Wolf Hall needs more Henry...says zappit.com

and we agree of course:-)

Wolf Hall the BBC’s six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels, has a clear hero: Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance).

Cromwell, who has a knack for knowing when to break into a kind yet sardonic smile, is an intelligent, thoughtful, tragic man from lowly beginnings who eventually rises to become King Henry VIII’s chief minister.

However, although Cromwell is a strong leading man with a tear-jerker of a past — his cruel father used to kick him on the streets until his blood dripped onto the cobblestones — there’s one man missing from Sunday’s (April 5) premiere as part of PBS’ “Masterpiece”: Henry VIII.

The English king (Damian Lewis) does not make a significant appearance until the last five minutes of the hour-plus episode. And although there’s no denying the satisfaction that comes from watching a man who doesn’t deserve the cards he’s dealt — Cromwell’s wife and two daughters die on the same morning — take them in stride, there’s something special about the addition of Lewis’ Henry.

Within the few minutes Lewis and Rylance are on screen together, it becomes apparent that they will be the power couple to watch on the series. An hour of following Cromwell’s back story was fine enough, but chances are that Lewis will make the next five episodes that much more enthralling and entertaining for fans.

Hopefully Lewis’ few minutes on screen are not a sign of what’s to come in the rest of the series, and together both actors will bring to life an odd friendship that is full of backstabbing, lies and secret winks that signal they respect each other on some level.