'Every man dies, not every man really lives'


William Wallace was a pretty snazzy dresser. For a man who liked to wear skirts and make up, he must have been really comfortable with his masculinity. (For the hundreds of Scots that I have just offended, I mean no ill will to you and your skirt wearing heritage. I myself have been known to, on occasion. wear a skirt. A black one. With white lace on the bottom. So there.)

Here's a little known fact we can place in the file marked 'Ew'. The real Princess Isabella of France was twenty years younger than William Wallace. There is no record that the two were ever involved intimately. Well, I suppose you must take a few dramatic leaps, even in a film depicting true events. I mean, I'm sure Mel has at least 15 years on me, and I'd...shake his hand. Moving on.

Did you know that in 1925 there was a silent Western also called Braveheart? And it was actually a remake of another silent Western from 1914 called Strongheart? To the best of my knowledge, and I cannot be 100% sure of this, having seen neither film, but there isn't a man wearing a skirt and wielding a sword in either film.

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