In
July 2000, myself and Jon Auty ventured into the Czech Republic to visit
the set of 'A Knight's Tale', the film from Columbia Pictures. Starring
Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Bérénice Bejo, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell and
Christopher Cazenove, this comedy/action adventure film is directed by
Brian Helgeland. The main studio was in Barrandov, near Prague, but an
elaborate Flanders village set had been constructed about 50km from the
capital. Arriving at the location was like stepping back in time, a large
area had been populated with tents and wagons, all surrounding an
extremely impressive wooden castle/jousting arena. Paul Weston had been
co-coordinating the stunts, including a lot of horse work in the jousting
arena, and we hope to interview Paul for a future edition of
STUNTS magazine.
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