Lavish period adaptation of the Philippa Gregory bestseller, starring Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman. Inspired by Philippa Gregory\'s best-selling novel and starring Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman, The Other Boleyn Girl is an extraordinary tale of passion and royal intrigue. It focuses around Mary Boleyn, who was mistress to King Henry VIII before he married her older sister Anne. Offered up and used by her family as a way of influencing the King, Mary finds herself caught in a web of intrigue and lust.