Paul Bettany won't rewatch A Knight's Tale after Heath Ledger's death

Paul Bettany said at L.A. Comic Con on Saturday that he has not rewatched his breakout film A Knight's Tale since its 2001 release because the experience is too painful after the death of his costar Heath Ledger. Bettany, appearing on a panel with WandaVision and Avengers costar Elizabeth Olsen at the Los Angeles Convention Center, told fans he saw the film when it first came out but has avoided revisiting it and that one reason is that he misses Ledger "too much."

Bettany, who played a young Geoffrey Chaucer in the medieval action comedy, said people still quote lines from the film to him on the street, but he cannot recall the dialogue himself. "It was a really long time ago. It was like another lifetime ago," he told the audience. "People do come up sometimes... and I literally can't remember. I can't remember any of it."

A Knight's Tale, written and directed by Brian Helgeland, paired Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire who assumes a noble identity to compete in jousting tournaments, with Bettany's Chaucer forging the documents that allow him to enter the lists. The film blended period setting, modern pop culture elements and a rock-oriented soundtrack. It launched...