My second favourite book of all time has recently been made in to a film. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory is a truly brilliant book which gives a fascinating insight in to the Tudor way of life. Full of corruption, deceit, sex and scandal it is a complete page turner which I just could not put down.
So when I found out they were making it in to a film I didn't know whether to be excited or worried. I am a big fan of the Dan Brown books especially The Da Vinci Code, however after watching the film and leaving disappointed I swore to never watch another film remake of a favourite book of mine.
But… I am going to give cinema one last chance. With 2 Americans and an Australian as the leads in a movie set in England, I am hoping their accents will have been sorted. Having watched the trailer, it seems Nat Portman who is playing Anne suits the role amazingly as does Eric Bana as Henry. I am however completely failing to see how Scarlett Johansson works as the sweet, innocent Mary - we will see though hey!
The Other Boleyn Girl is out on 7 March 08 so I will post my review of the film sometime next week.
For those of you who are interested, here is the trailer http://imdb.com/title/tt0467200/trailers-me701036451
