The Tudors: Farewell, Pignose!
I was surprised to find my self addicted to The Tudors, on Showtime, which just had its season finale last week. It seemed pretty stupid the first time I watched it. That Jonathan Rhys Meyers is such a terrible actor. He seems to think he’s playing Elvis most of the time, or else he’s just glaring insanely. And I’m not really interested in historical drama.
What drew me in was the unforgettable face of Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn. She has what I consider a pig nose, in the best sense of the term. It’s so turned up, you could look right into it. And she held that pignose high, even into death. ( At least I think she did, because I had to close my eyes for that.)
Every Sunday night, I curled up on the couch to see that nose. The production values were excellent, the costumes were beautiful, the plot was full of intrigue, but for me it was all about Natalie Dormer. Her trajectory from devious minx to a deeply tragic figure was so gripping, and superbly acted. And at the center of her performance was her nose.
I miss her already. I couldn’t care less about Season 3. They’re all dead to me now.
June 1st, 2008 at 1:04 am
Hahahahaha. Oh my goodness. The pig nose is bloody hypnotic. She should go to Lloyd’s of London and get that beautiful thing insured. And Jonathan Rhys Meyers… I have no comment. but i do have an irrational urge to punch his googly eyed, boney, pouty head.
June 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Oh, I’m certain she’s insured it. Are you kidding? It’s worth ten billion dollars, at least.
And I agree with your no-comment on JRM.
June 1st, 2008 at 8:08 pm
If only I had Showtime. I don’t really need it to see her nose, as I can get a sense of it right here. It’s an “interesting” shape.
June 4th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
This hasn’t shown in the UK yet has it? I must see it! The first season was completely compulsive viewing, even though Natalie Dormer has the same ‘twisted-face’ syndrome as poor Drew Barrymore, neither of them being able to speak without half of their mouth ending up somewhere in the vicinity of their left eye.
June 4th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
LOL @ “pignose”
June 4th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
^^at Charponnaise, I totally have that!!!!