11. Marie Antoinette
People love Sofia Coppola’s movie, Marie Antoinette, mostly because of the opulent colors, costumes, and music. However, while it might look like eye candy, the movie ignores a lot of the real-life political context, making it seem as though people simply don’t like her. In real life, she was in an incredibly long courtship with Louis-Auguste. It took them seven years to actually have sex, rather than the few months we see in the movie. They also never shared a bed. He was given the nickname “Louis the Chaste”, and he never had a mistress, which was common for a lot of kings. This sparked rumors that he may have been gay. Her affair with Count Axel Fersen was never confirmed, either. For people who really want to nitpick about the historic accuracy, there were a lot of costumes dyed in colors that weren’t available at the time.
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