Reply #5: while historically inaccurate in many regards - [View All]

[daveskilt]

In reality they did call edward a fair few things that would suggest he was gay. It certainly isnt outside the realm of possibility that he was gay - in fact it was rumored at the time that that was why he was killed (though probably not by his father.)

of course it is just a movie and they did embelish to make the storylines they wanted.

ie. The princess in the movie - she was 6 and lived in Avignon France when wallace died.

Wallace did kill Hugh Cressingham but not by slitting his throat - he took a strip of skin from his head to heel and used to bind the hilt of his sword.(DNA testing confirms the leather on his sword hilt - kept at the wallace monument in Stirling - is human skin)

They miss out a few years where wallace buggers off to rome and hangs out with the pope.

Wallace wasnt exactly a commoner. All the royals and nobles etc in Scotland were not allowed to be royals anymore after the convention where the main leaders were killed (this convention happened before wallace was born so he didnt go in and find the bodies hanging like in the movie)

Robert the Bruce fighting on the english side is a bit silly of an idea - the English would have loved the opportunity to kill him.

and so on