I happened to catch a few minutes of a medieval costume drama (can’t tell in that brief moment if it was fantasy or straight historical fiction, but it definitely wasn’t a LOTR movie) with Hugo Weaving in it but I can’t find anything matching the brief bit I saw on his IMDB credits.
Here’s the little bit I saw…one bit had an old, white-haired man in steel armor threatening a blond, curly-haired teenager or young adult in golden armor with a sword, but not being able to actually bring it down on him for some reason. The next bit I saw was a farewell scene as this curly-haired kid said goodbye to a woman as he readies to lead an army to battle. This was the part that had Hugo Weaving in it, wearing regular period clothes, not armor. And that’s all I saw.
I’m really curious because I’ve usually up on medieval-era movies coming out (whether historical fiction or fantasy) and this doesn’t match anything I’ve heard of. And it’s not a new movie…someone was playing the DVD on the tv in their room and I passed by in the hall as both scenes were on, and I really don’t know him well enough to ask him what it is.
I think you must be mistaken on the actor and that it’s not Hugo Weaving. I’ve seen practically everything available starring Hugo that I could get my hands on (sometimes things that only exist on old VHS tapes!) and I have never seen a movie like the one you are describing.
If it **was **him, then it’s nothing I’ve heard of and I’d like to know what your friend was watching because Hugo Weaving in a medieval movie yes please!
I would have to agree that the movie in question is probably Excalibur. I watched it again recently for the first time in forever, and I can recall thinking, “Is that Hugo Weaving?” but then realized he isn’t the right age.
Some of the best movies are the simplest. Look at the tension in Wannsea Chronicles as well. Such a quiet, peaceful meeting - discussing the Final Solution like it was just another day of business. The movie [the German version] was just a real-time reenacting of the meeting. Very thought-provoking. [It took me watching for a but and catching the discussion to realize what it was.]
Ooh, I just saw another excellent movie on that very same topic, “Conspiracy” with Kenneth Branagh & Colin Firth. It was chilling, watching them discussing that over food and wine.
That was basically the english language remake of Wannsee Chronicles.
Every now and again we do a themed filmfest - we combine the german language versions of Wannsee Chroncles, Die Bruecke and Das Boot when we do WW2 day.
By coincidence I have the DVD of John Boorman’s Excalibur in my computer - the commentary track is very entertaining. Does this ring a bell? From top to bottom, “woman”, “golden armor”, and “woman” again and also “man”.
The second two images feature metal nipples. According to the commentary John Boorman owns the breastplate (snicker) in the last image, although he doesn’t say what he does with it. I like to imagine that he invites Helen Mirren over occasionally and asks her to put it on, and she’s a game lass.
Also, note the use of teal and orange long before it was fashionable. On a more serious note Excalibur is a fantastic-looking film (although very grainy), especially given that it was done on a modest budget. It doesn’t really hang together very well, and the last part is rushed, and it needed more of Helen Mirren and Nichol Williamson - they hated each other in real life, but this works well in the film - and particularly more of Helen Mirren. Everybody shouts all the time.
'course, you could be thinking of a completely different film.
The movie [the German version] was just a real-time reenacting of the meeting. Very thought-provoking. [It took me watching for a but and catching the discussion to realize what it was.]