The actors speak with Yahoo UK about their new Sky drama and why its depiction of King James I's relationships isn't hard to believe.
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00:00 There's a lot of debate around James I's romantic relationships
00:04 amongst historians, and I wondered how do you both hope
00:07 viewers will receive the series and its take on the subject?
00:10 I'm sure that the debate does exist.
00:13 I mean, we had a great source material with Benjamin Wooley's The King's Assassin,
00:17 and I think we all, especially Tony and I,
00:20 in our relationship with each other, talked a lot about that.
00:23 And I think it's important to note that it's historical fiction,
00:27 and we want to tell a very specific story as well.
00:30 And I think the series succeeds in doing that.
00:33 But there is documentation.
00:35 I mean, there are the letters from King James to George,
00:38 where he says to, what is it, to my, Tony keeps saying to my dear child and wife.
00:43 You know, so they clearly had an intimate relationship.
00:45 So I think that's an interesting thing to explore.
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