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Although the weather seems very cold and dreary, the movie was shot during a near record high temperatures in Ireland.
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 on the movie posters her breasts were digitally enhanced at her own request.
Goofs
The hilts on Lancelot's swords are affixed with Torx fasteners, unavailable in fifth century Britain.
Crossbows were not a feature of warfare in fifth century Britain.
The Pope did not have the power to give land to a people. This was possible nearly 400 years later.
Despite the fact that it's supposed to be winter, there are leaves on the trees.
In the winter scenes, none of the actors have frosty breath since the scenes were actually filmed during the summer.
The siege engine used to throw huge fireballs looks like a trebuchet but is operated by ropes pulled by solders for each shot, while a real trebuchet uses a large counterweight bucket. No such contraption would work and there are no similar weapons to be found at any period, since siege engines operate using stored energy of levers, ratchets, and ropes that require a large period of winding for each launch. They also couldn't be aimed quickly, which is why they were only historically used against fixed fortifications, not as modern artillery mortars. Incendiary missiles would also burn up the slings after one shot, rendering them useless thereafter.
Box Office Info USA
Budget: $90,000,000
Opening Weekend: $15,193,907
Gross: $51,882,244
Filming Dates: June 23, 2003 - November 2003
Filming Locations
Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, Ireland
(Hadrians Wall / Fortress)
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK