| 1 | !! 2006 movie |
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| 3 | * AllStarCast: To just mention it briefly, there is Creator/JamesFranco, ''Series/DoctorWho''[='s=] Creator/SophiaMyles and ''Film/DarkCity''[='s=] Rufus Sewell as the main cast of intertwined lovers, plus Creator/MarkStrong and a pre-''Film/ManOfSteel'' Creator/HenryCavill. |
| 4 | * CaliforniaDoubling: Some parts of the film was shot in Prague, though others were shot in Ireland. |
| 5 | * DevelopmentHell: The film had been in pre-production since the 1970s as Creator/RidleyScott project, which he had intended as a follow-up to his ''first'' feature film ''Film/TheDuellists''. |
| 6 | * FakeBrit: James Franco (American) does a quite decent English accent as Tristan. |
| 7 | * FakeIrish: British actress Sophia Myles as the Irish princess Isolde. |
| 8 | * FollowTheLeader: The film was following the likes of ''{{Film/Troy}}'' and ''Film/KingArthur2004'', gritty action films applying {{Demythification}} to mythology. |
| 9 | * PropRecycling: Isolde's wedding gown was re-used from the ''Series/ArabianNights'' miniseries, which coincidentally starred Rufus Sewell. |
| 10 | * StarDerailingRole: Sophia Myles had her first romantic lead with this, but the underperformance and mixed reviews hurt her career until ''Series/DoctorWho'' provided a CareerResurrection for her. |
| 11 | * TroubledProduction: James Franco recalls doing nine months of training for sword fighting, horse riding and martial arts - only to discover that the script had been changed last minute, and that the epic ''{{Film/Braveheart}}'' style battles he had been training for were changed to stealthy murders. He also suffered a knee injury on set and was constantly clashing with the director (reportedly Kevin Reynolds chided Franco for trying to do Creator/JamesDean all the time, and Franco hit back about Reynolds trying to do ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' again all the time). Overall the film took about eight months to shoot. |
| 12 | * TypeCasting: Yet [[Film/AKnightsTale another]] [[Film/TheIllusionist2006 film]] where Rufus Sewell has played the higher born RomanticFalseLead for the heroine. |
| 13 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ridley Scott was planning to direct the film back in the 70s. But he opted to make ''{{Film/Alien}}'' instead. |
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