Jude Law & Alicia Vikander Discuss Firebrand and If Henry VII Was a Serial Killer or Just An A**hole

Firebrand is unlike many period dramas fans have come to expect, though it may appear to be with its stars, Academy Award-nominee Jude Law (Peter Pan & Wendy) and Alicia Vikander (The Green Knight), in Tudor garb, playing the roles of King Henry VIII and the wife who survived, Katherine Parr. The way it was approached by filmmaker Karim Aïnouz (Mariner of the Mountains) is as a heart-pounding thriller that trims down the pageantry to a boiling look at the final four years of this untold relationship. In this interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Law and Vikander share their insight and preparation for bringing these two historical lives to screen. Alicia Vikander is Katherine Parr, the volatile King Henry’s sixth and final wife. The Queen became known as a gentle spirit who tended to the King’s failing health, as well as nurturing his children, but how she survived her dangerous husband is often overlooked. Based on the scripts of Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth (Killing Eve),