‘The Serpent Queen’ Exclusive Preview: Catherine Strays From Tradition For Henri’s Funeral

Catherine gets acceptable for Henri’s ceremonial successful this EXCLUSIVE preview of the October 23 occurrence of The Serpent Queen, and she surprises her unit with her prime of attire. “I should punctual you that achromatic is the accepted colour for mourning,” Aabis tells Catherine.

Samantha Morton arsenic Catherine de Medici. (STARZ)

Catherine replies, “I similar black. Reminds radical of their loss.” She is dressed successful head-to-toe achromatic arsenic she prepares to mourn her husband.

Mathilde wonders if Ruggeri told Catherine that. “He did,” Catherine confirms. Mathilde tells Catherine, “I deliberation it’s clip you sent Ruggeri backmost to wherever helium came from, don’t you?”

Catherine turns to Mathilde and says, “He makes you nervous.” Mathilde doesn’t contradict that whatsoever, but she’s much than conscionable tense astir Ruggeri. “He makes maine tense due to the fact that helium appeals to the darker parts of your nature, which frighten maine acold much than helium does,” Mathilde says.

For Catherine, she needs to clasp those darker parts of herself. “The darker parts of my quality volition ever guarantee my survival,” she says.

Samantha Morton spoke with HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that she recovered Catherine’s communicative “compelling and shocking. This thought that everything she went through, and past she inactive carried connected ruling but not for ego oregon narcissism. There’s a immense magnitude of conscionable trying to support satellite bid successful effect and managing the satellite stage. I mean, sadly, it’s each excessively often that it’s men that are those people, but actually, historically, women were successful complaint of that arsenic well.”

Samantha Morton plays the big mentation of Catherine successful ‘The Serpent Queen.’ (STARZ)

Liv Hill, who played the younger mentation of Catherine, stressed that Catherine’s “biggest situation is survival.” Initially, Catherine’s main extremity was to nutrient an heir. As the years went on, she continued to brushwood much obstacles.

The synopsis for the October 23 occurrence reads: “Mary visits Rahima and recounts her broadside of the communicative of beingness astatine the Royal Court; Catherine and Mary person conflicting views erstwhile it comes to state of religion successful France.” The Serpent Queen airs Sunday connected STARZ.