WOLF Hall viewers have been met with the same bloody execution scenes they complained about three weeks ago.
As the BBC Tudor drama continues to gather fans who can’t get enough of its historical fiction drama, the series has brought back one scene in Wolf Hall that viewers previously felt very strongly about.
Anne Boleyn’s bloody execution was replayed again in Wolf Hall, making viewers watch it a third time[/caption] The scene replayed as Mark Rylance’s Thomas Cromwell fell ill with fever and delusions[/caption]The second series is more than halfway through, and in the latest instalment BBC viewers watched as Jane Seymour grew more ill after childbirth.
The third wife of Henry VIII quietly passed away, with little fanfare before the series continued with its focus on Henry’s right hand man Thomas Cromwell.
Whilst the series has won high praise, there’s been previous comments as fans have previously moaned about the brutal execution of Anne Boleyn being shown again in the second series.
In the latest episode, viewers were confronted once again with Anne’s bloody execution once again as Cromwell fell ill and suffered with delusions.
As Mark Rylance appeared to have flashbacks, Anne’s tragic death scene was replayed to viewers for a third time after its original scene at the end of series one and the repeat at the beginning of the second series.
The death scene also prompted viewers to realise that Cromwell’s days could be numbered, and he might face a similarly gruesome end as one fan previously posted: “I love Wolf Hall but it makes me sad to think that he’s going to get his head chopped off in 3 episodes. The vultures are already circling.
“He deserves it for Anne Boleyn but Mark Rylance makes Cromwell so sympathetic, I don’t want it to happen.”
“I wonder how the series will end? Will the screen go blank the moment Cromwell is executed?” asked another.
This week another viewer also felt sorry for Cromwell as they tweeted: “I love Wolf Hall, but as we’re heading closer towards Cromwell’s downfall I can’t help but wish for him to get a happier ending.”
Last month viewers said they were ‘traumatised’ when the brutal death scene aired at the beginning of the second series, as one fan said: “I hope no one else gets their head chopped off. No spoilers”.
Another said: “What terrifying lives they must have all led at the mercy of Henry’s whims”.
A third added: “Grotesque”.
Another fan said: “Still traumatised by Anne Boleyn’s execution from the last series please don’t show it again”.
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