheyLook doesn't look it at all]] so it's not incongruous.
** Mark Rylance was older by Cromwell by about ten years; Cromwell begins the story in his forties.
** Jonathan Pryce, similarly, is almost seventy; Wolsey died at age 57.
** Thomas Brodie-Sanger was in his twenties playing the teenage Ralph Sadler. On the other hand, he [[OlderThanTheyLook doesn't look it at all]] so it's not incongruous.
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** Before playing Thomas Cromwell here, Mark Rylance had once played [[Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl Mary and Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn.]]
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** UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/DamianLewis) is probably well aware of the finer points of treason, considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[Series/{{Homeland}} before]].
** The Duke of Norfolk once [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ruled the Rohirrim]].
** [[Creator/AntonLesser Thomas More]] has had ample government experience serving [[Series/TheHollowCrown King Henry V]] and [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Queen Regent Cersei Lannister]].
** Then as now, [[Creator/MarkGatiss Stephen Gardiner]] [[Series/{{Sherlock}} serves the British/English crown]] in all its backstabbing and intrigue-filled glory, and is about as strait-laced about [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities when he was managing the Iron Bank]].
** [[Creator/JonathanPryce Cardinal Wolsey]]'s experience in (and fall from) the English court will serve him well when [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven he deals with another finicky monarch]].
** Harry Percy still hasn't learned to control his entitlement issues[[note]]even if he's justified this time[[/note]] [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen since he got killed for it the last time]].
** Ralph Sadler has been quite savvy [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses before]].
** Lady Rochford has had experience [[Series/CallTheMidwife as a nurse]] and as [[Recap/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime a hard-nosed television producer]], which probably explains why she takes no bollockings from Anne Boleyn.
** Alice Williamson living in a household headed by a man with an unsavoury reputation as Cromwell is not far off [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon considering her being a daughter of Stannis]].
** Catherine of Aragon would later have another problematic and domineering husband... in [[ADTheBibleContinues Pontius Pilate]].
** James Bainham was once [[{{Series/Sherlock}} troubled less by his faith and more by his professional shortcomings in Scotland Yard]].
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/DamianLewis) is probably well aware of the finer points of treason, considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[Series/{{Homeland}} before]].
** The Duke of Norfolk once [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ruled the Rohirrim]].
** [[Creator/AntonLesser Thomas More]] has had ample government experience serving [[Series/TheHollowCrown King Henry V]] and [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Queen Regent Cersei Lannister]].
** Then as now, [[Creator/MarkGatiss Stephen Gardiner]] [[Series/{{Sherlock}} serves the British/English crown]] in all its backstabbing and intrigue-filled glory, and is about as strait-laced about [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities when he was managing the Iron Bank]].
** [[Creator/JonathanPryce Cardinal Wolsey]]'s experience in (and fall from) the English court will serve him well when [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven he deals with another finicky monarch]].
** Harry Percy still hasn't learned to control his entitlement issues[[note]]even if he's justified this time[[/note]] [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen since he got killed for it the last time]].
** Ralph Sadler has been quite savvy [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses before]].
** Lady Rochford has had experience [[Series/CallTheMidwife as a nurse]] and as [[Recap/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime a hard-nosed television producer]], which probably explains why she takes no bollockings from Anne Boleyn.
** Alice Williamson living in a household headed by a man with an unsavoury reputation as Cromwell is not far off [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon considering her being a daughter of Stannis]].
** Catherine of Aragon would later have another problematic and domineering husband... in [[ADTheBibleContinues Pontius Pilate]].
** James Bainham was once [[{{Series/Sherlock}} troubled less by his faith and more by his professional shortcomings in Scotland Yard]].
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** Before playing Thomas Cromwell here, Mark Rylance had once played [[Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl Mary and Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn.]]
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/DamianLewis) is probably well aware of the finer points of treason, considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[Series/{{Homeland}} before]].
** The Duke of Norfolk once [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ruled the Rohirrim]].
** [[Creator/AntonLesser Thomas More]] has had ample government experience serving [[Series/TheHollowCrown King Henry V]] and [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Queen Regent Cersei Lannister]].
** Then as now, [[Creator/MarkGatiss Stephen Gardiner]] [[Series/{{Sherlock}} serves the British/English crown]] in all its backstabbing and intrigue-filled glory, and is about as strait-laced about [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities when he was managing the Iron Bank]].
** [[Creator/JonathanPryce Cardinal Wolsey]]'s experience in (and fall from) the English court will serve him well when [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven he deals with another finicky monarch]].
** Harry Percy still hasn't learned to control his entitlement issues[[note]]even if he's justified this time[[/note]] [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen since he got killed for it the last time]].
** Ralph Sadler has been quite savvy [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses before]].
** Lady Rochford has had experience [[Series/CallTheMidwife as a nurse]] and as [[Recap/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime a hard-nosed television producer]], which probably explains why she takes no bollockings from Anne Boleyn.
** Alice Williamson living in a household headed by a man with an unsavoury reputation as Cromwell is not far off [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon considering her being a daughter of Stannis]].
** Catherine of Aragon would later have another problematic and domineering husband... in [[ADTheBibleContinues Pontius Pilate]].
** James Bainham was once [[{{Series/Sherlock}} troubled less by his faith and more by his professional shortcomings in Scotland Yard]].]]
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/DamianLewis) is probably well aware of the finer points of treason, considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[Series/{{Homeland}} before]].
** The Duke of Norfolk once [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ruled the Rohirrim]].
** [[Creator/AntonLesser Thomas More]] has had ample government experience serving [[Series/TheHollowCrown King Henry V]] and [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Queen Regent Cersei Lannister]].
** Then as now, [[Creator/MarkGatiss Stephen Gardiner]] [[Series/{{Sherlock}} serves the British/English crown]] in all its backstabbing and intrigue-filled glory, and is about as strait-laced about [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities when he was managing the Iron Bank]].
** [[Creator/JonathanPryce Cardinal Wolsey]]'s experience in (and fall from) the English court will serve him well when [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven he deals with another finicky monarch]].
** Harry Percy still hasn't learned to control his entitlement issues[[note]]even if he's justified this time[[/note]] [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen since he got killed for it the last time]].
** Ralph Sadler has been quite savvy [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses before]].
** Lady Rochford has had experience [[Series/CallTheMidwife as a nurse]] and as [[Recap/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime a hard-nosed television producer]], which probably explains why she takes no bollockings from Anne Boleyn.
** Alice Williamson living in a household headed by a man with an unsavoury reputation as Cromwell is not far off [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon considering her being a daughter of Stannis]].
** Catherine of Aragon would later have another problematic and domineering husband... in [[ADTheBibleContinues Pontius Pilate]].
** James Bainham was once [[{{Series/Sherlock}} troubled less by his faith and more by his professional shortcomings in Scotland Yard]].
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** Henry is informed about the necessity of [[Series/BandOfBrothers establishing a military outpost in a French coastal town, like Normandy.]]
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** [[HenryVIII King Henry]] [[Creator/DamianLewis VIII]] UsefulNotes/HenryVIII (Creator/DamianLewis) is [[GenreSavvy probably well aware of the finer points of treason]], treason, considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[{{Series/Homeland}} [[Series/{{Homeland}} before]].
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** Then as now, [[MarkGatiss [[Creator/MarkGatiss Stephen Gardiner]] [[{{Series/Sherlock}} [[Series/{{Sherlock}} serves the British/English crown]] in all its backstabbing and intrigue-filled glory, and is about as strait-laced about [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities when he was managing the Iron Bank]].
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** James Bainham was once [[{{Series/Sherlock}} troubled less by his faith and more by his professional shortcomings in Scotland Yard]].
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** Harry Percy still hasn't learned to control his entitlement issues[[note]]even if he's justified this time[[/note]] [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen since he got killed for it the last time]], although he wises up later on.time]].
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** [[HenryVIII King Henry]] [[Creator/DamianLewis VIII]]is VIII]] is [[GenreSavvy probably well aware of the finer points of treason]], considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[{{Series/Homeland}} before]].
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** HenryVIII is [[HenryVIII King Henry]] [[Creator/DamianLewis VIII]]is [[GenreSavvy probably well aware of the finer points of treason]], considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[{{Series/Homeland}} before]].
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** Catherine of Aragon would later have another problematic and domineering husband... in [[ADTheBibleContinues Pontius Pilate]].
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** Ralph Sadler has been quite GenreSavvy [[Characters/GameOfThrones before]].[[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses before]].
** Lady Rochford has had experience [[Series/CallTheMidwife as a nurse]] and as [[Recap/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime a hard-nosed television producer]], which probably explains why she takes no bollockings from Anne Boleyn.
** Alice Williamson has had experience with being amongst royalty before, [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon having been one herself]].
** Lady Rochford has had experience [[Series/CallTheMidwife as a nurse]] and as [[Recap/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime a hard-nosed television producer]], which probably explains why she takes no bollockings from Anne Boleyn.
** Alice Williamson has had experience with being amongst royalty before, [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon having been one herself]].
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* ActorAllusion: Henry is informed about the necessity of [[Series/BandOfBrothers establishing a military outpost in a French coastal town, like Normandy.]]
** Before playing Thomas Cromwell here, Mark Rylance had once played [[Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl Mary and Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn.]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: A surprising amount of people in this production served time in Series/GameOfThrones.
** HenryVIII is [[GenreSavvy probably well aware of the finer points of treason]], considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[Series/Homeland before]].
** The Duke of Norfolk once [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ruled the Rohirrim]]
** [[Creator/AntonLesser Thomas More]] has had ample government experience serving [[Series/TheHollowCrown King Henry V]] and [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Queen Regent Cersei Lannister]].
** Then as now, [[MarkGatiss Stephen Gardiner]] [[{{Series/Sherlock}} serves the British/English crown]] in all its backstabbing and intrigue-filled glory.
** Cardinal Wolsey's experience in (and fall from) the English court will serve him well when [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven he deals with another finicky monarch]].
** Harry Percy still hasn't learned to control his entitlement issues[[note]]even if he's justified this time[[/note]] [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen since he got killed for it the last time]], although he wises up later on.
** Ralph Sadler has been quite GenreSavvy [[Characters/GameOfThrones before]].
** Before playing Thomas Cromwell here, Mark Rylance had once played [[Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl Mary and Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn.]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: A surprising amount of people in this production served time in Series/GameOfThrones.
** HenryVIII is [[GenreSavvy probably well aware of the finer points of treason]], considering his actor has [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor had seriously questionable loyalties]] [[Series/Homeland before]].
** The Duke of Norfolk once [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ruled the Rohirrim]]
** [[Creator/AntonLesser Thomas More]] has had ample government experience serving [[Series/TheHollowCrown King Henry V]] and [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Queen Regent Cersei Lannister]].
** Then as now, [[MarkGatiss Stephen Gardiner]] [[{{Series/Sherlock}} serves the British/English crown]] in all its backstabbing and intrigue-filled glory.
** Cardinal Wolsey's experience in (and fall from) the English court will serve him well when [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven he deals with another finicky monarch]].
** Harry Percy still hasn't learned to control his entitlement issues[[note]]even if he's justified this time[[/note]] [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen since he got killed for it the last time]], although he wises up later on.
** Ralph Sadler has been quite GenreSavvy [[Characters/GameOfThrones before]].
