Spielberg puts the legend of King Arthur to the sword No round table, no knights, no Camelot, no Excalibur and Arthur himself is just a humble blacksmith as Hollywood destroys a British myth

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: October 6, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

STEVEN SPIELBERG is to demolish the "myth" of Camelot in a television film series about King Arthur that does not feature a round table, Excalibur, Merlin or knights.

The series, which is due to be shot in Britain next year, will oppose the traditional view of Camelot as a cloud-covered city of towers and battlements by portraying it as a simple Roman fort.

Perhaps most contentiously, King Arthur will be a humble blacksmith who does not become king by drawing the sword Excalibur from a stone, as depicted in legend - instead he is feted because he can create steel from iron ore.

"At that time a ...

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