Rufus Sewell wearing armour behind the scences of A Knight’s Tale
“When they get it wrong it hurts because it's steel they're dealing with not a nice, friendly piece of cloth wrapping around your leg, it's sharp steel and iron.”
“I let the armour do the action for me. It's pure steel; I don't know how many pounds it weighs, but the helmet is about 30 pounds.”
“When it's a 100° outside you'd reagularily have to have water poured on you, and you watch the steam go *ptsss* of it 'cause it'll get like hotplate.”
- Rufus Sewell
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“When he lifts his visor you get a genuine sight of a tortured person, which is great.”
“Still wanted to keep Adhemar appealing rather than just too black, too dark, too evil. The attempt here is that black isn't black, [I've] gone for a sort marble blue black.”
- Caroline Harris, the costume designer
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more of the making of A Knight’s Tale source: A Knight’s Tale DVD extras