Excalibur - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[gerald]

When Merlin is trying to catch a fish, it was trapped underwater by blocking it off with stones.

[maureen]

The trial by combat set in the woods was originally to be the set for the Rivendel counsel chamber in John Boorman's version of "Lord of the Rings", which failed to get made.

[kyle]

The love scene between Guenevere and Sir Lancelot was full of mosquitoes, causing even more discomfort.

[kyle]

John Boorman used many of the same locations that he had used for Zardoz (1974). In fact, most of these are quite close to his house in Annamoe, County Wicklow, Ireland.

[wesley]

Zack Snyder, who is a fan of this movie, referenced this movie in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), which, in the opening credits sequence, this movie is on the marquee at the theater which young Bruce Wayne saw his parents murdered by a mugger.

[ava]

Liam Neeson, Dame Helen Mirren, and Ciarán Hinds appeared in adaptations of DC Comics properties: Liam Neeson in Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dame Helen Mirren in Red (2010) and Red 2 (2013), and Ciarán Hinds in Justice League (2017). Sir Patrick Stewart played Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film franchise, based on the comics created by Marvel Comics.

[javier]

The names of the twenty-five knights inscribed on the Winchester Round Table are: Galahad, Lancelot du Lac, Gawain, Percivale, Lionell, Bors de Ganis, Kay, Tristram de Lyones, Gareth, Bedivere, Bleoberis, La Cote Male Taile, Lucan, Palomedes, Lamorak, Safer, Pelleas, Hector de Maris, Dagonet, Degore, Brunor le Noir, Le Bel Desconneu, Alymere, and Mordred.

[clayton]

The Irish extras fighting each other did not want to stop after John Boorman yelled cut, "to settle old scores", says Boorman.