{"id":127284,"date":"2021-06-02T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=127284"},"modified":"2021-06-02T12:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:36:20","slug":"anne-boleyn-was-a-straight-white-female-laurence-fox-blasts-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/anne-boleyn-was-a-straight-white-female-laurence-fox-blasts-show\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Anne Boleyn was a straight, white female&apos;: Laurence Fox blasts show"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;Anne Boleyn was a straight, white female&#8217;: Laurence Fox blasts Channel 5 over Tudor drama with black actress playing Henry VIII&#8217;s notorious second wife who kisses his third spouse Jane Seymour<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jodie Turner-Smith is the first black actress to play Anne Boleyn in the new show<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>First episode showed her share a kiss with Jane Seymore in once of the scenes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Laurence Fox said\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;Anne Boleyn was a straight white female&#8217; in online thoughts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Controversial actor and one-time Mayor of London candidate Laurence Fox hit out at TV show Anne Boleyn last night, declaring &#8216;the diversity agenda is racism&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The channel five drama, which cast black actress Jodie Turner-Smith in the title role, had sparked debate ahead of its broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a043-year-old Fox &#8211; who is best known for playing\u00a0DS James Hathaway in Lewis &#8211; also objected to Anne sharing a kiss with Jane Seymour on screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He wrote online: &#8216;Anne Boleyn was a straight white female.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Stick that in your diversity pipe. The Diversity agenda is racism. Pure and simple.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Only trans actors can play trans characters. Only gay actors should play gay characters.\u00a0Actors apologising for playing limb different characters. (Anne Boleyn had 6 fingers on her right hand).\u00a0But black actors can play white limb different characters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/02\/13\/43740325-9644171-Laurence_Fox_an_actor_himself_said_that_Anne_Boleyn_was_a_straig-a-74_1622635587317.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Laurence Fox, an actor himself, said that Anne Boleyn was &#8216;a straight white female&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/02\/13\/43740323-9644171-image-a-71_1622635394440.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jodie Turner-Smith is the first black actress to play Anne Boleyn and has addressed the role<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/02\/12\/43708239-9642369-Kiss_During_the_first_episode_Jodie_as_Anne_shared_a_tender_onsc-a-133_1622634957082.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"630\"><\/p>\n<p>Kiss:\u00a0During the first episode, Jodie as Anne shared a tender onscreen kiss with love rival Jane Seymour, played by Lola Petticrew\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/02\/13\/43740349-9644171-image-a-72_1622635444113.jpg\" height=\"190\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/02\/13\/43740351-9644171-image-a-73_1622635448199.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Laurence Fox took to Twitter to give his thoughts on the Anne Boleyn Channel 5 drama<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For the record, I think any actor of any sexual orientation, skin colour or body difference can play any character. Hence why it\u2019s called \u201cacting\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But it has to be consistent, otherwise it\u2019s just discrimination.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The three-part drama re-imagines the final months of the doomed queen as she struggles to secure a future for her daughter and to challenge the powerful patriarchy closing in around her.<\/p>\n<p>Many viewers\u00a0praised Jodie for her &#8216;brilliant&#8217; portrayal, but some were left &#8216;unimpressed&#8217; by the &#8216;historical inaccuracies&#8217; in the script during the first instalment and claimed they were &#8216;expecting more&#8217; from the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One person said: &#8216;Just watched the new #anneboleyn programme and i&#8217;m really not sure yet.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are certain parts I love but certain parts that seem quite out of character. I&#8217;ll reserve judgement until i&#8217;ve seen it in its entirety but for now..i&#8217;m unsure.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/02\/12\/43406925-9642369-Thoughts_Jodie_said_while_some_viewers_might_find_it_hard_to_see-a-136_1622634957192.jpg\" height=\"807\" width=\"630\"><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: Jodie said while some viewers might find it hard to see her as the doomed second wife of Henry VIII (pictured), she was sure others were &#8216;finally ready&#8217; to see her in the role<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/01\/22\/43407871-9641361-Candid_Jodie_said_For_a_lot_of_other_people_who_are_finally_read-a-24_1622581323754.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"630\"><\/p>\n<p>Candid: Jodie said, &#8216;For a lot of other people who are finally ready to see the world in a different way, they&#8217;re going to see that this is a human story we are telling&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A different account put: &#8216;Really wanted to like this as I&#8217;m an avid Tudor era fan&#8230;..but after 30 mins I&#8217;d had enough. Henry too feeble, the court felt very flat &amp; boring and no depth to the characters. #disappointed #AnneBoleyn.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>During the first episode, Jodie as Anne shared a tender onscreen kiss with love rival Jane Seymour, played by\u00a0Lola Petticrew.<\/p>\n<p>The opening instalment also involved racy sex scenes between\u00a0Anne, played by Jodie, and\u00a0Henry VIII, played by\u00a0Mark Stanley, with one moment seeing the\u00a0doomed queen strangle her husband before putting on a passionate display.<\/p>\n<p>During the first episode, it sees a pregnant\u00a0Anne blindsided by the realisation that\u00a0Henry has an eye on one of her ladies,\u00a0Jane Seymour,\u00a0who eventually goes on to succeed her as the Queen of England.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Jodie reflected on being the first black actress to be cast as Anne Boleyn in Channel 5&#8217;s three-part drama.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Radio Times,\u00a0The Queen and Slim star admitted that she knew it might be &#8216;a stretch&#8217; for some viewers to see her as the doomed second wife of Henry VIII, but said she was sure others were &#8216;finally ready&#8217; to see her in the role.<\/p>\n<p>Jodie is the first black actress to portray Anne, and she follows in the footsteps of Natalie Dormer, Claire Foy and Natalie Portman by playing the historic part.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0told the publication:\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s much more approachable and appealing to a contemporary audience when you cast this way because we are distilling this down to a human experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you ask anyone to watch a film or to observe any art, you are asking them to suspend their beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am aware it&#8217;s going to be a stretch for some people because they will feel too distracted by that, but I think for a lot of other people who are finally ready to see the world in a different way, they&#8217;re going to see that this is a human story we are telling, and a fascinating one at that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9644171\/Anne-Boleyn-straight-white-female-Laurence-Fox-blasts-Channel-5-Tudor-drama.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Anne Boleyn was a straight, white female&#8217;:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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