natalie dormer vs. natalie portman
I've finished Season 2 of The Tudors and I have to say that the show actually overshadows the The Other Boleyn Girl movie. I've praised the movie with Natalie Portman's great skill, but somehow after watching Natalie Dormer portray Anne Boleyn...well, I've changed my mind. Dormer definitely did a tremendously better job than Portman. When I imagined Anne, she was a Boleyn, a Howard girl---proud, elegant, temperamental, opinionated, strategic. Even as the axeman's blade comes closer to the nape of her neck, a Howard girl like Anne would keep her fears and panic to herself. At least, that's the personality that historians have sketched about Anne.
So when Portman cried, shook, and sobbed pityingly at her execution in The Other Boleyn Girl, it wasn't an "Anne-like" performance. Sure, Portman conveyed her emotions so well, but the more dramatic version (and more "Anne-like" personality) goes to Dormer, hands down. Dormer's Anne was calm, poised, enchanting. She beseeched the people for prayers, accepted her inevitable doom, and trusted on her faith to let her get through her final moments.
I love Portman, but Dormer outshone the character of Anne. True, they were both probably following the scripts and their respective director's instructions. But it still doesn't take away the fact that Dormer played Anne to a T.
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So when Portman cried, shook, and sobbed pityingly at her execution in The Other Boleyn Girl, it wasn't an "Anne-like" performance. Sure, Portman conveyed her emotions so well, but the more dramatic version (and more "Anne-like" personality) goes to Dormer, hands down. Dormer's Anne was calm, poised, enchanting. She beseeched the people for prayers, accepted her inevitable doom, and trusted on her faith to let her get through her final moments.
I love Portman, but Dormer outshone the character of Anne. True, they were both probably following the scripts and their respective director's instructions. But it still doesn't take away the fact that Dormer played Anne to a T.
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