A decade after the first season of the series aired, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light wrapped up the hit BBC historical drama to the tune of a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. “There was an image in the first book in Wolf Hall, which I originally started the first episode with … the image was a memory that Cromwell had of when he was a soldier in a war, and he held a snake as a bet to see how long he could hold a snake without it biting him.” This moment–which was shot, but ultimately cut—was, in Straughan’s mind, “the central image” of Wolf Hall. Straughan described him as a man who, on one side, “has ambition and loves the battle … and believes that he can do good,” but on the other side, discovers he has a daughter and has a whole life available to him free of Henry VIII and the King’s court.
Author: Owen Danoff
Published at: 2025-05-27 21:30:15
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