Helena Bonham Carter in Henry VIII (2003)

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Some historical figures carry greater skin significance than others. Great men such as Playboy philosopher Hugh Hefner and serial suitor Frank Sinatra helped set the standard for modern male behavior, but their sexual revolution pales when compared to the innovations in male-female relations pioneered by one mere Tudor monarch hundreds of years earlier. Not only did this forward-thinking king save England's neck from the repressive heels of the Popes, he also lent his name and character to the BBC mini-series Henry VIII (2003). Every schoolboy is taught that randy King Henry went through six wives during his thirty-eight-year reign, dispatching the most nagging among them by use of the chopping ax, information enough to know that the four-hour running time of Henry VIII is guaranteed to be action packed.