Helen Mirren's Elizabeth I: Anjou courts Elizabeth, pt 1/2

[AuxaneD]

It's not the Duke there but his ambitious little brother, and actually, the real Duke of Anjou didn't want to marry Elizabeth, 20 years his senior and she was the one who "had a near-death experience when she contracted smallpox in October 1562. After this she had scars on her face which she tried to cover up with white lead make-up."

[23Incubus23]

I liked Glenda Jackson's portrayal the best - as well as the screenwriting of that BBC series.

[hineni53]

'' late fruit of the tree one breath away from withering.''

[Chocolateluvr1987]

Damn....I would marry Robert Dudley in an instant.

[talshiarr]

That tone Jeremy Irons uses and the little head movements while they're dancing and he's tossing out those cheesy lines is what makes him irreplaceable in this. Only he could nail that so well.

"Don't say wasted, Bess, each dance was worth a lifetimes wait." Priceless!

[audgeyp]

I'm trying to find the part with Ewen Bremner in it. Does anyone know where it is?

[manthasagittarius]

Dudley was her best and oldest friend. She called him "my eyes." He would have made her a splendid consort, and a great many things would probably have been quite different in her reign.

It's wonderful, that Dowland music playing behind her conversation with Anjou. Dowland also wrote a sad little ditty when le Duc left with his suit unaccepted -- the dance version was called the Frog's Galliard, for Anjou's frenchness.

[PaleLittleGirl1]

@manthasagittarius i don't know if he would have made a splendid consort...if she would have married him, i think her reign would have been weakened, especially internationally. that being said, she probably would have been happier, it was obvious she loved him.

[epiksonik]

of all the elizabeths, hers was for me the best!

[16051942]

best movie, best Helen Mirren.

[gray70]

In the end, we find that she played them all. From Dudley, to Kings and Princes, she kept them all fawning and pining and dangling for her POWER, whilst knowing all along that she would yield to none. She would rule ALONE.

[theladywater]

great film

[coralarch]

England's most fascinating, and best-loved queen!

[Srhana]

beautiful movie

[Nephphantom]

I like how she listens as he talks about her and scares him, Jeremy Irons is a great actor as well as Helen Mirren.

I think my fav line of hers is, "Why are you all studying the table so closely?"

[JBmadeinbarceloneta]

cual es el video donde le sacan las tripas a unos condenados a muerte???'

[shelljess343]

I think this is my favorite Elizabeth and my favorite Dudley.

[diam0nd94]

Helen also played our present queen! She is really good at playing royal parts, specially Queens!

[324wilson]

I know I love her as our current Queen, Elizabeth II.

[PaleLittleGirl1]

ooh, i can't wait to see this!

jeremy irons is sooo hot.... how could anyone resist him!?

[SheilaE82]

That´s been one strange relationship between Bess and Robert...

[maisonneuve]

"I cannot lie to you madam."

"Ugh, there's a new failing in you."

bahaha

[SheilaE82]

Hehe...That´s good one :-)

[RosalieHale101]

"Can I not keep my counsel if I choose? Am I bound to you sir?" She's priceless!!!! LOL!!!!!

[InnateNobility]

Helen Mirren is surely Glenda Jackson's successor in Elizabeth, then Anne-Marie Duff, then Cate Blanchett.

[Nephphantom]

Does anyone know where I can find this music to this movie? I really like it! I can't seem to find it. I appreciate anyone's help.

[SilverMellenium]

I really dont belive thats how the court was when Anjou was presented..just standing there. Thats beyond disrespectful. The people were too afraid of Elizabeth to just do that.

[SilverMellenium]

hmm no Anne Marie Duff portrayed a weaker Elizabeth. this ones stronger .

Glenda Jackson and her are prolly the best

HEY whats the music played when Anjou is introduced..I like.

TELL MEE

[tialeetull]

i want this whole series. mirren is fabulous. she is so good at any challenge given.

[sethintube]

Anybody knows the music @2:40 and 3:55?

And somebody pls post the dialogue between Anjou and his entourage @2:52

Thanks =)

[skbaylot]

Y'all are all worried about this religion crap. You need to be worried about Lord Burleigh -- he's Darth Sidious. Ahhhhhhhh!!!

[pizzacica]

Indeed. :D I soo loved that actor's performance. Conveying an image of a seasoned, wily powerbroker in relatively little screentime -- masterfully done.

Not just him, though; the whole show was superb.

[wizzboy76]

If she did mary this Frenchman, just think where we would of been now.

What of the church of england, NO longer.

[Oualtaire]

Good riddance, i say. ;-)

[XE0G]

I bet she was serious about the marriage, it must be horrible being royalty. Yes you get some power but you have to spend all day talking and being nice to people you don't like, hearing countless songs and poems they've heard something like before, not getting to schedule your year, being under pressure for birth, marriage ect...

[LOTRDX]

Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons were awesome in this stuff! Great chemistry.

[booklvr44]

Anjou is pretty hot in this mini-series.

[Gemma100489]

"Louder you dolts!!!!!" I absolutely love her!!!!! LOL!!!

[phanface]

I thought she said "dogs"!

[Gemma100489]

oh did she? I could be wrong.

[ediepassion]

this is the best elizabeth ever played(maybe glenda jackson too)

[MemoirsofJ]

125% agreement, Mirren and Jackson all the way

[ediepassion]

thanks.mainly i prefer "reality"in these dramas.unlike ms blanchet playing elizabeth at 56 looking like ageorgeous 40 yr old!! i mean really!!

[daboomcrewrocks12]

jermy irons that low down son of a bitch, he palyed the voice of scar on the lion king!!

[cko1ne]

oh no i much prefer Cate Blanchet or whatever her name is.

[xiuqin24]

Jeremy Irons ??????? when he was younger ??????

[CocoJelly92]

Yes Jeremy Irons, but no, not when he was younger. This was most likely shot in 2004 or somewhere around there. So, quite recent. :]

[timbob717]

This was very good- Anne Mare Duff makes a much better Elizabeth though!

[El7IncA]

england was poor and miserable and the bitch of queen elizabeth was a protestant and pirates who didnt want God...the Cross Spain wanted to invade england for their own good...thats was england a piratical and protestant country...

[twnky1]

protestants worship god, come out of the whore you call a church!

[hellcla5]

even on youtube you find sectarianism, pathetic people obsessed with religious differences both are christian religions you idiots

[MXDP]

Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth belonged together... or at least in the movie...

[multitudinal]

She was the perfect person to play the present day Queen in a movie because she was the ancestor as Elizabeth I. Many prefer to think of Helen Mirren as the queen, rather than the pleasent but frail original we have now.

[VampiressOfARose]

Only thing is multitudinal that Elizabeth I wasn't related to Elizabeth. At least not in like a great-great grandmother way and so on, cos she never had any children, so the crown went to her second cousin or something, James I, (James VI of Scotland), Mary Queen of Scots son.

[chicagosamantha]

I love this movie. this one of my favorite movies that Helen Mirren is in. If not THE favorite.

"a dollar for it then..."

[multitudinal]

My fave bit is when leicester holds his sword to the throat of a would be assasin

[Hannig]

the thing i love most about this clip is the demonstration of Elizabeth's wit, and also the obvious closeness between Elizabeth and Cecil. Touching.

[jencalo]

Not many actors can pull off that outfit Jeremy Irons does for most of the movie but he sure can! VERY SMEXY man!

[helenmirrenfan4ever]

I maybe wrong but I think Helen Mirren's Elizabeth 1 is the best! ever!she really is awesome in this role.I love this movie!!

[Oualtaire]

Jérémie Covillault rocks.

[yard90]

"(...) is a Protestant people"...well, not yet. There were still many Catholics in England at that time. even within the Anglican hierarchy (so-called "Church Papistry"). Half of Elizabeth`s Peers adhered to Romish superstition.

[parisgouaille]

Romish superstition...?

[troyalldis]

Well for starters the catholics believe that by saying a few words of a wafer and some wine they have the power to create Gods very flesh and blood, which turn the supplicants into cannibals because they then EAT and DRINK Gods flesh and blood. "Romish supersition...? And you havae the audacity to put a question mark.

[HonoriousIV]

heretic lol.

[troyalldis]

Heretic? I only stated the truth. How can that be heretical? There are many other things they believe also that are NOT Biblical.

[Oualtaire]

It is WRITTEN in the Bible. Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (John 6:53). But whatever, i'm unreligious anyway.

[troyalldis]

Strange, you have never heard of figurative language I guess.

[Oualtaire]

It's irrelevant. The fact that it is written in the Bible makes it biblical. Even if you don't interpret it to the letter. And that is another matter i don't care about. Just facts, man.

[albusflavoredbean]

Ah, yes! I just watched the rest of the scene and felt like a fool. *sigh* This is why we watch the whole thing before commenting. Thanks!

[albusflavoredbean]

Thank you so much for posting this clip! I LOVE Jeremy IRons in this and have been looking for posts everywhere! But, I have forgotten- why doesn't Elizabeth marry Anjou?

[ShakespeareAndMore]

She didn't marry Anjou because the council was split over it and her people hated the idea--she had enough sense (unlike many royals of the day) not to defy all this.

[kirbyskirschbluete]

bit there´s a difference, elizabeth I. had power, elizabeht II. not. it´s not to her to rule england, she´s just a sort of mascot, not much more.