Gibson defended the mooning scene, saying that the movie needed some comic relief. Oh, and there's no mention, in history or legend, of the Scots 'mooning' the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Crispin’s Day Speech” from the Shakespeare play Henry V.ġ0. William Wallace’s famous “Freedom” speech was heavily inspired by King Henry’s “St. When asked why he decided to leave the bridge out of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, Gibson answered that ' the bridge got in the way'.ĩ. The Battle of Stirling Bridge sequence was filmed over six weeks on the bridge-free Curragh Plain in County Kildare.Ĩ. In 2009, Mel Gibson told a Daily Mail interviewer: 'We kind of shifted the balance a bit because somebody's got to be the good guy and somebody the bad guy, and every story has its own point of view.'ħ.

Many Scots were offended by the film's portrayal of Robert the Bruce as Wallace's betrayer he's considered just as much of a national hero as Wallace.Ħ. Legend has it that King Robert's close friend Sir James Douglas took his heart with him into battle after he died, crying: “Lead on brave heart, I'll follow.'ĥ. 'Braveheart' was a nickname given to Robert the Bruce, not William Wallace.Ĥ. Today, it's known as the Braveheart Car Park.ģ. After the set was dismantled, the parking lot the filmmakers built remained. Nearly all of the movie was filmed in Ireland, apart from a few scenes that featured William Wallace's village, which were filmed in Glen Nevis.Ģ.

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