Tom Cruise chose Rebecca Ferguson, to be his co-star in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) after he saw her in this mini-series.
Max Irons who plays Edward IV is actually distantly related to him. Max Irons and Edward IV would be 10th cousins 15 times removed sharing common descent of Henry of Huntington and Ada de Warren who were born in the 1100s.
Some viewers may note similar themes and scenes between this series and "Game of Thrones". George RR Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, on which "Game of Thrones" is based, loosely based his series on the War of the Roses, which this series is also based on.
Series based on the popular book of the same name, the first in her series following the War of the Roses as well as people and events leading up to and through the reign of Henry VIII. A second series - based on Ms. Gregory's second book of the series, "The White Princess" - aired in 2017 ("The White Princess").
David Oakes (George, Duke of Clarence) was also in The Borgias (2011), which starred Jeremy Irons, the father of Max Irons (King Edward IV). (Oakes was Jeremy Irons's son in The Borgias, and Max Irons's brother in The White Queen.)