Mary Queen of Scots (2018) | Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie's Secret Meeting

The fact that they havent seen each other until this very scene and it makes their acting more genuine. Their first look of reaction is astonishing. 😍

To the people complaining about how they never met…what part of secret meeting do y’all not understand? 😂😂😂 it’s meant to be an imagination of how it might of been if they had met.

I am starting to be convinced that there is nothing Margot Robbie cannot do. The woman is amazing.

Historian say they never met and they probably didn’t, but there’s is a small chance they actually could have . We weren’t there and they would’ve made sure that the news didn’t get out , cmon they were both powerful queens and could manipulate the system and men around them.

The way reality was portrayed here. With how queen Elisabeth would have looked after her small pox was great. Usually they portray her as perpetually beautiful. She certainly wasn’t after her illness. The white makeup was only worn to hide her scars. She looks so garish in this scene!

As Scots, we often find that people are never too good at replicating our accents, but Saoirse Ronan really pulled it off in this movie

The way Margot delivered the line "your inferior?!” @6:41 Was incredible, it was like Mary (Saoirse) plunged a dagger in her heart and you could feel her deep sadness/disbelief through the screen. When Saoirse said "And should you murder me, remember that you murder your sister - and you murder your Queen.” It sent chills down my spine. These actresses are so incredibly talented, they did an amazing job.

"Now I see no reason for envy. Your gifts are your downfall." Ooooh snap! 👁👄👁

I completely agree that they definitely made Mary dislikable and Elizabeth soft spoken, leveled and very relatable. I don’t think a face to face meeting would have went this way— mainly on Elizabeth’s end.

It’s puzzling to me that people would be shocked that Mary would have a Scottish accent.. while in Scotland. I’m sure she still spoke French but she was the queen of Scotland.. i read she had Scottish tutors and advisors in France who were there to keep her in tune with her countries language/ culture. She clearly took to the French culture way more.. idk just ranting lol

This is an incredible scene. I see where Mary comes from, but she scolds Elizabeth while she stands there crownless, turned on by kin and country. Meanwhile Elizabeth is stalwart, overseeing the golden age of England. The juxtaposition to their looks is incredible. “I am more man than woman” Elizabeth knew the sacrifice she would have to make to the throne and she made that sacrifice many years ago. There was wisdom in her choices, and honour in Mary’s.

Saoirse's last line gives me chills every time I watch this scene. Love this movie.

I'm a history person like all the complainers, but I went in not expecting this to be historically accurate at all: just a stylized retelling, kind of like Elizabeth (1998). Without movies like this, though, I might have never been curious enough to research the real people and events. :)

Everyone talking about inaccuracies, like let me go in my time machine and see if it checks out just to satisfy y'all, like damn, it's just a movie!

For a second I legit thought the Red Queen is getting her own spin off movie, Elizabeth I really look like the Red Queen

makeup team needs an oscar just for doing the impossible: making margot robbie ugly. 😱never thought i would see that. That woman is other dimension beautiful

One must give Elizabeth credit tho. Her hold on the throne was rather shaky and she had lost her looks at an early age due to smallpox, but she kept moving forward like a resilient lioness and remained steadfast and resolute in the face of Mary claiming her throne with both Catholic and French military backing. She on the surface sued for peace and kept the Catholic powers with Mary's indisputable claim at bay while strengthening England's military defenses and maintaining order in her realm. Mary, despite her bravery and magnanimous courage, charm and beauty was really doomed after she lost the crown of France. The Scots would not accept her because she was a Catholic and seen as a Frenchwoman. Even with Mary's victory of providing an heir and securing her dynasty, in the end, it still couldn't save her lest she converted to Protestantism. She was too willful for that. With Darnley murdered, she failed to jail Bothwell and instead married him, a great misstep which led to her tragic downfall. Such a shame, she really was quite good otherwise and could've been better still. Both women were very intelligent, but it seems in the game of Machiavellian wisdom, Elizabeth learned her lessons earlier on while Mary learned hers too late.

Fun Fact: Mary's claim to the throne was actually weaker. Henry VIII technically disowned the Stuart line with the Succession Act of 1543 when he pushed the descendants of his younger sister Mary above his elder sister Margaret's(from which the Stuarts claimed the throne). Had Lady Jane Grey not try to take the throne after Edward's death or Elizabeth followed her father's wishes regardless, her successor would have been Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven which means that the Lyttelton family would be the Royal Family today with Christopher Lyttelton as king starting in 2006.

I knew these two women could act, buy WOW I did not know how well. I am just stunned. Well done ladies. Well done indeed.

The acting is phenomenal