I have yet to read the novel that The Other Boleyn Girl is based on, but that doesn’t deter from my interest in this trailer. I’m kind of a sucker for period pieces, so showing me images of actors in gowns and ruffled collars piques my interest. Then showing me an alternate look at a major time in history, and I’m pretty much sold.

The Other Boleyn Girl tells the tale of the two Boleyn sisters who wind up competing for the affection of King Henry VIII. Anne, the sister we all learned about in history class, is promised to the king. But then his head is turned when he meets her equally as beguiling sister, Mary. The girls are pitted against each other as rivals, and things go from bad to worse when Anne has problems conceiving a child and must turn to Mary to help her. Because we all know how well Anne’s fertility problems went over with Henry (hint: not well at all).

Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are the Boleyn sisters, and they look as much like natural sisters as Gwyneth Paltrow and myself. But I have no doubt that their performances will detract the audiences focus from this. Eric Bana is King Henry, and hopefully I’ll finally be able to figure out what it is about him that so many other women find so swoon-worthy when I go to SEE IT.

The Other Boleyn Girl is not yet rated and opens February 29. (Official site)