Published 11:02 IST, March 7th 2020

Robert Pattinson's 'The King': Fascinating trivia about the film that you must know

Robert Pattinson's 'The King' garnered high praises from critics and fans alike. Read on to know more about the interesting facts on the film, actors and more.

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Robert Pattinson's performance in movie King is widely appreciated by his fans. historical drama is based on William Shakespeare's Henriad. flick features Robert Pattinson along with Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, and Lily-Rose Depp in prominent roles. King premiered at Venice Film Festival and was also released for digital streaming later. 

film explores mes of treachery and deceit. A young Henry V becomes King Of England, after his bror's demise. With all that said w, here are some of interesting trivia on film:

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Interesting trivia about Robert Pattinson's ' King'

 

  • scene where Dauphin, in his fancy armour, wants to fight Hal but keeps slipping is performed by ne or than Robert Pattinson. re is a stuntman who also performed same scene, but fans found Pattinson's performance to be better.
  • All characters in movie existed in real life too. However, re is one character that did t exist in real life and that is John Falstaff. In Henry IV parts 1 and 2, Shakespeare based Falstaff on Sir John Oldcastle, who is a companion of Prince Henry. reason for renaming character is Oldcastle's powerful family.

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  • screenplay in movie is, to some extent, inspired by plays of Henry V by William Shakespeare and some are inspired by real-life events.
  • Incidentally, Timothée Chalamet's (who is playing role of King Henry) real middle name is also Hal.

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  • Timothée Chalamet's far is French and he portrays  role of King Of England. On or hand, Robert Pattinson, who is English, essays role of a French prince. 
  • From very beginning, David Michôd had chosen Timothée Chalamet to cast in role of Henry. Fortunately for him, Chalamet was also happy and er to work with er.

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11:02 IST, March 7th 2020