This is totally an acting thing. I keep taking parts more and more to heart.
During the court scene, I started out talking to Henry as Henry. It didn’t really affect me in any way except as the actor Amy dealing with Henry like she would—chastising him, maybe, for being SUCH a dickhead. Then I went method and “what iffed” a guy who had screwed me over into the Henry position. That worked, a little. Then I took it one step further and put my lovely real-life boyfriend in that space. That works best. Katherine still loves him, and once I can embody why, after knowing what I know about Henry, my performance will get infinitely better. I don’t know if she understands why he is tossing her off to the side like that—only partly because of his love for Anne Boleyn, but mostly because he needs an heir, and if Anne Boleyn hadn’t been there, someone else would have. -Amy
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