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Tragic reason Wolf Hall actor was replaced as series returns after nine years


The BBC's adaptation of The Mirror and the Light will see a number of familiar faces return, along with some new additions, but there is a sad reason one of the original stars has been replaced

Additionally, Tom Holland, who played Cromwell's son Gregory in the first series and has since become famous as Spiderman, has been succeeded by Charlie Rowe due to his busy schedule, particularly with stage commitments, reports the Mirror. Tom Holland has been replaced as Cromwell's son GregoryThe Mirror and the Light teases its upcoming first episode of season two, Wreckage, describing a dark beginning immediately following Anne Boleyn's execution: "The Mirror and the Light opens in the heartbeat after Anne Boleyn's death, as the young queen's blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councillor to an unpredictable king." Holding immense power comes with making enemies as highlighted by the show: "Now both master secretary and lord privy seal, there are few parts of the state's business that do not pass over his desk.

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