King Arthur - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[lena]

Most of the major battle scenes were filmed using 18 cameras simultaneously. Apart from the mounted cameras, camera operators also dressed as extras and shot from within the action. Cameras were also mounted on shields, swords and horses.

[harry]

The plot to this movie wherein a battle-weary, elite team must go behind enemy lines to rescue someone of importance as their final mission, is nearly identical to the plot of director Fuqua's previous movie, "Tears of the Sun".

[kylie]

The replica of Hadrian's Wall built for the film was a kilometer long, nearly 40 foot high, with a ten foot wide walkway on top and took a total of 300 crew over four months to construct. Director Antoine Fuqua was determined not to use CG to create the wall as he wanted the actors to be able to see it and stand on it.

[chad]

Stellan Skarsgård played the role of Cerdic as if he was bored with killing and conquering and was simply doing it out of instinct and because he had nothing else better to do; this is why he raises his arms into the air and cheers after meeting Arthur; he has found someone worth getting excited about fighting.

[ivan]

Laurence Fishburne narrated the teaser trailer.

[bernice]

Ioan Gruffudd was spotted curling his eyelashes by Ray Winstone one morning before shooting. Winstone spread the word, and Gruffudd earned the nickname "Sir Lashalot" for the duration of the shoot.

[tamara]

Stellan Skarsgård turned the role of Cerdic down three times before director Antoine Fuqua was able to persuade him to take it. Fuqua never approached any other actor for the part.

[lena]

Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, the theatrical release listed "Filmed in Panavision" in the end credits. It was removed from the credits of the home video releases.

[chris]

The language spoken by the Woads in the film is a combination of ancient Gaelic and ancient Welsh, as the actual language spoken by the Picts has been lost.

[darrell]

In total, 2500 different costumes were made for the film.

[jeffrey]

After several poor test screenings, the producers became concerned that there wasn't enough humor in the film, and on June 16, thirteen days before the US premiere, the scene in which Bors (Ray Winstone) reveals that his numerous children have numbers instead of names was shot.

[chris]

All of the principal actors attended a two week boot camp under the supervisor of stunt coordinator Steve Dent. The training included horse-riding, combat riding, archery, boxing, sword fighting, weight training and wilderness social bonding. Because of his age, Ray Winstone didn't attend boot camp, but he had boxed in his youth and this was incorporated into his character.

[lena]

In an interview with Express Magazine on 24 July 2004, ("Keira Slays The Knights" by John Millar) Keira Knightley disclosed that her breasts were digitally enhanced on the American movie posters to make them appear larger.

[sophie]

Midway during filming, Jerry Bruckheimer 's assistant was dispatched to Music City Dvd store in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin with a list of movies to buy. On the list were " Excalibur", " Braveheart " " Lawrence of Arabia "and many more. Staff also made suggestions such as " Waterloo ", "Glory"," Ran" and " Paths of Glory '. These were intended to be viewed by Antoine Fuqua to get a handle on large scale battle scenes.

[lonnie]

Ioan Gruffudd and Sean Gilder know each other from the Hornblower movies, where Gilder's Styles character was one of Horatio Hornblower's most loyal sailors.

[frances]

The horse ridden by Bors (Ray Winstone) in the film is the same horse that was ridden by Maximus (Russell Crowe) in Gladiator (2000).

[phyllis]

Keira Knightley doesn't appear until 53 minutes into the movie.

[riley]

Originally, there was no wedding scene at the end of the film; the scene on the battlefield with Lancelot's (Ioan Gruffudd) body is longer and involves a short monologue from Merlin (Stephen Dillane), where he tells Arthur (Clive Owen) he hasn't failed his knights despite the death of Lancelot and Tristan (Mads Mikkelsen). This scene is then followed by the funeral scene, which is also longer, with Bors (Ray Winstone) giving a short monologue. This is then followed by a scene of Lucan (John G. Brennan) trying to remove Excalibur from a stone. He fails, but Arthur tells him that one day he'll be strong enough to do it. Black smoke then rises from Lancelot's pyre and there is a fade to the slow motion shots of the horses riding. However, after several poor test screenings, the audience's biggest complaint was that the ending was too melancholy and needed a scene to finalize the romance aspect of the story. As such, the wedding scene between Arthur and Guinevere (Keira Knightley) was added. Director Antoine Fuqua dislikes the new ending, and on his DVD commentary states that he much prefers the original, darker ending.

[chris]

Although the weather seems very cold and dreary, the movie was shot during near-record high temperatures in Ireland.