Laurence Fishburne narrated the teaser trailer
Michael Bay was originally set to direct, but left project due to budget concerns. Bay had developed the project for over 5 years.
Although the weather seems very cold and dreary, the movie was shot during a near record high temperatures in Ireland.
According to Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot), the camera operator wore a motorcycle crash helmet and were constantly surrounded by men with riot shields because of the intense action sequences happening around him.
The thunder shots during the Excalibur sequence closely resemble the animation from Bruckheimer's production logo.
According to Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot), it took him months to grow the "scraggly" beard his character sports during the film. In addition, due to his Celtic heritage (Gruffudd is Welsh), the beard kept growing in red and had to be "painted" each day before filming, to match his brown hair.
Cary Elwes was not credited for his role as the narrator in the director's cut of the film and received no payment because he was such a big fan and friend of Jerry Bruckheimer.
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