Wolf Hall” director Peter Kosminsky is sounding the alarm about the state of U.K. high-end television, writing in evidence submitted to a parliamentary committee that the series’ second part, “The Mirror and the Light,

Peter Kosminsky has revealed that Mark Rylance and others took a pay cut on Season 2 of 'Wolf Hall' after streamers rejected the BBC series.

Academy Award winner Mark Rylance stars as shrewd politician Thomas Cromwell in the series and reprised his leading role in the follow-up, but director Peter Kosminsky has now revealed that Rylance took a “significant” pay cut on his return.