Catherine Parr is usually remembered as the wife of "surviving" Henry VIII. What her nursery rhyme omits is that she didn't survive for a long time. More than a year after Henry VIII's death, Catherine Parr herself died of complications from her childbirth. This is a tough part of Tudor's history, which is the central setting in episode 4 "Brightening Our Darkness"Become Elizabeth. Catherine Parr (Jessica Raine) is a major politician in the Tudor court and most of her mother, Princess Elizabeth (Alicia von Littberg). A close person and gives birth to her daughter. She dies with Mary a few days later.
Her death of Catherine shakes the world ofStarsbecoming Elizabethin one or more ways. It devastates Thomas Seymour (Tom Curren) and, worse, casts a drift without the stable presence of Catherine. And politically, it gives Elizabeth a sudden shock of newly discovered power. With the death of her Catherine, her royal family Chelsea Place was given to Elizabeth for use as her own home. The new wealthy (and old) princess was returned to court, and Lady Jane Gray (Bella Ramsey) was forced to return to her father, who had attempted her nasty plot.
Perhaps even more tragic about Catherine's death is thatbecoming Elizabethshows it to the wise empress dowager. When the doctor tells Catherine that she is with her child in episode 3, she frankly says, "It's a death sentence." Become ElizabethStar Jessica Raine explained Catherine's fatalism to Decider.
"To her, she seems to be late bloomer, everything is perfect .. She had been married three times and thought she couldn't get pregnant, so I'm really relieved and I think her stepchild is a mother, "Rain said. "And the moment she actually gets pregnant, I think it feels like a death sentence."
Rain, Catherine, giving birth to a woman at this time is deadly Not only is she adding that she will know that she is giving birth as she grows older.
"And that's not part of her plan. I think she's infertile, so obviously she has a lot of sex, but the impact I'm completely shocked because I don't think there is. She's a planner, and it's just not included in the plan. "
After all, it seems that Catherine has arrived. .. She is happy shortly after her daughter's birth and lovingly tells her husband Thomas that she is one of the only men who consider her to be her real person. For a moment, their love seems to be stronger than ever. Despite Thomas's presence with Elizabeth, this joy is shattered ...When Thomas returns from the feast and discovers that Catherine has died of puerperal fever, this joy is shattered. increase. Henry VIII's third wife), Jane Seymour. Catherine's death also reopens her sorrowful wounds.
"This is actually one of the defenses of Thomas. I think he's the only one who really hears and respects women throughout the show," Tom Curren told Decider. Told. "He does it very often."
"He sees Catherine and respects her. He sees Elizabeth ... but that's very complicated for him. He has a deep and deep respect for women, but at the same time betrays them. "
Jessica Raine added: "And it's not a trick, it never feels like a trick."
" I don't think so. It's absolutely real, "Karen said. "I don't think he's that farsighted. He's so impulsive that he really can't see beyond his nose. He's currently just moving around the world, meaning Playing in is a very extraordinary character. Every moment lives for him. He doesn't even know what will happen next. He lives his life to live. "
Rein said, "I think that's why he's so attractive."
"It's a shame because Thomas is her kind of poison, Catherine's poison, but I think he's offering her something that other men don't." Said Karen.
"I think he's her only blind spot," Rein said before praising the complex relationship between the two.
But apparently, Catherine's pregnancy story wasn't all fate and darkness for Rein.
"I enjoyed marching in Tudor clothes and also enjoyed the big bumps during pregnancy. Everyone became like" Are you wearing bumps? " I said, "Yes! It's very heavy !!" They basically wore a huge set of curtains, so no one noticed it, "Rain said with a laugh.