This miniseries started out with an odd moment for me (and only me, I expect). The camera panned early in the first scene to an actor I thought was Mark Rylance, a great actor who actually played Cromwell in another version of this historical period: Wolf Hall. I thought how neat it was to find him a role in this version. But it wasn’t him after all. That would have been an odd touch. But never mind. I think Jodie Turner-Smith does a credible job as Anne Boleyn, at least when she is speaking. What I mean is that there were a couple of times when the camera lingered when she wasn’t speaking, presumably to show her emotions or thought process change. But I couldn’t get a read on it at all. Maybe it was just me but those extended moments felt like misfires. I have never been offended or angry when a movie based on real people and events makes small changes here and there. I mean, if I wanted to watch a documentary, I would. But I have to admit it was totally jarring to me what Anne suggested when the king told her they could not have sex with her pregnant - which I believe was accurate for the time. Henry had a habit of securing mistresses for his wives’ laying in periods. But here Anne suggests there are other ways beside normal sex that they can use for satisfaction. Even this might have been believable if a woman who spent time in a licentious French court as she did offers…

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