King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[amber]

On January 21, 2016, Warner Bros. announced this film would be pushed back from February 17, 2017 to March 24, 2017. The title was also changed to "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" in July 2016.

[ethel]

Charlie Hunnam promised that he would get into incredible shape for this film, even saying he was going to do 500 push-ups everyday, as he wanted to "look like one of those guys who do that." After filming concluded, Hunnam revealed that he did in fact do several hundred push-ups every day, with his personal record being 1,050 push-ups in a single day.

[dustin]

The song that plays during the latter part of the ComiCon trailer is an adaptation of the traditional song "Wild Wild Berry," which is itself an adaptation of the traditional song "Lord Randall." In both cases, the lyrics speak of a young lord who comes home from feasting and wants nothing but to lay on his bed and rest. When questioned, he reveals he was poisoned by the woman he took to be his true love. After the lord's death, the woman who poisoned him is executed.

[jeffrey]

Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law previously starred together in Cold Mountain (2003). Law played the protagonist, while Hunnam played the antagonist.

[bernice]

Filming began on March 2, 2015.

[sylvia]

Guy Ritchie said he was shocked by how shredded Charlie Hunnam got for this role and was horrified (in a good way) when Hunnam took off his shirt for the first time. He marveled, "Charlie never seems to carry more than six percent body fat. When he first took his top off, I was horrified. Usually with actors, they take their top off and I'm horrified in the wrong way. But Charlie walked in all pleased with himself with his twenty-six-pack abs (sic) ready to rumble."

[jesse]

Unusual for a King Arthur film, neither Merlin nor Lancelot are featured (though the former is mentioned repeatedly), due to the intention of saving them for the planned sequel. For similar reasons, all references to the Mage actually being Guinevere were removed during post-production.

[ray]

Originally, Joel Kinnaman was cast as Lancelot and Kit Harington was cast as King Arthur. The movie was delayed because the studio wanted a more well-known cast, with a greatly reduced budget.