Jeremy Irons has said that historical drama The Borgias is "no documentary".
The actor plays Rodrigo Borgia - who became Pope Alexander VI - in the show and told Sky Magazine that it is more about the characters than the costumes and period details.
Irons said: "It's not a documentary, it's a great story. It's high drama and high stakes.
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Which is really what you have to tell yourself when watching these things. At least if you know anything at all about the real history. I can't watch anything medieval based since that's this period of history I know really well. Even when I tell myself it's just tv, I get so annoyed at inaccuracies.
ReplyDeletetrue. I don´t know much about the Borgias, so it´s easier to watch it like a tv show, but still I watch it knowing that´s not historical fact and I´m always very aware of what´s being portraied.
ReplyDeleteHistory nuts went crazy over season one. It's sad that Jeremy Irons has to come out and say that a scripted drama isn't a documentary. The word "duh" comes to mind.
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