Pope Paul - King Henry VIII is Drowning

[Xerxes2005]

Watch the Tudors for the story, not for History.

[l1meyman]

Geeze, Peter O'Toole can play one evil dude... amazing

[ahsansarsenal]

what a devastating accent!!!! just sublime

[Darthbelal]

@ahsansarsenal wish I could do that accent.............

[jff624]

Sir Peter O'Toole is one of a kind actor, though he is not the main star, he outshines the rest and though his roles and lines were just but ordinary, he executed them in a manner that it catches the attention of the viewer...

[PMeursault]

O'Toole really captures this role well, what with all the boy kissing...

[RandyAKing]

Which Pope Paul is this?

[assasincomedy]

@RandyAKing Pope Paul III

[tremere26]

Peter O'Toole is a great actor for this role, he knows how to get authority in his voice.

[bignole7547]

This tries to portray pope Paul as really strong but in reality he was under control of queen Catherine's nephew! The Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. If he had allowed the annulment Charles ii would have raided the Vatican and disposed of Paul and would have gotten someone to replace him.

[DaniMajor]

@bignole7547 Actually he was not, Clement was. Though Peter O'Toole is awesome here, the pope of the Sack of Rome was Clement VII not Paul III. It was Clement who became a prisioner to the Emperor. It was Paul who started the Counter Reformation and it was him the responsible for Henry's excommunication.

[COLDWIND8282]

"he's only an artist after"...was that a gay joke?lol

[DaniMajor]

@COLDWIND8282 It does sound like it :D But I suppose it means that being an artist back then was not regarded as a position of importance.

[COLDWIND8282]

@DaniMajor probably bothlol

[nodinitiative]

@COLDWIND8282 yup, if a successful singer was not earning a lot of money today, people would just say, that person is only a 'singer afterall' also.

same goes to all entertainers.

[redbaron998]

It is unfortunte that Henry the VIII did not realize his sin, and now is known worldwide as a womanizer and whoremonger....what a shame, he once had so much potential. If only he had listened to St. Thomas More instead of being a slave to his own ego.

[videogamer514]

@redbaron998 Well said!

[TheNuharoo]

"We won't pay him much, he's an artist after all."

Brilliant. 

[LuciferOldwine]

"Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn!"

[luvpinas123]

NEPOTIST !



[akosigundam]

Hey, it's Don Quixote!

[equitemcroce]

It's funny how the french, spanish and german characters have french, spanish and german accents when they speak english but for some reason most Italians tend to have a British accent. Still Peter O'Toole has a good voice for the Greek Priam (from Troy) or for the Italian Alessandro Farnese (aka Pope Paul III)

[Bizazah]

Epic Voice

[Borderose]

The Petticoat Cardinal....that's what he was known as before he became Pope. Still he is pretty awesome in this show. Hope I get to see a younger version of him in the Borgias.

[BiffaTW]

@Borderose why was he called petticoat cardinal?

[Borderose]

@BiffaTW

His sister Guilia Farnese was the Pope's mistress. And you know what is inside a woman's dress...it's meant as some sort of joke that he got his position as a cardinal because of his sister's influence. He was also sometimes called the Borgia brother-in-law.

[BiffaTW]

@Borderose ah I see, very interesting, he seemed to turn out to be a good leader despite that I think.

[Borderose]

@BiffaTW

Said to be one of the better ones to sit on the Papal throne, actually.

[BiffaTW]

@Borderose thought so.

[Borderose]

@BiffaTW

I'm still more of a Borgia loyalist though XD

[BiffaTW]

@Borderose haha.

[AlbaFlavius]

"I will tell you a story: once when i was a boy I went swimming, and a tide carried me away far from the shore into the deepest water. It was then i prayed aloud to God and a friendly wave came and pushed me back to the shore. So it is with the king of England. He has been carried far from the shore but he does not know it. He does not ask for Gods help, he does not ask for our help. He thinks he can swim alone but very soon he will realize he is not swimming but drowning." Nice!

[animegirlUK]

That little nephew was made a cardinal at the age of about 9 I think!

[Hosea22]

During his reign, and in the spirit of the Counter-Reformation, new Catholic religious orders and societies, such as the Jesuits, the Theatines, the Barnabites and the Congregation of the Oratory, attracted a popular following and he convened the Council of Trent in 1545. He was a significant patron of the arts and employed nepotism to advance the power and fortunes of his family.

[Hosea22]

Pope Paul III (29 February 1468 - 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Reformation.

[coolbrian15]

even more scary