King Arthur: Legend of the Sword: trivia

All 10 facts

1

GOT

Three of the characters had meet before in 'Game Of Thrones': Aidan Gillen, Michael McElhatton y Eline Powell.
2

Long film series

It's planned six film series.
3

Declined

It was offered a role to Colin Farrel but he declined
4

Antagonists

In this film, Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law trade places as the main protagonist and his nemesis from the movie Cold Mountain (2003).
5

Hunnam and Gillan, together again

Charlie Hunnam (Arthur) and Aiden Gillan (Bill) were lovers in the UK version of 'Queer as Folk'.
6

More coincidences

This film reunited Charlie Hunnam and Geoff Bell, both of whom were in 'Green Street Hooligans' (2005).
7

Three times for Ritchie and Law

This film marks the third collaboration between Jude Law and director Guy Ritchie. They previously worked together on 'Sherlock Holmes' (2009) and its 2011 sequel.
8

Problems with the script

Very little of Toby Harold's script was used. Producer Lionel Wigram rewrote it considerably.
9

So many changes

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.
10

Charlie Hunnam and King Arthur's films

Coincidentally, as a six-year-old child, Charlie Hunnam was so obsessed with director John Boorman's Arthurian legend Excalibur (1981), he watched it repeatedly over the years.

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