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King Arthur (2004) More at IMDbPro »

• Laurence Fishburne narrated the teaser trailer.
  
  
• Michael Bay was originally set to direct, but left the project due to budget concerns. Bay had developed the project for over 5 years.
  
  
• Although the weather seems very cold and dreary, the movie was shot during near-record high temperatures in Ireland.
  
  
• According to Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot), the camera operator wore a motorcycle crash helmet and was constantly surrounded by men with riot shields because of the intense action sequences happening around him.
  
  
• According to Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot), it took him months to grow the "scraggly" beard his character sports during the film. In addition, due to his Celtic heritage (Gruffudd is Welsh), the beard kept growing in red and had to be "painted" each day before filming, to match his brown hair.
  
  
• The costume designer estimates that there were over 2000 costumes made especially for the film.
  
  
• About 300 swords, 700 spears, and 300 axes were used.
  
  
• The wall took 4 and a half months to build.
  
  
• Over 400 extras were used as Saxon warriors. Most of them had never had fight training at all.
  
  
• Cameras were attached to shields, swords, helmets, and spears to capture the realism of warfare.
  
  
• In an interview with Express Magazine on 24 July 2004, ("Keira Slays The Knights" by John Millar) Keira Knightley disclosed that her breasts were digitally enhanced on the American movie posters to make them appear larger.
  
  
• Keira Knightley reportedly nearly killed a horse while practicing her archery for the film.
  
  
• When Antoine Fuqua took over the project, he wanted 'Daniel Craig' to play Arthur but was overruled by producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who believed that Clive Owen was going to be cast as James Bond, which would greatly increase the film's commercial shelf-life on DVD.
  
  

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