A Knight's Tale Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
6 of the most interesting A Knight's Tale easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of A Knight's Tale movie message.
After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.
Genre
Action, Adventure, Romance
Director
Brian Helgeland
Stars
Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany
IMDB score
6.9
A Knight's Tale Movie Trivia
For safety reasons, they made lances hollow and filled them with uncooked spaghetti to look like "splinters."
A Knight's Tale movie hidden details
The scene in which Chaucer's speech to a crowd that gets no reaction was actually a goof. Most of the extras were from the Czech Republic and didn't know English, so they didn't understand the cue to cheer. The director thought Mark Addy's improv was hilarious, so he kept it in.
Jocelyn calls William/Ulrich "Sir Hunter". At the end of the movie the scene dissolves into the night sky, revealing the constellation Orion ("the hunter").
When Count Adhemar ask Ledger's character what his name is, he accidentally gives away his real name by saying "well I am, uhhh" (William). Then gives his fake name.
Chaucer tells Simon and Peter he will eviscerate them in fiction. Later he tells Wat that he is going to write this story down. Simon and Peter end up fat and pimply.
Chaucer spies a dice game and tells William, unaware of Chaucer's gambling problem, that he has to "go see a man about a dog".
