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Ohh on imdb Kamil Lemieszewski seems to be listed as Merlin Wizard. Astrid Berges-Frisbey was initially Guinevere, I think? She is listed as mage here, so I wonder if Guinevere will be a mage/witch (Fay woman?).
Also for the third time I’d like to point out that Georgina Campbell is still listed as Kay. Will we have her as Arthur’s sister and seneschal and knight? *fingers crossed*
At one point they’ll surely go to a brothel.. that’s certain (from the roles of some actors). There are also different aged Arthur so maybe we’ll have some flashback with growing up little Arthur, but for now I don’t see Ector.
… there’s a Mafia Knight? And different clans, or so it seems. A Turkish warrior (fingers crossed for Palamedes maybe?)
The weirdest thing is Rob Knighton as Mordred, I think. Will they take a Bernard Cornwell way with an older Mordred (and then a younger Mordred), will they have a flashforward, will it be completely different?
I like the look he’s going for, but I don’t know how Vortigern as the baddie that’s murdered Uther Pendragon works for the story. I guess we’ll see in 2017!
What? Vortigern will be Arthur’s villain? I right he was there only in a pre /flashback sort of situation.
Yep…in the article it says:
That edge serves him well when dealing with his tyrannical uncle, Jude Law’s Vortigern, who’s got more than a bad boy appeal to defend himself.
As the murderer of his brother and Arthur’s dad Uther Pendragon (Eric Bana) and the usurper of the throne, Vortigern has done more than enough to earn his nephew’s wrath, but backing him is a set of deadly magical powers that give him the upper hand.
I didn’t expect guy ritchie to give a faithful adaptation, but I’m not sure how magical Vortigern works for the story…or me!
On the one hand, yes that’s weird, for all the reasons you know as well as I.
But then, what version of Arthur’s story isn’t an adaptation?
Agreed!
I thought it was a flashback because I was sure that part of the first movie had baby Arthur in it and Uther in it as well, so I thought they would approach Arthur’s story from afar. It would be fun to see Arthur creating a joining of knights (KAY IS A WOMAN please be a knight) to fight an usurper!
I like the look he’s going for, but I don’t know how Vortigern as the baddie that’s murdered Uther Pendragon works for the story. I guess we’ll see in 2017!
What? Vortigern will be Arthur’s villain? I right he was there only in a pre /flashback sort of situation.
Yep…in the article it says:
That edge serves him well when dealing with his tyrannical uncle, Jude Law’s Vortigern, who’s got more than a bad boy appeal to defend himself.
As the murderer of his brother and Arthur’s dad Uther Pendragon (Eric Bana) and the usurper of the throne, Vortigern has done more than enough to earn his nephew’s wrath, but backing him is a set of deadly magical powers that give him the upper hand.
I didn’t expect guy ritchie to give a faithful adaptation, but I’m not sure how magical Vortigern works for the story…or me!
But there’s no such thing as a faithful adaptation of “the” Arthurian story, because there’s no actual story to be faithful to, rather hundreds of stories that get added to, changed, and lovingly jumbled together or horribly mangled by medieval authors (and modern ones too).
Vortigern figures most prominently in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s book from the 1130s, and he’s a great villain there. And while he himself doesn’t have magical powers, he employs prophets and magicians, the most famous of whom is Merlin. Geoffrey’s Vortigern is not related to Arthur, and is dead before Arthur appears in the story.
It’ll be great to see an Arthurian movie with a different main villain, and I like the nod back to some of the older sources like Geoffrey at the same time that that material is getting adapted for narrative purposes. Vortigern as the evil usurping kinsman whom Arthur has to overthrow to take his rightful place has the potential to work really nicely. It’s an old trope, but a good one. Ritchie’s changes look promising.
That’s the one original, “faithful,” maybe, characteristic of Arthurian stories: that they always change and adapt themselves from previous multiple iterations. The versions of the Arthur legend that flop most badly in my eyes are the ones that attempt to rigidly adhere to some idea of an authentic original story, because there really isn’t one.
Great fantasy novel. The idea is that a modern engineer comes to Arthurian times, and he uses his modern, analytical thinking to discover the scientific basis of fairy creatures. If you’ve ever seen “Flight of Dragons,” it’s the exact same idea. Most terrifying, unstoppable trolls in all of fantasy fiction.
Ohh this sounds interesting. May I ask you what arthurian characters are in there?
Arthurian Legends 