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‘My Lady Jane’ Cast, Writers on Bringing to Life the ‘Fascinating, Dramatic, Sexy’ Tudors and Turning History on Its Head
Emily Bader plays Lady Jane Grey in a feminist retelling of the short-reigning Tudor queen.
The show, which drops today on Prime Video and is based on the books of the same name, also contains plenty of cursing (not the magical kind), anachronisms and a sprinkle of romantasy (a sub-plot involves persecution of people who can turn into animals at will). So it’s not surprising that showrunners Gemma Burgess and Meredith Glynn took delight in peppering the show with both Tudor and pop culture references including, in no particular order, Mark Smeaton (executed IRL for having an affair with Anne Boleyn), “Clueless” (look out for Bader’s note-perfect “As if!”) and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” More soberingly, given Henry VIII’s penchant for killing his wives, Burgess shares: “We name check a lot of women who were killed unjustly at the time.” Although set in the years immediately following King Henry VIII’s death, when his eldest but sickly son Edward (played by Jordan Peters) was on the throne, the show frequently departs from the historical record, not least in giving Jane more agency than she ever possessed in real life.
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