Production For Firebrand Starring Alicia Vikander And Jude Law Starts

Principal photography has begun on the historical drama  Firebrand,  starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law.

Vikander is set to play Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six wives, with Jude Law  who will play Henry VIII. The rest of the cast ing Vikander and Law include Erin Doherty (The Crown, Chloe) as Anne Askew, Simon Russell Beale (Operation Mincemeat, Benediction) as Bishop Stephen Gardiner and Sam Riley (Rebecca, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) and Eddie Marsan (The Gentlemen, Vice) who will play Thomas and Edward Seymour. Further casting includes Ruby Bentall (Poldark), Bryony Hannah (Call The Midwife) and Maia Jemmett. Olivier award-winning Patsy Ferran will play Princess Mary and Junia Rees will make her acting debut as Princess Elizabeth.

The film marks the English-language debut of Karim Aïnouz and is produced by Gabrielle Tana (The Dig) of Brouhaha Entertainment and written by Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth (Killing Eve).

The drama will focus on Katherine Parr, on of King Henry VIII’s six wives who was considered a risk taker. This was a time when being a protestant was prohibited which could also cost you your life. Marring the insane King was certainly a risky move, a then Catholic king who beheaded his previous wives  for not giving him a son. She was however able to push her own religious and political beliefs on the King who would convert to become a Protestant.

This is not the first time Parr’s story has been on the the screen, however this drama be one of the first that purely focus on Parr. No release date has been announced from STX Films who will release the film in the UK and Ireland.