Hiya

The extra Boleyn filming is under way and Harper found a blog report from a priest who was called in to marry Natalie and…errr…I never know what constitutes spoilers for historical films. Anyway, here are the important excerpts:

I was approached by a film company who wanted to know how one would conduct a marriage in the 1520s. You may have seen what I dug up for them, a few posts ago. for a film, now in post-production, called The Other Boleyn Girl, a historical novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory. Well, I was contacted again, and actually asked to go ‘on camera’. Well, what a laugh!

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There was a brief flurry of activity as I was called on to coach the bridegroom (Henry Percy, played by the charming Oliver Coleman) in his brief bit of Latin (In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti—it didn’t take long) and then it was back to pacing the car park with Agatha Christie until 4.30, when I was called to the set. And there I met Natalie Portman, who is charming and unassuming. Those of you who aren’t film buffs might know her as Queen/Senator Amidala from the Star Wars movies. And there we did the wedding. Or at least, just the exchange of rings. The ‘bride’ and ‘groom’ expressed a certain anxiety when they learnt that I was a real priest, that their marriage might also be a ‘real’ one.

There are rumours on the IMDB that there will be up to 3 weeks of extra filming, which is a LOT. But we’ll see about that and hopefully hear some more complimentary things about Natalie.

I’m afraid thats all for today. Might be a good time for some fanart…*nudge nudge*