History YMMV / TheTudors

** Creator/NatalieDormer (who played Anne Boleyn) is Margaery Tyrell in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. And now Cressida in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' film adaptations.

* WTHCastingAgency: An initial reaction to hearing Joss Stone would be playing Anne of Cleves, casting a singer with no previous acting experience in a difficult part that also involves speaking with a foreign accent sounds like a recipe for disaster. As it turned out, she was very good. Although one still wonders why she was cast as the wife Henry deemed [[HollywoodHomely too ugly for him to be able to procreate with]]. She was initially supposed to play Jane Seymour but had to drop out due to scheduling conflict. (Although, courtiers writing after Henry's death apparently said that Anne of Cleves was the most beautiful of Henry's wives and some people think that Henry became impotent at this point due to weight gain and blamed Anne.)

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The title theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-WRTHiGPyc Anne's coronation theme]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Tq2vz2NFo A Howling Wilderness]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG5YdQTGmc0 The King's Procession]].
** Trevor Morris' whole score in general is this

* CrackShip: Anne Boleyn marrying Henry was obviously a ForegoneConclusion, but thanks to the chemistry between Creator/HenryCavill and Creator/NatalieDormer, more than a few fans shipped Anne and Charles Brandon despite the historical characters despising each other.

* PropRecycling:
** In the third episode of season one, Henry has a set of jewels made for Anne Boleyn, which she returns to him in order to string him along. In the ninth episode, Henry can be seen wearing one of those pieces himself.
** In the finale, the ghost of Jane Seymour wears the same dress that Katherine Howard wore on the day of her execution five episodes prior.

*** Creator/NatalieDormer's portrayal even inspired many people to research more about Anne, which ended up with a much more balanced perspective of Anne Boleyn in many places, even up to academia. Despite the historical inaccuracies, we can at least say the show is partly responsible for giving Anne Boleyn justice and presenting her as the victim of Henry she ultimately was, nearly 500 years after her death.

** Katherine of Aragon. Her daughter too.
** Anne of Cleves, until Henry divorced her. Then she became the happiest (as well as luckiest) of his wives.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Remind us, Katherine Howard, Thomas Culpepper: why was the woman three queens back executed? ''That's'' right, for adultery. And what happened to the men who were accused of being her lovers? ''They'' were executed too, right again. So, explain to us... ''' ''how'' ''' is it a good idea to have mad passionate sex with your lord and master's new trophy wife, and vice versa with the staff?
** It becomes even worse when you remember that Katherine Howard was Anne Boleyn's ''cousin''.
** Francis Dereham repeatedly and loudly brags about his previous relationship with Katherine Howard, heedless of his friend's warnings to keep his mouth shut or he'll be in big trouble. He also blackmails Katherine into giving him a high-ranking job, with neither of them realizing that if he did shoot his mouth off (something he was, for all intents and purposes, doing already), they'd both be screwed. Sure enough, when the truth reaches Henry's ears, Dereham is arrested, tortured, condemned, and subjected to an ''extremely'' CruelAndUnusualDeath.
** Also Katherine Parr, a bit. Appointing the guy who was just stripped of his bishop's role for suspected heresy as your chaplain is a bit of a risk, as her sister points out.

* WTHCAgency: An initial reaction to hearing Joss Stone would be playing Anne of Cleves, casting a singer with no previous acting experience in a difficult part that also involves speaking with a foreign accent sounds like a recipe for disaster. As it turned out, she was very good. Although one still wonders why she was cast as the wife Henry deemed [[HollywoodHomely too ugly for him to be able to procreate with]]. She was initially supposed to play Jane Seymour but had to drop out due to scheduling conflict. (Although, courtiers writing after Henry's death apparently said that Anne of Cleves was the most beautiful of Henry's wives and some people think that Henry became impotent at this point due to weight gain and blamed Anne.)

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Anne Boleyn and arguably Thomas Cromwell. Mary isn't quite at their level, but has plenty of fans too.

** Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers' attempt at acting like an old man in the last two episodes, which largely consists of a hoarse voice about on par with Christian Bale's Batman, and random pauses that come off more like he's having trouble remembering his lines.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency?: An initial reaction to hearing Joss Stone would be playing Anne of Cleves, casting a singer with no previous acting experience in a difficult part that also involves speaking with a foreign accent sounds like a recipe for disaster. As it turned out, she was very good. Although one still wonders why she was cast as the wife Henry deemed [[HollywoodHomely too ugly for him to be able to procreate with]]. She was initially supposed to play Jane Seymour but had to drop out due to scheduling conflict. (Although, courtiers writing after Henry's death apparently said that Anne of Cleves was the most beautiful of Henry's wives and some people think that Henry became impotent at this point due to weight gain and blamed Anne.)

** Cardinal Wolsey himself is a non-example because he is a main character. A more straight example would be the Pope (played by Creator/PeterOToole).

** Creator/CallumBlue and Creator/HenryCavill both have been involved with a live-action Franchise/{{Superman}} adaptation - Blue played General Zod in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' while Cavill played the ''Film/ManOfSteel'' himself in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.

** Creator/NatalieDormer's character, Anne Boleyn, has a gay brother and is falsely accused for adultery. [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Maergery Tyrell]], which Dormer [[Series/GameOfThrones played]] later on, is an {{Expy}} of Anne Boleyn who also has a gay brother and is also charged with adultery, though the latter is only in the [[Literature/AFeastForCrows books]].

* HarsherInHindsight: In 2017 Jonathan Rhys-Meyers' wife suffered a miscarriage of their second child, causing a relapse of his drug addiction.

* MemeticMutation: Anne Boleyn’s reaction to finding Henry and Jane together, thanks largely to the dramatic delivery of the line. “JUST WHEN MY BELLY IS DOING ITS BUSINESS, I CATCH YOU '''WENCHING''' WITH ''MISTRESS SEYMOUR.''”

** Cardinal Wolsey himself is a non-example because he is a main character. A more straight example would be the Pope (played by Peter O'Toole).

** Charles Brandon is now Franchise/{{Superman}} in ''Film/ManOfSteel''.

* StarMakingRole: Natalie Dormer's role as Anne Boleyn was her first major acting gig after ten months off the audition circuit, during which time she worked in data entry to support herself. She hasn't had to go back to that since.
* TypeCasting: After ''{{Film/Casanova}}'', this was the second of Creator/NatalieDormer's many roles as a period drama temptress.

* BrokenBase:
** Some Catholic viewers found the series to be too biased towards the Protestant side, whereas there are also Protestants who thought it was too biased towards the Catholic side. On the other hand, the series is not popular with hardcore Protestants due to the almost universally negative portrayal of most of the Protestant characters. It is surprisingly more popular with Catholics and seems to have had more views and buyers in Catholic majority countries.

* TheOtherMarty: Some scenes from Season 2 were re-shot in Episode 3.01.