Nigel Terry, King Arthur in ‘Excalibur,’ Dead at 69

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19. By the way,

did you know that Williamson and Mirren absolutely despised each other, and that Boorman cast them in those roles for that reason? Apparently they'd both shared a stage together when doing Macbeth, and ended up hating each other. Boorman hoped that the inherent dislike the two had for each other would help them be bastards to each other in the film. I think it worked out well.