Mark Rylance took ‘significant’ pay cut to get Wolf Hall made, director tells MPs

Second series of BBC drama was initially rejected by all the streaming services, Peter Kosminsky tells inquiry into UK film and TV

Mark Rylance took a significant" pay cut along with other members of the Wolf Hall team to get the second series made, the director Peter Kosminsky has said.

The BBC drama, based on Hilary Mantel's final novel in her epic Tudor trilogy, returned last year with Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.