It wasn't just the casting choices. So many things, from the Black noblemen to the interracial relationships. All were cringe and forced. That Nubian ambassador would have been lynched the moment he even stepped foot in Europe.

I had to stop watching though when a man in a dress started pillow fighting with the women during a sleep-over, and Queen Mary told him that she accepts him for who he is, and he can choose to be whatever he wants. Like, WTF? If you want to make a historical bibliography, try and stay accurate. Even in a fictional film, that shit doesn't contribute anything to the storyline. Why include that?

The forced diversity made this film completely unwatchable. I'm a man who never turns off a film, no matter how bad, once started but watching this was just painful. I really could not watch another second right after that scene.

Let me be clear, I was not triggered by it, I just don't like propaganda and virtue signal in movies. I watch movies for entertainment and even for the educational factor. I was hoping this film would be something of a Marie Antoinette, Agora etc. A film that showcases both historical events and the setting, making you feel like you're in 16th century England. I was hoping it would pay tribute to such an unstable time in British history but instead, it was nothing short of a dramatized play shoving modern day politics and far-left views down people's throat.

It was so ridiculous, I was expecting one of the characters to curse Trump and call for Mexican immigrants to be let in. I'm not joking.

Honestly, I actually, unironically, recommend you watch this film. It's so bad, that you have to see how much of a train wreck it is for yourself. Just make sure you don't pay for it. It's not worth either a penny or the popcorn.

The user reviews on IMDb are brutal, hahaha.

I was about to watch it, then read the reviews and it sounds pretty stinking. Having said that, I might give it 15 minutes just to see what everyone seems to think about it.

I gave it fifteen minutes - I wish I hadn't - politically correct just doesn't describe it. The acting is awful - the diversity in the court ludicrous - why make a movie with so many lies within it? Surely it would be better to make a modern movie including diversity if you want to be that sycophantic to the demands of minority communities - why make a fool of yourself by trying to rewrite history? For this female director political correctness trumps truth - and that's dangerous - what's next - Hitler as a homosexual on the autistic "spectrum" in a wheelchair campaigning for world peace - it couldn't be any more ridiculous than this movie. No wonder female directors are few and far between - they can't get away from their functions and misandry.

Agree with the posts here. I have no problem with racially blind (or gender blind for that matter) casting for fictional characters, but for actual historical figures, casting directors really should do their best to get actors who look the part. To do otherwise is absurd.

And this sort of stuff does nothing for diversity if it fails to tell stories from a minority perspective. Good for the actors because more parts are open to them, but diversity as an objective isn't about employing a few extra actors in roles they are not suited to. It's a concession. It's patronage. It's tokenism. Authentic stories need minority writers writing stories and minority film makers to get that to the screen.

And now I've heard that a black woman is going to play Anne Boleyn. So apparently Elizabeth l was mixed race. I wonder how many people will watch and believe this to be accurate history. I don't notice any white men being cast as black heroes - so this trend only works one way it seems. _David Rizzio - was an Italian courtier, born close to Turin, a descendant of an ancient and noble family still living in Piedmont, the Riccio Counts di San Paolo e Solbrito, who rose to become the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots. _

How do you think these people feel at having their ancestor portrayed as a transvestite and possibly a homosexual?

The re-imagining of history and woke wish-fulfillment continues...

The irony in all this is that one day this stuff will be rejected by minorities themselves as pointless tokenism that distracts and deflects from telling authentic minority stories.

There are plenty of Black British and Asian British stories yet to be told. And of course they should be told. It took centuries before working class British stories were told. And the British cultural landscape was richer when they were.

Shoehorning minorities into yet another Tudor tale is insulting to everyone concerned.

That was a 1950's Irish immigrant.