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* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: On the DVD Commentary, Brian Helgeland notes that the horse William rides was the only horse that would stay still and not get distracted during filming. Paul Bettany adds that the only time "Barney the Wonder Horse" acted out was when he grabbed the wrong part of the horse's reins, which caused the horse to try and bite him.
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** The "We Will Rock You" opening was filmed by the second unit as a joke, and was kept (along with all the other rock music) because the team wanted to show that back then people thought their music was just as good as we think ours is today.

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** The "We Will Rock You" opening was filmed by the Helgeland and second unit director Allen Gaif as a joke, and was kept (along with all the other rock music) because the team wanted to show that back then people thought their music was just as good as we think ours is today.
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* OnSetInjury: Paul Bettany developed laryngitis because of all the shouting he did as HammyHerald Chaucer.

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* CreatorsOddball: Brian Hegleland, screenwriter of bleak noir potboilers such as ''Film/LAConfidential'', ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'', ''Film/{{Payback}}'', ''Film/BloodWork'', ''Film/MysticRiver'', and ''Film/ManOnFire'', writes and directs a wholly good-hearted, high-spirited romantic comedy medieval sports movie (heavy emphasis on the romance and comedy).



* HeAlsoDid: Brian Hegleland, screenwriter of bleak noir potboilers such as ''Film/LAConfidential'', ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'', ''Film/{{Payback}}'', ''Film/BloodWork'', ''Film/MysticRiver'', and ''Film/ManOnFire'', writes and directs a wholly good-hearted, high-spirited romantic comedy medieval sports movie (heavy emphasis on the romance and comedy).
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/HughGrant was considered for Geoffrey Chaucer, but the studio thought that he was a leading man who wouldn't do a supporting role.
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* FakeBrit: Australian Creator/HeathLedger, American Creator/AlanTudyk and also American Creator/ShannynSossamon as William, Wat, and Jocelyn respectively. Fortunately averted by Laura Fraser.

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* FakeBrit: Australian Creator/HeathLedger, American Creator/AlanTudyk and also American Creator/ShannynSossamon as William, Wat, and Jocelyn respectively. Fortunately averted by Laura Fraser.Creator/LauraFraser, a Scot who auditioned using an English accent but was very happy to be allowed to use her natural voice instead.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/AlanTudyk dubbed one of the blacksmiths that refuses to repair Will's armor.

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* ActingForTwo: Creator/AlanTudyk dubbed one of the blacksmiths that whom refuses to repair Will's armor.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: When William notices the Nike logo on the suit of armor that Kate gives him, Kate says it's in case some other knight should admire her handiwork. By the directors' own admission, as stated in their commentary on the DVD, they had no idea at the time that one of the founders of Nike was, in fact, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Knight Knight]].

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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: When William notices the Nike logo on the suit of armor that Kate gives him, Kate says it's in case some other knight should admire her handiwork. By the directors' own admission, as stated in their commentary on the DVD, they had no idea at the time that one of the founders of Nike was, in fact, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Knight Knight]].Knight]]

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