Gawain
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Gawain, spelled in many ways, is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legendary cycle. The prototype of Gawain appears under the name Gwalchmei in the earliest Welsh sources. He has
Sir Gawaine the Son of Lot, King of Orkney, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
Gauvain's attributed arms
Galvagin (Gawain) depicted fighting Carrado (Carados) on the Italian Modena Archivolt (c. 1120–1240)
Gawain unwittingly fights Yvain in the Garrett MS. No. 125 manuscript of Chrétien's Knight of the Lion (c. 1295)
The Green Knight (film)
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The Green Knight is a 2021 dark fantasy adventure film directed, written, produced, and edited by David Lowery. It is an adaptation from the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and stars
Gawain
…2020), and Takahiro Mizushima in Fate/Extra Last Encore (2020). Another Sir Gawain and the Green Knight film adaptation starred Dev Patel as Gawain in The Green Knight (2021). He is also depicted in multiple episodes of BBC's Merlin (2008–2012), where he is a Knight of the Round Table under King Arthur. In this…
Theatrical release poster
Plaque at Cahir Castle, Ireland, commemorating its use as a filming location for The Green Knight.
The Wonderful Barn, used for filming as the "crooked tower."
The mass closures of cinemas brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic forced the release of The Green Knight to be delayed from May 2020 to July 2021.