<P> Robert the Bruce did change sides between the Scots loyalists and the English more than once in the earlier stages of the Wars of Scottish Independence, but he never betrayed Wallace directly, and he probably did not fight on the English side at the Battle of Falkirk (although this claim does appear in a few medieval sources). Later, the Battle of Bannockburn was not a spontaneous battle; he had already been fighting a guerrilla campaign against the English for eight years . His title before becoming king was Earl of Carrick, not Earl of Bruce . </P> <P> The actual Edward I was ruthless and temperamental, but the film exaggerates his character for effect . Edward enjoyed poetry and harp music, was a devoted and loving husband to his wife Eleanor of Castile, and as a religious man he gave generously to charity . The film's scene where he scoffs cynically at Isabella for distributing gold to the poor after Wallace refuses it as a bribe would have been unlikely . Also, Edward died on campaign two years after Wallace's execution, not in bed at his home . </P> <P> The depiction of the future Edward II as an effeminate homosexual drew accusations of homophobia against Gibson . </P> <P> We cut a scene out, unfortunately...where you really got to know that character (Edward II) and to understand his plight and his pain...But it just stopped the film in the first act so much that you thought,' When's this story going to start?' </P>

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