Of Henry VIII’s six wives, his last one, Catherine Parr, is “most often misunderstood, if not largely ignored,” writes historian Derek Wilson for History Extra. Typically portrayed as a middle-aged nursemaid whose main claim to fame was surviving the ...

Jude Law and Alicia Vikander star as real-life King Henry VIII and his sixth wife, Katherine Parr, in Karim Aïnouz's Firebrand trailer. The film, based on true 16th-century events, follows Parr's pursuit of survival in her marriage to the king,

"Firebrand," a new film starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law as Katherine Parr and King Henry VIII, opens in June.

Alicia Vikander is unleashing all the fire and the fury as Queen Katherine opposite Jude Law's King Henry VIII. The two star in "Firebrand," which debuted at Cannes 2023 and marked director Karim Aïnouz's English-language debut film.