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King Arthur has a Lady Guinevere, Astrid Berges-Frisbey
Posted on 9/19/14 at 2:21 am
Posted on 9/19/14 at 2:21 am
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Warner Bros. and director Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes) are moving forward at a fast pace with their new take on the legendary tale of Camelot with Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur, and Deadline is reporting that European model and actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey will be playing Guinevere to Charlie ("Sons of Anarchy") Hunnam's King Arthur.
Berges-Frisbey first got attention in America in 2007 when she starred opposite Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz as the mermaid Syrena in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which grossed a billion dollars worldwide. More recently, she could be seen opposite Michael Pitt in Mike Cahill's indie I, Origins.
It's unclear where this leaves Elizabeth Olsen who was slated to play the female lead in the movie just a few weeks back, although she could be playing a different role. Either that or Berges-Frisbey has replaced her.
With a screenplay by Joby Harold, this take on the King Arthur story will go all the way back to the 15th Century compilation of tales by Thomas Mallory called "Le Morte d'Arthur" for its inspiration.
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 2:23 am
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Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:25 am to abellsujr
I can see where Lancelot would be all over that. I want to lance her a lot myself.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 4:39 am to abellsujr
Hmmm.... Now to cast Morgan.
Loved Eva Green in the role but don't want her to leave Penny Dreadful.
Loved Eva Green in the role but don't want her to leave Penny Dreadful.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 6:45 am to abellsujr
Isn't hunnam a fanny bandit?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 7:47 am to The Pirate King
No. He filmed some gay sex scenes in the UK's Queer as Folk, but he's strait.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:23 am to abellsujr
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Astrid Berges-Frisbey
I will go see it just because of her. She's my perfect woman.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:58 am to GeauxTigerTM
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Let's see if any of our middle aged NOLA folks remember this.
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Just a few years too young at the time to remember it, but I do remember some of the awful songs B97 produced in the early 80's
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:10 am to abellsujr
Hunnam definitely fills the look required of "The Golden Bear of England". Astrid is better casting than Olsen for Gwenhwyvar, but not sure she can pull off Irish warrior princess. Wonder if Olsen was actually cast as Morgian(Morgan Le Fay).
All of that being said. While I am excited for this movie. My biggest problem will be ignoring what my imagination has built when reading all of Stephen R Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle. His was a VERY thorough retelling of the legend. 6 books deep, Lawhead basesd his stories on the Mabinogion, the History of the Kings of Britain and other works of Geoffrey of Monmouth, the writings of Taliesin, Gildas, and Nennius, and several other legends that he manages to interweave into the Arthurian legend.
All of that being said. While I am excited for this movie. My biggest problem will be ignoring what my imagination has built when reading all of Stephen R Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle. His was a VERY thorough retelling of the legend. 6 books deep, Lawhead basesd his stories on the Mabinogion, the History of the Kings of Britain and other works of Geoffrey of Monmouth, the writings of Taliesin, Gildas, and Nennius, and several other legends that he manages to interweave into the Arthurian legend.
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 11:12 am
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:23 am to VaBamaMan
Not to highjack the thread, but has anyone else read the Forever King trilogy by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy?
Solid modern day telling of the Authurian legend.
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Solid modern day telling of the Authurian legend.
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In a darkened house not far from the place where Camelot may once have stood, a madman schemes.
Once the cup that men call the Holy Grail was his. Soon it will be his again. The Grail’s protectors are few and weak: an alcohol-soaked ex-FBI agent; a courtly old gentleman who once, long ago, held awesome power; and a ten year old boy.
Arthur Blessing is no ordinary boy. The Grail is his by chance, this time, but the power to keep it-is his by right.
Now he must stay alive long enough to use that power.
Arthur needs a defender, a man of great strength, skill, purity, and faith. Fate has given him Hal Woczniak, a broken-down drifter plagued by nightmare memories of a dead child. When Hal quit the FBI, he practically quit the human race as well.
Now, at the darkest time in his life, he is offered the chance to redeem himself.
One he failed to save a child. Once he failed to save a world.
He will not fail again.
/end highjack
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 11:24 am
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:32 am to Green Chili Tiger
Ive started it, but again, the Pendragon Cycle defeated any other Arthur lore from seeming worthwile. Definitely need to get over that.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:34 pm to VaBamaMan
Well the Bernard Cornwell books are in my King Arthur imagination. And I really love Mallory's story too.
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