In the opening titles for Samantha Morton’s new drama series 'The Serpent Queen', she sits on a throne in a lavishly embroidered, puff-sleeved, McQueen-esque black gown, firmly in character as Catherine de’ Medic.
’s feminist undertones, and her secretive new music project.
How did this project first come your way, and how familiar were you with the life of Catherine de’ Medici already?littleI had read Antonia Fraser’s book on Mary, so I knew about where Catherine came from and things like that, but that was also years ago and I hadn’t really delved into that period of history since.
What were some of the aspects of Catherine – both as a person and a historical figure – that you felt resonated today? What makes her really exciting was her interest in every aspect of knowledge: herbalism, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, human behaviour, psychology, the list goes on. Her uncle was the pope and she was raised in a convent, so her relationship with her spiritual self was fascinating too. She’s almost vilified in history as this very dark figure, and she did do some very brutal things in her life.
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