Outlaw King - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[chad]

Chris Pine quit Star Trek 4 in favor of this movie.

[bernice]

The plant that Robert gifts to Elizabeth, his wife, both at their consummation and at the end of the film, is the Scottish Thistle. It is the official Flower of Scotland, opposite the Rose of England and the Clover of Ireland. The same type of flower is given by William Wallace (Mel Gibson) to his future wife Murron in Braveheart (1995).

[wesley]

Released a year before another film adaptation of the history of Robert the Bruce, Robert the Bruce (2019), which is a spin-off from Braveheart (1995). Angus Macfadyen played the title character in both movies.

[jessie]

"Outlaw King" has several actors who are veterans of the HBO series "Game of Thrones". They include: Stephen Dillane (King Edward I of England) - Stannis Baratheon; Jamie Michie (Gilbert de la Hay, Barron of Errol) - Steelshanks Walton; Ron Donachie (Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow) - Rodrik Cassel; Clive Russell (Lord Mackinnon of Skye) - Blackfish Tully; James Cosmo (Robert Bruce Senior) - Lord Commander Mormont.

[ruby]

The first cut of the film was around four hours long.

[kenneth]

The film contains a number of historical inaccuracies, most notably: During the skirmish between Bruce and the MacDougalls (the Battle of Dalrigh), Bruce is shown to have a handful of men. In fact, he had closer to 500. Edward II was not present at the climatic battle (the Battle of Loudoun Hill). Edward I died after this battle, not before, and was not buried in the North of England but in London at Westminster Abbey.

[bernard]

Edward I had several nicknames, the two most popular being "longshanks" due to his considerable height, and "the hammer of the scots" for his unrelenting fight against the Scottish.

[javier]

Elizabeth de Burgh is depicted as English, in reality she was of mixed Native Irish and Anglo-Norman ancestry and was born and raised in Ulster. In 1315 (eight years after Loudon Hill) Robert would lead an, ultimately unsuccessful, invasion of Ireland aimed at freeing the country from English rule. Elizabeth's father Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster led the Anglo-Norman forces against his son-in-law.

[ethel]

Ben Foster was originally cast in the film to reunite with his Hell or High Water (2016) colleagues, director David Mackenzie and Chris Pine. While the project was in development, Foster dropped out and was later replaced by Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

[cameron]

Edward II was actually the youngest of Edward I's four sons, all of whom died by the time of Edward I's reign came to an end.

[frances]

The spider story is that Robert saw the spider fail many times before succeeding, just as the Scots had failed many times. The spider never stopped until it succeeded, which inspired Robert to try again.

[charlie]

James Cosmo previously starred in Braveheart (1995) as one of William Wallace' trusted men. Braveheart is set around the same time period as this film, but depicts mostly events preceding it.

[bernard]

Mugdock Park, near Glasgow, was used as the Battle of Loudoun Hill. During the course of the shooting, the park became increasingly muddy, leading to the catch phrase, MUD & BLOOD.

[jim]

During the scenes fillmed at Mugdock Country park the ground became increasingly muddy With the scenes already bloody This lead Assistant Director Danny McGrath to repeat after each take "There will be mud.. There will be blood"

[violet]

The close-up shot of a spider web before the Battle of Louden is significant because it alludes to a famous legend regarding Bruce's retreat to Ireland. The legend states that Bruce was indecisive about returning to Scotland to rally armies and fight. While watching a spider attempt to swing across a doorway in its attempt to begin a web, Bruce decided if the spider could complete the swing he would return to Scotland and fight. The spider was successful and so was the King of Scots.

[kenzi]

During the scene before the sneak attack at Methven, Robert has two cups and hands one to his queen. At the point when he does this the soundtrack repeats the melody from Braveheart. It only last a few seconds, but repeats once.

[duane]

A disembowelment scene had also been shot for the death of William Wallace in Braveheart (1995), but it was deemed too gruesome at the time, so the details were kept off-screen. This movie explicitly shows the full effect of this method of execution.

[scarlett]

Some scenes were filmed in the historical town of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, the first town in England which changed hands between Scotland and England over 12 times, one of which was when Robert the Bruce was alive.

[richard]

In the teaser, Sir James Douglas captures his old family castle, called Castle Douglas, by killing the English garrison on Palm Sunday. These events did occur and in fact Douglas had to capture his castle a further two more times before he razed it to the ground.