Television The leap to the feminine and the racial of the 'remakes' on television: from Kung Fu to Van Helsing
Last October Channel 5 started an intense debate by announcing that actress
Jodie Turner-Smith would
play the famous Anne Boleyn in the miniseries of the same name.
The debate between the defenders of historical rigor and those who advocated giving wings to fiction revolved around a question: can a black actress give life to a white historical figure?
The British chain believes so and now
Variety
magazine
has published the first images of the interpreter with
Game of Thrones
actor
Mark Stanley
, who will play King Henry VIII.
Anne Boleyn
, the original title of the project, will narrate, from the queen's perspective, her last months of life before being executed for treason, telling how she tried to secure the future of her daughter, the future
Elizabeth I
, "and defy the mighty patriarchy that surrounds her, "reads the description.
Newcomer
Eve Hedderwick Turner
signs the script for this
three-part psychological
thriller
, which will show "the key moments that brought about Ana's downfall, reflecting her strength, her fatal vulnerabilities and her determination to be an equal among men."
Lynsey Miller
(
The Fire
) has directed the miniseries, which will debut this year on Channel 5.
Starting with
Los Tudors
(2007-2010), a series on the American Showtime network that spanned the turbulent reign of Henry VIII and the fate of his six wives over four seasons, there are many television productions that have spoken of the infamous monarch and first lover and then wife Ana Bolena.
"It's no secret I'm a big fan of Anne Boleyn and we know that is a proven success among viewers theme documentaries and movies ,
" said
Ben Frow
, controller Channel 5, as stated in
The Sun
.
In regards to her project, the signing of Jodie Turner-Smith, known for her work on the film
Queen & Slim
, has achieved a double objective.
On the one hand, it has given notoriety to the miniseries, whose filming ended in December for its premiere in 2021. And on the other, it has satisfied the demands for greater diversity in audiovisuals sponsored by the
MeToo
or
Black Lives Matter movements
.
In an interview, Elle Turner-Smith stated that her intention is "to tell the story of the woman who sits at the center of the myth and to make that story accessible, in a way that is not just about her class, but about her humanity. Because if a woman is queen or servant she is not free from the challenges and trials that women face when navigating their bodies, love or patriarchy. "
He added: "We have the opportunity to tell a really human story and make it much more accessible because a black actress plays it."
Faye Ward
and
Hannah Farrell
, creative directors of
Anne Boleyn's production company
, Fable Pictures,
spoke along the same lines
when the project was announced.
"Eve's drama defies all the conventions of who we believe Anne Boleyn was and sheds a feminist light on her story. We believe that history has cast aside the voice of this ambitious queen in favor of the men who overthrew her, and her
Lynsey Miller's
beautiful and intimate vision
will put Ana's gaze at the heart of this work, "they assured.
Something similar is happening with many series and movie remakes, which in addition to transforming their original male leads into women, are trying to include greater racial diversity in their casts.
This is the case of
Kung Fu
, which in its next version changes
David Carradine
for a young woman of Asian origin, Olivia Lang.
Or
LA's Finest
(2019-2020), series derived from
Two rebel police officers
led by the African-American
Gabrielle Union
and the Latina
Jessica Alba
.
Even
The Simpsons
has renewed its voice casting after three decades on the air.
Last summer Fox announced that starting with season 32, no white actor would play black, Latino or Indian characters, replacing the actors who had been playing
Apu
,
Dr. Hibbert
or
Carl
with racialized interpreters.
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