Trending News|July 27, 2015 03:12 EDT
'King Arthur' Movie News: Director Reveals Why the Previous Films Didn't Work
'Snatch' director Guy Ritchie plans to bring forth the definitive movie for King Arthur with his new movie starring 'Sons of Anarchy' actor Charlie Hunnam.
While there has been previous iterations of the King Arthur story, they have all been considered lackluster with know lasting affect on the medieval genre. Ritchie claims that this version of the story plans to change that in a recent interview with EW.
He first offers his theory on why the character's story hasn't worked well in the past.
"I think where the pitfall has often been is trying to make King Arthur bland and nice, and nice and bland. The two qualities make rather compatible bed companions," Ritchie explained. "Unfortunately, they're not interesting to watch. Luke Skywalker was always the most uninteresting character in Star Wars because he's the good guy. Good guys are boring."
Characters such as Superman have faced the same kind of criticism in movies, however Ritchie may have the remedy for the "good guy" syndrome.
"That King Arthur was a good guy from the beginning," he said. "Our King Arthur is not a good guy from the beginning.
"If somebody is walking around with noble aspirations and just looking for a vehicle to show how f-king noble they are and then they find out that they're king of England, oh wonderful! We're off to the races," Hunnam said. "But it's all a bit boring and Arthur looks like a bit of a c-t."
'King Arthur' has a release date of July 22, 2016.