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Alicia Vikander hopes that her performance in ‘Firebrand’ makes people more aware of Katherine Parr. The 35-year-old actress plays the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII in the historical drama and admitted that she knew little about the Tudor widow before taking the part in Karim Ainouz’s film. Alicia told the Just for Variety podcast: “I must confess, I almost felt a bit embarrassed when I was sent the script because I think if I knew anything, it was probably more about the wives that didn’t make it. “I was, in one way, sad. But then I realised speaking to other people, it seemed like that …

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