The actor reprises his magisterial performance as Thomas Cromwell in this follow-up to the 2015 series on PBS, based on the ...

In 'Wolf Hall' Season 2, Mark Rylance returns as a political servant striving to enact enough change to please his king — and save himself.

NPR's Mary Louise talks with Mark Rylance about Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, in which he revisits his role as Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. Mary Louise Kelly is a co-host of All ...

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT") THOMAS BRODIE-SANGSTER: (As Rafe Sadler) Did it have to be this way, so bloody? MARK RYLANCE: (As Thomas Cromwell) When negotiation ...