A Knights tale introductions

[@dukejohn2000]

Paul Bettany is an absolute genius when it comes to acting... I swear, funniest character in the whole movie.

[@billedwards6985]

Married to the most beautiful woman in the woeld

[@jameswg13]

Should see him in margin call

[@Apollomasque]

This is why you always travel with a Bard in your party.

[@0prahTV]

In Greece.. he spent a year in silence, just to better understand the sound... of a whisper. *covers mouth*

[@m.h.1593]

🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

[@bibliofowl]

Paul Bettany is, without a doubt, the best part of this movie.

[@ElvenRaptor]

And that is actually saying a lot. Everyone in this film was perfectly cast, I thought.

[@EndlessSummer888]

I disagree, but that's probably only because I'm biased towards Heath Ledger. He is my second favorite actor, my favorite being Johnny Depp.

[@hailtothevic]

He's like the cherry on a perfect ice cream sundae

[@nightmarerazor5991]

He once spent a year in silence...just to better understand the sound of a whisper lol

[@cgill914]

So deep 🤣😂 lol

[@graceskerp]

Bettany was having the time of his life with that role.

[@emersonsitorus1136]

Yeah it suited he very well

[@pepperpascal1491]

And can you blame him?

[@graceskerp]

@@pepperpascal1491 Not at all.

[@TheEnderBand]

I love the part where he says whisper and actually looks like he crossed the line and is going to weep but also could crack up because of how extra he is being... I love the character of Chaucer, Bettany killed it

[@ikeelu5306]

Watched tonight's Game of Thrones and immediately thought Jon Snow needed this dude instead of Davos to introduce him.

[@vadstradamus]

That is exactly how I got here... "This is Jon Snow, the King in the North." 😂😂😂

[@Juanito1124]

lol! nice one. 🤣🤣

[@thisguy2659]

Davos’ intro was epic though

[@mrp8811]

"In Greece he spent a year to better understand the sound of a whisper". If Paul Bettany was "Best Man" at a wedding I would willingly be a waiter (free of charge) so long as he was in Chaucer's character.

[@HalfShelli]

Paul Bettany is a freakin' brilliant actor. He goes from this… unrestrained jubilation, to the sober serenity of Vision.

[@acartonoj]

I'm so happy I've realized his talent, he's great

[@fredleeland2464]

Not to mention his performance in Master and Commander

[@NoxLegend1]

He was great in Master Commander

[@strangefruit42]

With several stops on imaginary person, psycho killer monk, and badass archangel. And it really took me to see him as gummed-up slapstick robot to finally pay proper attention to how freakin' good this guy is.

[@wizard_d3274]

"WE WALK in the garden of his turbulence!" The ultimate hype man!

[@castlenovelist97BOOKS]

As a writer he used the right word.

[@houndandhandbag]

I love how Roland comes to the rescue "Yayyyy!"

[@grahammurdock5111]

The whole awkward silence after the first intro was actually unscripted. Most of those peasants were actually homeless Czech citizens who didn't speak english and didn't know they were supposed to cheer after Chaucer was done talking, but Roland cued them in and it looked so damn honest they left it in.

[@drexmaverick]

+Graham Murdock Sounds likely. Hollywood thrives on poverty ...

[@simonetanzi5103]

+MrWulfric1 it is true, they were indeed Czech, but I doubt about the homeless part

[@drexmaverick]

I wouldn't doubt it ... It most likely

[@ElvenRaptor]

I think they were all hired local extras.

[@beowulf916]

They were. It was a good opportunity for the locals to make some money, apparently.

[@BikerDash]

Paul Bettany played that role masterfully. One of my all-time favorite films.

[@lachlandebel8745]

It is my complete favourite movie.

[@wikidclownchris]

He’s probably the best Hype man in movie history

[@TheStarcraftJACKAL]

So, JARVIS makes an intro for The Joker, no one cheers, so King Robert Baratheon comes to the rescue! YEAH!

[@DeadwardGrimm13]

And Wash looks on in befuddlement.

[@richardmiller9681]

Bobby B is always above it all!

[@KenMagra]

Yeahh

[@Tactics00]

😂😂😂😂

[@RC-nv4bh]

Apparently the Czech extras didn’t understand what he was saying so Mark Addy ad libbed the YEAH part then they cheered. The director thought it was much funnier that way so he left it alone.

[@R3adybreck]

The single greatest monologue in cinematic history. Paul Bettany's greatest performance

[@jnixa1010]

Paul Bettany is amazing, actually this entire movie is amazing, and all of the performances.

[@ivervj2923]

"Just to better understand the sound of a whisper". And then he puts his hand in his mouth. I Love this scene.

[@LordOfBagels117]

Best. Sports movie. EVER. And don't you try and deny it. As campy, narmy, anachronistic, and over the top it is, it is somehow still my favorite sports film.

[@fabiandimaspratamathesecond]

The 1990s - early 2000s campy formula is what making this movie soo enjoyable to watch. Nostalgia.

[@picallo1]

Williams little Motley crew is the best ever assembled in a movie. Wat, the hothead, Geoff the smooth talker, Roland the equalizer and Kate the intelligent one. All such good characters.

[@nknd8630]

That last introduction always gets me. I have seen a knight's tale probably over 50 times. Every time, "here he is, one of your one, born a stone's throw from this very stadium" I get a little emotional

[@sovannahong6472]

....................yyyYYYeeAAaahhHH!!

[@graceskerp]

William's father heard that. "Sir William Thatcher"

[@flightlesslord2688]

The crowd were supposed to chear when Paul had finished his lines on the first one, but because they were in Eastern Europe they basically didnt get it cos of translation or something, and then Mark cheered and they all got the message. They kept it in cos it was so bloody funny.

[@shevetlevi2821]

Paul Bettany added so much to this movie.

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

Fun fact: the extras didn’t speak English, so the silence after Roland’s speech was a blooper, the audience missed the cue. But the crew decided to roll with it, and Mark Addy basically cued them.

[@carolanestanley4030]

Great touch!

[@sovannahong6472]

............yyYYEeeAAHHHH!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

It plays into the fact that he tones down the complex language going forward.

[@cloneofethan]

It makes the scene so much more funny knowing that😂😅😂

[@jamofbob715]

Do shut up

[@ElvenRaptor]

I think this was the movie that made a lot of people love in fall with Paul Bettany.

[@echolot]

And so without further gilding the lily and with no more ado, I give to you, the seeker of serenity, the protector of Italian virginity, the enforcer of our Lord God, the one, the only, Sir Ulllrrrich von Lichtenstein!

[@curtisberard7831]

Thank you, I'll be here all week!

[@urbypilot2136]

You left out the best part. The one where he ends with "DAMN! I'm good!"

[@LoveMaskedBandits]

And, thank you. I'll be here all week...😂

[@Rockhound6165]

He said "God I'm good".

[@nickasaro8789]

Dude was the best hype man of all time.

[@Pomatopedia]

... ... Yeaaaaaaaaah!!!

[@carolanestanley4030]

💯❤

[@blofeld2430]

That's a movie of the rare kind you want to re-watch again and again whenever you reach the end.

[@rayesafan9628]

had to write a paper on a movie in college. Asked my husband which movie he could handle seeing/hearing multiple times. I wrote my Paper on A Knights Tale.

[@jamesrobin2857]

This movie is so underrated! Never gets old.

[@jamesrobin2857]

Prince Mapoleon cause its a goox movie! Good original story, good acting, amazing sound track, funny scenes. I dont know why it has such bad ratings.

[@Klaaism]

"Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week."

[@jacquestrahan8405]

The first scene is one of my favorites especially when I found out it the response wasn't scripted. The crowd didn't speak English so they didn't know they were supposed to cheer. So the actor cheered and that let them know to cheer. And they kept it in the movie

[@Mav86asian]

Paul Bettany’s most brilliant performance ever.

[@Pendragon667]

The scriptwriters gave him the tools and Paul Bettany just nailed it perfectly. I just live A Knight's Tale.

[@medler2110]

He seemed to have a lot of fun with his role

[@cargo71]

@@medler2110 He almost lost his voice, tho...

[@tracyglasper5177]

So, the Joker and his two squires Wash and Robert Baratheon are being announced by Vision. Seems legit. Honestly though, I love this movie!

[@jackass123491]

I'm putting Paul Bettany down as a reference on my next job application.

[@medler2110]

Could be interesting, Interviewer: I see from your references, Seeker of serenity and protector of Italian virginity all very good, but how competent are you with Excel?

[@7th_Heaven]

XD

[@theexilekeibaru]

​@@medler2110Paul Bettany: "He is a man who Excels in all things he attempts, if only to pass the knowledge of how on to those less fortunate. Spent a year with the dev team to better understand the sound of a key press. Next moved to the code team where he helped protect them with anti virus software."

[@fadetoblack1026]

I just noticed at one point during his first speech, Count Ademar gives his herald a look like "you need to step your game up". 🤣

[@Rockhound6165]

No. Adhemar's look is a look that says, "Is this guy for real?"

[@fastacker2]

I want this guy to make all my introductions.

[@NoxLegend1]

You also need King Rob in the background for the initial YEAHHHH

[@flughafentiegel5958]

Videos like these are far too rare to cheapen with underhanded comments.

[@Crucifier61]

LOL!!

[@bearhall4919]

Vision is a great character, but whenever I see Paul Bettany, I see Chaucer. That was Chaucer I saw in the Avengers movies.

[@johnrafferty4364]

Same mate 100% the amount of times Ive found myself saying my lords, my ladies and everyone else here not sitting on a cushion!

[@MikefromTexas1]

*I give to you, the Seeker of Serenity, the Protector of Italian Virginity, the enforcer of out Lord God, sir Uuuulrich Von Lichtenstein!!!*

[@GetBenched2010]

The greatest hype man of all time.

[@wellanikarin8054]

WE WALK IN THE GARDEN OF HIS TURBULENCE

[@T_B1]

Yeeeaahhrrrrrrrrreaaaaerrr

[@The2ndFirst]

@@T_B1 RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[@slippytrippy8122]

The crowd: 😳😳😮😮😳

[@7th_Heaven]

Hoorah

[@jvam16]

Protector of the italian virginity. x'D

[@jeraldr2]

Paul Bettany absolutely crushed this perfomance! 10/10

[@lukebater-watson1781]

he would make a sick doctor who

[@m.h.1593]

🤯yes. I totally see it.

[@ashleyosborne5500]

Yes he could!!!

[@strangefruit42]

He's too famous now, but hell, yes, he'd be absolutely fantastic. He could bring the edginess of some of the classic Doctors combined with the charms of Doctors 9 to 11.

[@tellyboi2875]

I'm still impressed by the other guy's speech about Count Adamar defending his enormous manhood.

[@giancarlojubela2377]

"Defender of his enormous manhood." LOL!

[@MrAlexH1991]

“Days like these, are far too rare to cheapen with heavy-handed words.” Beautiful.

[@ImperialWarrior6490]

If I ever want a hype man, it'll always be Paul Bettany. He can bring the hype!

[@lauragraves4342]

He may be the protector of Italian virginity but I'm pretty sure he visited the Virgin Islands once and they are now called, "the islands."

[@johnrafferty4364]

This guy steals the show he literally owns this movie everyone does good but these parts I always remember

[@7th_Heaven]

his character was naked and penniless and addicted to gambling and lying and whatchamacallit . . . forgery! yeah that's the word when they found him. may it be a lesson to make good friends not bad ones. Emulate the work ethic and spirit, not the BS crimminality and fraudulent stuff.

[@jamesanthony8438]

Paul Bettany was so freakin' awesome in this movie. :)

[@JamesRDavenport]

The funniest thing of all is the 2nd intro is so much like the real Geoffrey Chaucer's style. The dude guilds the lilly all day long in Canterbury tales.

[@Phaugirl]

btw, the first scene were there was a long awkward silence before the crowd cheered. That wasn't scripted. lol

[@bekahlotrfreak01]

Phaugirl it was a great moment. No one spoke the language, so it was near perfect Lol.

[@thesheerwoodcrow5465]

Phaugirl that makes it even better. 😂

[@c0mmissarKar]

I want chaucer to introduce me when I meet girls and when I walk up to a table to take their orders.

[@Thortawar]

"Sir William Thatcher. Your father heard that." Best line.

[@reedr7142]

Watching Wat try to restrain his anger in that first introduction was fantastic. Will's/Ulrich's reaction was hilarious as well.

[@godemperorofmankind3.091]

Vision hyping up the Joker

[@gecko8530]

God Emperor of Mankind 3.0 KABCJSJXJAKSJSJW LMFAOO

[@ramoncastano4648]

No supers no CGIs but still one of the most brilliant movies I've ever seen RIP sir Ulrich🙏

[@chemicalhap]

Lol...lots of cgi in this movie. It's funny how people have a fixed conception of what vfx is.

[@Juvenal10]

This must have been such a fun role. Thank you for choosing Paul Bettany

[@marykay8587]

"garden of his turbulence".....after that the crowd was to cheer but they didn't understand (as the extras all spoke Czech) so his partner yelled which then everyone else follows.... well this first take made the scene 👍

[@hoilst265]

Minor correction: Geoff says "turpulence", not "turbulence" - "turpulence" being a rather old word meaning to be enveloped in the presence of someone. Which is even cooler.

[@7th_Heaven]

yup. Didn't want to point turpulence out but glad you did. 😉👍

[@lordofthecuttingmoon]

Geoffery Chaucer: ultimate hypeman.

[@ademirsegura6307]

Lord of the Cutting Moon the man who invented the hype

[@dmann5938]

Paul Bettany makes an awesome hype man

[@ABigMetalFan]

I'm going to learn every single intro word for word and reenact this one day. Absolutely brilliant.

[@wikidclownchris]

They’d make a epic best man speech

[@ggknightz9597]

While Thanos pulling out the Mind Stone, Vision: Waaaait, I missed my introduction !!!

[@xelumbra]

I don't know why but him referring too Ulrich as the rock and the hard place absolutely kills me every time. Was literally in tears watching this movie the other day purely because of his intros.

[@7th_Heaven]

feel ya 😉 Great film sooo well done. Music. script. cast. VHS/DVD cover art. It improves with age. Was pleasantly surprised to score the OST. definately a keeper.

[@BenjiPrice502]

Best wingman of all time

[@TLhikan]

I read that no one cheered at first in the first speech because none of the extras spoke English and couldn't tell when Paul was done with his speech.

[@derpynerdy6294]

Well makes sense since it’s Medieval times (correct me if I’m wrong)

[@tyleru96]

"That's your name, Will...Sir William Thatcher. Your father heard that."

[@blackjac5000]

Always, always have a great literary writer be your hype man.

[@jonathandickert7791]

Political candidates should be introduced like this at debates by their fringiest most over-the-top supporters.

[@kinigarawakashikuhah]

And then preced to jousting

[@dookeland8]

Imagine a liberal introducing Bernie. It’d take a half hour going thru the various “genders” that supposedly exist.

[@LaVitaNouva]

The best hype man in the history of mankind.

[@matthewwatkins4938]

When Chaucer raises Will's arm you can see some of the extras throw their hands up and then put them back down again

[@FantozziUgo1001bis]

It was shot in Czech Republic I think, and the extras didn't understand what he said... Indeed at the end of the speech they stayed still because they didn't understand that the moment to cheer had come, and Bettany and Addy improvised to make people cheer... Beautiful!

[@RoachDogg_JR]

Such a good fucking movie. Just a good God damn movie. Just a movie that is good, for the whole time. A good movie. A great movie. Just a good fuckin movie.

[@spongeyspikes09]

I'd rather binge watch this every week than watching all 8 seasons of game of thrones

[@tweezyg6561]

too good a movie to cheapen with heavy handed words

[@mauijaystar]

Just crazy brilliance. Bless Paul Bettany and those writers, what wit and style. :)

[@droidnoob5965]

They don't make movies like this anymore! So inspirational!

[@SSJ3rocks]

Vision giving an introduction for the Joker

[@korindoseng4953]

K2so and robert is there to help too

[@WarrenWebber]

Happy 20th anniversary, A Knight’s Tale! Released 05/11/2001, and a criminally underrated movie!

[@timtruth7394]

i saw it in the theater not knowing anything about it...when the intro included a Queen song mixed in..I knew then it was going to be a great movie...and it was.

[@acu112]

Talk about laying it on thicker than crunchy peanut butter... Paul's speech is inspiring 😅😅😅😅

[@AwesomeDream12]

My lords! My ladies. And everybody else here NOT sitting on a cushion: Today, today, you find yourselves equals. For you are all equally blessed. For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure Of introducing to you a Knight, sired by Knights, A Knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, Praying to God, Asking His forgiveness, For the Saracen blood spilt by his sword. Next, he amazed me still further in Italy When he saved a fatherless beauty From the would-be ravishings Of her dreadful Turkish uncle. In Greece, he spent a year in silence Just to better understand the sound of a whisper. And so, without further gilding the lily, And with no more ado, I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, The Protector of Italian Virginity, The Enforcer of our Lord God, The One -- The Only -- Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein!!!

[@carolanestanley4030]

❤

[@curtisberard7831]

We walk in the garden of his turbulance!

[@SlayerSeraph]

The "We walk in the garden of his turbulance" part was hilarious. The final speech was genuinely emotional, catchy and moving!

[@igorstark9514]

This awkward silence started at 0:19 and broken at 0:26 was one of the funniest non-planned scenes ever. XD After all, the crowd had no enough instructions to understand a bright mind like Chaucer.

[@MyloXyloto94]

............ YEAAAAA

[@markhenderson9801]

Leon King the reason is there where forgin extras and only cheered after mark addy and the director loved he goof and kept it in

[@KingofGloryandBeer]

The Protector of Italian Virginity!. I'm dead

[@simplytoocomplicated3794]

"Today you find yourselves equals" [Receives 20 warning crossbow bolts].

[@Mr.Severyn]

“Soldiers kill that man and his knight…. if he looses”

[@MyGiorguna]

The Vision introduce The Joker

[@Sparrow_J_Dreamer]

That's the best thing I read all day.

[@gicoleli7261]

I give to you, the son of Patriot, the anarchist of Gotham , the lady’s man of Casanova, cowboy of Brokeback Mountain, outlaw of Australia, the one the only, Heath Andrew Ledger

[@hollygolightly8970]

What is this called when a list of descriptive names is used to introduce some one? It's not a heraldry is it?

[@graceskerp]

@@hollygolightly8970 No, that's blazon. Description of an achievement of arms (coat of arms and all the external devices) in stylized language. A listing is called Titles and Styles. Such as "King of ...., Prince ..., Archduke in ...., Lord ...., etc etc.

[@7th_Heaven]

you folks are great

[@vietnameeseguy]

Gawd damn it Paul is so fucking funny in this movie😂

[@davewalker8519]

"Sir William Thatcher. Your father heard that." Not Chaucer's line, but one of the hardest hitting in the movie.

[@williamlionheart7793]

I love how Count Adamar looks at his man like "Why can't you be like that?" at 2:08

[@ErikBlankenship]

It pays to have a good hype man.

[@xlnyc77]

the time THE VISION hype-manned for THE JOKER

[@leonvo4601]

That's how people do marketing in the medieval.

[@beauknows1677]

Man the coolest thing is the people in the stands didn't speak, nor understand a lick of English. So when roland cheered it acted as a que for the extras to cheer

[@xRAINxOFxBLOODx]

The moment I read this, this bit played on the tv in the other room. XD

[@New-Moderate]

The fact that they didn’t cheer right away actually makes the scene funnier. It gives the impression that he went so over the top that they were too shocked to absorb it all and react.

[@orphieorphs2485]

2:46 defender of his enormous manhood...man im dead...

[@paveljirgal8143]

I just found out that this movie was recorded in Czech Republic, and in the first introduction of Sir Ulrich nobody understand what was Paul Bettany talking about (because most people in background were from czechia), thats why they didnt knew when to react.... You can even see in 0:15 those two women in background little bit confused, when they were raising hands up but stopped xD ...... And the director of movie kept this scene anyway, because its really funny xD

[@henryv5984]

The greatest public speaker of all mankind.

[@elhadjiousmanesam8006]

Days like these are far too rare to cheapen with heavy handed words ♥️😢

[@RickReinster]

"The Rock! The Hard Place!"

[@bekahlotrfreak01]

Robert Baratheon squired for a false knight! What valuable information this would be to the Lannisters...