King Arthur - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[wallace]

The X and P seen on soldier's shields are not the Roman letters X and P but the Greek letters Chi and Rho, the first letters of the word Christos. This was the sign that the Roman Emperor Constantine had placed on his soldiers shield, and identifies the soldiers as Christians.

[addison]

Ivano Marescotti didn't speak any English when he was cast as Bishop Germanius, and had to learn the language simultaneously as he rehearsed the role.

[ray]

Hugh Dancy (Galahad) and Mads Mikkelsen (Tristan) meet again almost a decade later in Hannibal (2013), playing Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter respectively.

[albert]

The Woads in the film are supposed to be Picts. The term Woads was created for the film because the producers felt the term Picts didn't sound right. The word comes from the blue plant that the Picts may have used to paint themselves prior to battle.

[sophie]

John Lee Hancock did several late uncredited rewrites of the script.

[carla]

Ray Stevenson (Dagonet), Mads Mikkelsen (Tristan) and Til Schweiger (Cynric) have also appeared in The Three Musketeers (2011).

[jessie]

Over 400 extras were used as Saxon warriors. Most of them had never had fight training at all.