consider that nearly everyone have see some version of the reign of king henry the eighth and this show unbelievably sloppy writing and woeful miscasting in key role and and reduce the central character to a narcissistic sociopath and and not the deeply flaw but charismatic ruler and scholar and musician he be . it also blithely ignore the speed with which the king degenerate from be the athletic and idealistic and hero of his people to the bloat and diseased and morally bankrupt tyrant he become and a the consequence of his desperate desire for an heir . the fact that the writer ignore the real drama and inherent in the historical fact and for some cheesy sex scene with the royal frat boy depict and just show the inherent cheapness of their intent . truly the bad historical adaptation i have ever see . the only good thing about it be some excellent actor try to cope with the dreadful material and and really admirable production value .