A Knight's Tale
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| Name: | A Knight's Tale |
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| Creator: | Brian Helgeland |
| Date(s): | May 11, 2001 |
| Medium: | live-action film |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | at IMDb at Wikipedia |
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A Knight's Tale is a 2001 medieval adventure comedy-drama film starring Heath Ledger as the main character. Its 14th-century story is intentionally anachronistic, with many modern pop culture references and a soundtrack featuring 1970s music. The film takes its name from Chaucer's The Knight's Tale his Canterbury Tales, and also draws several plot points from Geoffrey Chaucer's work.
Canon
To according Wikipedia William Thatcher, a peasant squire who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures as Edward the Black Prince and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Main Characters
- William Thatcher aka. "Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein" from Gelderland the knight from movie title (played by Heath Ledger)
- Jocelyn, a lady of noble birth and William's lover, (played by Shannyn Sossamon)
- Christiana, Jocelyn's loyal friend and lady-in-waiting (played by Bérénice Bejo)
- Count Adhemar, the antagonist who is a wealthy, battle hardened knight (played by Rufus Sewell)
- Roland, a squire to the late Sir Ector and a loyal friend of William (played by Mark Addy)
- Wat, a violent, young squire who is obsessed with the greater things in life and William's good friend (played by Alan Tudyk)
- Geoffrey Chaucer, as a big-headed writer and ring announcer, who believes he is very clever and more intelligent than others and has a terrible gambling habit, losing everything from his money to his clothes (played by Paul Bettany)
- Kate, a hard-working widowed blacksmith, pioneers a process for a lighter, stronger armor (played by Laura Fraser)
- Sir Thomas Colville aka. Edward the Black Prince (played by James Purefoy)
Fandom
A small fandom has emerged over the years, with fusions, crossover and pastiche fanworks. Since September 2001 until June 2022 a total of 168 works in the AO3, being 24 of these xovers. While since May 2001 until June 2022 in FFN, 202 works were published with 5 of them being xovers .
Shipping
- Geoffrey Chaucer/Wat
- Jocelyn/William Thatcher
- Edward the Black Prince/William Thatcher
- Geoffrey Chaucer/William Thatcher
- Adhemar/William Thatcher
- Edward the Black Prince/Joan of Kent
- Geoffrey Chaucer/Kate
- Geoffrey Chaucer/Philippa Chaucer
- William Thatcher/Wat
- Christiana/Jocelyn
- Christiana/Kate