KING ARTHUR
Q&A with Jerry Bruckheimer, Antoine Fuqua,
David Franzoni, John Matthews, Clive Owen,
Ioan Gruffudd and Ray Winstone		 Search all of phase9.tv






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Ioan what was it like playing an action hero other than Hornblower and what is it like to be Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic of the Fantastic Four?

IOAN GRUFFUDD: It was hard work, a combination of acting and physical tasks very exhilarating. I am very happy for the chance to play Mr Fantastic.

Do you think that you are too young to play Mr Fantastic?

IOAN GRUFFUDD: Well there is always make-up. [Everybody bursts out laughing and he smiles]

Antoine apparently you really wanted to get into the action?

ANTOINE FUQUA: Yes, we had cameras very close to the action. My cameraman was basically a knight he also had a lot of protective gear on him because he was so close to the action.

Jerry was Ireland your first choice?

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: We couldn't get that kind of landscape over here without any inhabitants so Ireland was perfect, we built our own Hadrian’s wall.

David what makes King Arthur timeless?

DAVID FRANZONI: Well I grew up with the legend of Arthur but we needed to pay heed to the legend, at the same time we needed to make him a universal soldier.

For each of you what has been your favourite Arthur movie and Monty Python crop up on the set?

Everybody says Excalibur except Ioan Gruffudd.

Ray what was it like working with your friend Mark Ryan?

RAY WINSTONE: It was a great surprise, because usually people who work with arms aren't quite the full ticket [everybody laughs], and they really like guns. He never really said how good he was and he is very good. Basically you learn the fight and then you break it down and get dirty.

Ioan, were you taught that Arthur was a Roman?

IOAN GRUFFUDD: Yes and I still think so [he smiles]. No, no, but there is a famous Welsh fable with all the knights names.

How did Keira fit in on such a male dominated set?

ANTOINE FUQUA: When she was around the set it wasn't dominated by males. [Everybody laughs]

Jerry was the idea to have so many different stars with varied nationalities a commercial choice?

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: No we just felt that we wanted the characters to be more authentic, they are all Europeans and if you cast a star it would be that star takes on Arthur, we did not want that.

How did you feel the film would have been with an American cast?

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: It would not have been what we wanted it to be

Have you started with PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN 2?

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: No, not yet

Apparently there is a scene where Arthur meets his mentor Polacious that did not make the final cut?

ANTOINE FUQUA: Yes that will be on the DVD, there was not enough time to include it.

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: Antoine filmed a lot of great and brutal action scenes but they could not all fit in so there is going to be a lot of stuff on the DVD.

King Arthur – movie information
PHASE9 movie review
Q&A with Antoine Fuqua
Q&A with producer Jerry Bruckheimer
Q&A with actor Clive Owen
Q&A with actor Ioan Gruffudd
Q&A with actress Keira Knightley

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