Did you do a lot of research around Edward IV? I wasn’t sure whether I should read books, or just look into Edward’s history and then use the scripts as my bible, which is what I ended up doing.

It was my first casting in London, and I was sent straight into a chemistry test with Max Irons ... she has to humbly beg the Yorkist King Edward IV for the return of her confiscated land.

Interview with Max Irons, who plays King Edward IV in The White Queen. Visually you’re everything that Edward IV should be… There wasn’t too much of a physical description other than that he ...