The new season of Showtime's The Tudors premieres this weekend, and if you haven't watched, all you need to know is that it's an awesomely overheated soap opera of 16th-century English history starring young, beautiful cast members portraying historical figures who were...shall we say...less beautiful. How less beautiful? Let's take a look!
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Anne Boleyn, according to contemporary sources, was "not one of the handsomest women in the world. She is of middling stature, swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much raised." Natalie Dormer, on the other hand, is totally gorgeous, and her bosom is much raised. (High-five!)
As this picture suggests, Catherine was cute in her youth, but did not age well; in later years she was described as "rather ugly than otherwise; of low stature and rather stout." Maria Doyle Kennedy, on the other hand, looks like a television star!
Historians assure us that Thomas More looked exactly like handsome Jeremy Northam. And they're pretty sure these guys are dead ringers too:
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