History Film / MaryQueenOfScots2018

* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Though she shares similar basic facial features as her, Saoirse Ronan is considerably more beautiful than portraits of the real Mary. On the other hand, the real Mary was known for being quite tall, and at 5ft 11in (180 cm) she was unusually tall even by modern standards. Saoirse Ronan however, is only 5ft 6in (168 cm). This is shown most clearly when painted portraits of Mary are shown, which naturally are painted to look like Ronan rather than the real historical portraits of Mary. Ditto for Elizabeth's portraits, painted to look like Margot Robbie.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Elizabeth sacrifices ''everything'' to be able to hold onto the throne and rule. In her monologue at the end of the film she laments that her entire being has become subsumed into the figure of "The Queen", at the cost of love, family, youth and personal freedom.

** The teaser {{tag line}}s "Born to fight" (Mary) and "Born to power" (Elizabeth) should be switched, as in RealLife it was the ''contrary'': Mary was born to power, and Elizabeth had to fight to become queen.

The cast also includes Creator/JackLowden as Lord Darnley, Joe Alwyn as Robert Dudley, Martin Compston as James Hepburn (4th Earl of Bothwell), Brendan Coyle as Matthew Stewart (4th Earl of Lennox), Creator/DavidTennant as John Knox, Creator/GemmaChan as Elizabeth Hardwick and Creator/GuyPearce as William Cecil.

** [[https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/inaccurate-mary-queen-scots-posters-inspire-epic-twitter-rant-121337720.html A history buff pointed out]] the teaser {{tag line}}s "Born to fight" (Mary) and "Born to power" (Elizabeth) should be switched, as in RealLife it was the ''contrary'': Mary was born to power and Elizabeth had to fight to become queen.

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rizzio David Rizzio]] played by Ismael Cruz Córdova, a Puerto Rican;

** As it often happens in film adaptations, Mary has a Scottish accent to emphasize her Scottishness. She grew up in France, and thus didn't have one.
*** Averted actually, ambassador Nicholas White, who met Queen Mary as an adult described her as possessing a pretty Scottish accent. While it’s true that Mary spent much of her early life in France, Mary lived and was educated in Scotland until the age of five, then spent 13 years in France, firstly with her own Scottish household, then later as wife of the Dauphin, in his predominantly French household within the French royal court. In other words, her Scottish accent is historically accurate and a case of RealityIsUnrealistic.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqjSgMU36U Watch the trailer here]].

See also the [[Film/MaryQueenOfScots 1971 film of the same name]].

* ForegoneConclusion: Mary's execution is showed in the opening sequence. This is also a well known historical fact, so the audience is expected to know it.

* RegalRuff: These are worn by many English courtiers, they being very much in fashion in the late 1500's. Elizabeth in particular often wears very large ruffs in varying styles.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Early in the film, there is attention drawn to the fact that Mary got her period early, followed by a sequence of her ladies changing her blood-stained dress and washing her.