The King Arthur legends have been told countless times on the big screen, but Warner Bros., Guy Ritchie and Charlie Hunnam have a new twist on the story for the upcoming Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur.
Entertainment Weekly published a gallery of on-set photos and is featuring Hunnam on the cover of the latest issue. While Ritchie did tweet a picture from the set in March, this our first detailed look at the project.
The gallery of on-set photos are actually just portraits of Hunnam, who is still best known for playing Jax on Sons of Anarchy. He also starred in Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim and is in Del Toro’s Crimson Peak.
Ritchie explained to EW that he did have to make some changes to the King Arthur character to make him more interesting.
“I think where the pitfall has often been is trying to make King Arthur bland and nice, and nice and bland,” Ritchie told EW. “The two qualities make rather compatible bed companions. Unfortunately, they’re not interesting to watch. Luke Skywalker was always the most uninteresting character in Star Wars because he’s the good guy. Good guys are boring.”
So, the new King Arthur is more like a street-smart kid, who would rather look out for himself and the people he knows that the larger picture. Hunnam called Arthur “a hustler.”
“He’s a street kid. There’s definitely a harder edge to him than people would imagine. It’s sort of classic Guy Ritchie stuff,” Hunnam told EW.
King Arthur hits theaters on July 22, 2016 and also stars Jude Law, Katie McGrath, Eric Bana and Djimon Hounsou. Ritchie also directed The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which opens on Aug. 14.
cover from EW