History Trivia / AKnightsTale

** Chaucer was Creator/PaulBettany's BreakoutRole: he didn't start getting juicier parts like JARVIS until after this film.

** Sir Thomas Colville (Edwards disguise) was a real knight at the time of filming.

* DeletedRole: Olivia Williams filmed some scenes as Geoffrey Chaucer's wife Phillipa, but they were all cut. They're included on the DVD.
* FakeBrit: Australian Heath Ledger puts in a pretty convincing performance. Alan Tudyk hides his American accent pretty convincingly, to the degree that people for many years thought he was a FakeAmerican. Hawaiian-born Shannyn Sossamon's accent is a little less convincing.
* PlayingAgainstType: It's quite surprising that James Purefoy, usually a villain or {{Jerkass}}, is the benevolent Prince Edward. He'd later play the loyal [[TheReliableOne Kantos Kan]] as a OneSceneWonder in Film/JohnCarter.

* TypeCasting: Rufus Sewell as the evil RomanticFalseLead.

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/HeathLedger.
** Also, Mark Addy, more widely know for King Robert Baratheon of Game of Thrones.
** He's not the only Game of Thrones face either. The priest who obliviously takes Jocelyn's deadpan lamentations of SoBeautifulItsACurse at face value? ''Mace Tyrell''.

* PlayingAgainstType: It's quite surprising that James Purefoy, usually a villain or {{Jerkass}}, is the benevolent Prince Edward.

* FakeBrit: Australian Heath Ledger puts in a pretty convincing performance. Texan Alan Tudyk veers between pretty convincing, slightly over the top, and WhatTheHellIsThatAccent? (Of course, given the era the film is set, none of these is any more "wrong" than the others.) It's generally pretty convincing in the later scenes, Tudyk that is often mistaken for being FakeAmerican.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/HeathLedger.

** According to DVD commentary: Jocelyn's "Oh that is lovely!" in response to a priest's gesture prompting her to kiss his ring was an adlib. "Your entrails will become your extrails" was an audition adlib that helped Alan Tudyk get the part and made it into the film.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]] sure is being useless here.
** William should be careful. Count Adhemar has the ability to [[Film/DarkCity reshape the universe]].
*** Considering that William is really SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, he should be fine in a battle vs Count Adhemar, though it may explain [[Film/TheDarkKnight How He Got Those Scars]].
** Yes, but Kate has the ability to [[Literature/{{Neverwhere}} open a door]] to wherever she wants.
** What the hell is [[Series/GameOfThrones King Robert]] doing playing some fake knight's second fiddle?
** The Black Prince works for [[Film/ResidentEvil Umbrella]].
** Christiana (Jocelyn's lady-in-waiting) [[Film/TheArtist became an actress]].
** Wait, was Geoffrey Chaucer an [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]] of [[Film/{{Creation}} Charles Darwin's]]?
*** He also won [[Film/{{Wimbledon}} Wimbledon]].
**** He's [[Film/IronMan also]] [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection J.A.R.V.I.S.]] and [[Film/AvengersAgeofUltron an Avenger]].
** [[Series/BreakingBad Lydia]] [[Creator/LauraFraser Rodarte-Quayle]] was a blacksmith before becoming an accomplice to Gus Fring's drug network.

**** He's [[Film/IronMan also]] [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection J.A.R.V.I.S.]] and [[Film/TheAvengersAgeofUltron an Avenger]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]] sure is being useless here.

** Yes, but Kate has the ability to [[{{Neverwhere}} open a door]] to wherever she wants.

** What the hell is [[GameOfThrones King Robert]] doing playing some fake knight's second fiddle?

** Wait, was Geoffrey Chaucer an [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]] of [[{{Creation}} Charles Darwin's]]?
* RetroactiveRecognition: HeathLedger

*** Considering that William is really TheJoker, he should be fine in a battle vs Count Adhemar, though it may explain [[TheDarkKnight How He Got Those Scars]].

** Christiana (Jocelyn's lady-in-waiting) [[Film/TheArtist became an actress]].

** William should be careful. Count Adhemar has the ability to [[DarkCity reshape the universe]].

** Christiana (Jocelyn's lady-in-waiting) [[{{TheArtist}} became an actress]].

** What the hell is [[GameOfThrones King Robert]] doing playing someone fake knight's second fiddle?

** Christiana (Jocelyn's lady-in-waiting) [[{{TheArtist}}is now an actress]].

** The Black Prince works for [[Film/ResidentEvil Umbrella]].

** What the hell is [[GameOfThrones King Robert]] doing playing someone fake knight's second fiddle?

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Firefly}} Wash]] sure is being useless here.