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King Arthur Explores 'True Story' Behind Centuries-Old Legendary Tale
The stirring exploits of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table comprise one of the most enduring legends in English history. Now a new action-epic film, King Arthur , explores what the advertising claims is "the true story that inspired the legend."
There are several historical candidates for the "real" Arthur. This film chooses a Roman officer of some 1 7 centuries ago: Lucius Artorius Cast us, commander of a fierce band of Sarmatian warriors who were captured and conscripted when Rome rolled over their Central European homeland.
After valiant service in northern Britain, Arthur is about to retire
Scene from King
Arthur
and, granted their freedom, his Sarmatian knights plan to return
(Photo courtesy
Touchstone Pictures)
to their homes and families; but invading Saxons pose a new
threat that, once again, Arthur and his men must fight, this time in an alliance with their former foes, the Woald or Picts.
The names are the same: Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere, Lancelot, Galahad but this is not the familiar tale of chivalry. Clive Owen stars as King Arthur .
Clive Owen in scene
from King Arthur (Photo courtesy Touchstone Pictures)
"I thought it was just somebody's radical fantasy because my
knowledge of Arthur was based on children's storybooks and
movies. I didn't