Michelle Williams to Play Katherine Parr in Historical Film 'Firebrand'
Most of us are very familiar with the story of King Henry VIII and his six wives. Yet, most pop culture only tends to focus on the lives of the first few: The steadfast, religious Catherine of Aragon; the boundary-pushing Anne Boleyn, occasionally the tragic Jane Seymour merits a mention in the stories that want to cover how Henry finally did manage to have a son. Henry's later wives, when they're mentioned at all, are footnotes - the ugly Anne of Cleves, the promiscuous Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr, generally seen as memorable only because she was the one who survived.
Thankfully, that's about to change, thanks to the upcoming historical film Firebrand, which aims to tell the story of Parr's life as something of a psychological horror story. The movie will mark the English language debut of director Karim Aïnouz, who describes the project as a "reimagining of a period film".
Four-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams - beloved by those of us who grew up watching Dawson's Creek - has been tapped to play Henry's final spouse, a woman whose own intelligence and accomplishments have often been overlooked by Tudor enthusiasts in favor of chronicling her husband's descent into paranoia and near-madness.
