‘The Mirror and the Light’ sees Mark Rylance adding further depth to his portrait of Thomas Cromwell
King Henry VIII oversaw a break from Papal Rome, established an independent Church of England and remarried, twice, in roughly the same span of time it took for Wolf Hall to come back. The superlative BBC drama, set during this turbulent period of Tudor rule, last aired in early 2015; before lead actor Mark Rylance — then best known for his stage work — won an Oscar, and before another epochal split from Europe could give the series a timely resonance.
Of all the great anti-heroes who defined the Peak TV era, few were quite as complex and captivating as the blacksmith’s son-turned-king’s confidant. Admired by some for his quiet gravitas and erudition, distrusted by others for his guile and ambition, he’s described here by one of his many detractors as having “no face or truth”. Rylance’s portrayal of Cromwell continues to be reveal the depths beneath the inscrutable exterior.
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