the film is a modern retelling of the
legend of King Arthur so it's about the
most ordinary boy in the world who finds
the most extraordinary sword in history
a normal kid discovers the sword in the
stone gets catapulted on this massive
quest across the English countryside to
defeat and medieval menace Tintagel
castle one of 400 sites in English
Heritage's care beautiful location in
Cornwall had you ever been to the castle
before you started filming this movie I
had yeah the year after attack the block
came out 2012 me and my partner Annabel
went on a research trip so we went to
Stonehenge and and we went to Tintagel
to look at the island and we went to all
the Arthur insights DAWs Murray pool
which is a little way inland from
Tintagel Island and yeah it's really
spectacular and beautiful and it's a
very inspiring way to write to have a
sense of place before you put pen to
paper
I hadn't run before but um when we'd at
Christmastime what during the shoot me
my family went back to Tintagel castle
because we just loved it so much once
actually explore it not just for one
area it's a pretty special place isn't
it what what was it like to film there
it's beautiful
you know just the wave crashing and the
views were amazing you have to have a
bit of a head for Heights yes it was
difficult for me I have a bit of a fear
of heights so filming in Cornwall and
Glastonbury was a bit tough but I think
the beauty of it kind of took that fear
away and I was just blown away by the
sights that we have in this country how
do you go about approaching refreshing
and modernizing such an iconic and
well-known tale there's that's no mean
feat well I guess King Arthur is
Britain's creation myth
he's a mythical figure you know if he
did exist it's somewhere in the dark
ages there are these indelible elements
to the story even if you don't know the
details like the sword in the stone the
lady in the lake the round table Merlin
Camelot you take the idea of modern kids
and the premise of the sword and the
stone and then just have fun with the
juxtapositions that arise like if a
normal kid who was not from noble birth
not from a posh or royal family
discovered the sword in the stone what
does it mean what does it mean to be a
king will he or she ever get knowledged
with that status why would we help you
because you're the strongest people I
know you're my Knights and this is the
round table
quick butters lift up flaps oh my god
also can they adhere to the chivalric
code the ancient code that Knights used
to live by one of those you love
persevere in any enterprise but gun
don't use wanton offense speak the truth
at all times
what would modern kids make of that
would they be able to go on a quest and
walk great distances across the English
countryside without getting bored and
annoyed what would they do with no phone
signal can they ride horses can they
wear armor can they battle these ancient
medieval knights so there's loads of fun
juxtapositions you can find between the
ancient and modern God put into Google
Translate it means sort of Arthur
yesterday's current problems the
chivalric code is quite relevant and I
don't think that we're being that code
very well I was going to ask you about
the chivalric code actually do you think
that's actually something that we can
all aspire to to sort of meet and to hit
in our daily lives yeah I mean I mean in
terms of what's going on I think I hope
me all the thing there are elements in
the story of King Arthur about this king
arriving in a in a divided country where
all the different tribes are feuding and
that story has a little bit of resonance
with the situation at the moment in
history at school was that something
that you guys enjoy doing did you love
it hate it history what do you think
it's so important that you know everyone
really respects and understands the
history of our country well it's
important to know about that I'm you're
living in like and I think it's quite
key that you do what went on when you
weren't around yeah and I think
especially if you see the different
things look people were living in the
past though he bought a living now it's
drastically improved and I think that's
because we've seen a different mistakes
and the different way people live and
we're trying to always improve so that's
why it's important well thank you so
much for taking the time to talk to us
and congratulations again on the film
thank you
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