Indians will connect with melodrama in ´the Tudors´: Hirst

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"The Tudors" starring "Bend It Like Beckham" star Johnathan Rhys Meyers as young King Henry VIII, is premiering on FOX History & Entertainment channel in India on March 27.

"I firmly believe (having spent a long time in the company of Shekhar Kapur and Ismail Merchant) that the Indian audience will respond warmly to the show's inherent melodrama," Hirst, who is also the co-producer of the show, told PTI in an email interview.

Hirst, who wrote the script for Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth", said that the Indian director inspired him to make his characters full of emotions and life.

"It was Shekhar who actually taught me not to be afraid of melodrama. It is almost a dirty word in my culture, but for me it was liberating to write about the emotional, spiritual and sensual lives of my characters," said Hirst.

The scriptwriter said that he wanted the audiences to get involved with the story.

"I want the audience to care about what happens to my characters...Even the bad ones," he said.

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