Ian Chinich, a customer service representative at the East Providence, Rhode Island office of Automated Health Systems, takes care of the firm’s Affordable Care Act rollout. Automated Health Systems develops and administers health care programs for low-income families. A lover of fantasy movies, Ian Chinich has watched “The Green Knight,” an Arthurian fantasy film written and directed by David Lowery.
A spin from the Knights of the Round Table, The Green Knight is the story of King Arthur’s nephew, Sir Gawain, who embarked on a mission to confront Green Knight, an emerald-skinned tester of men. Sir Gawain’s mission proved to be a deadly game as he contends with giants, ghosts, thieves, and schemers in the process. By facing the ultimate challenger in Green Knight, Sir Gawain proved his character and worth in the eyes of everyone in the kingdom.
Lowery needed just 11 months to do the pre-production works, including story adaptation and scriptwriting, before rolling the cameras. Considering the extent of the story and the details in the film's outcome, it is hard to think that the pre-production works were done in less than a year.
Ralph Ineson, who played the role of Green Knight, would spend several hours each day shooting for makeup and prosthetics applications. Ineson also wore wooden contact lenses to make his coming from the Earth look realistic.
It took some time for Lowery to decide how Sir Gawain would decapitate Green Knight’s head. In the original story, Sir Gawain would use Green Knight’s axe to do the deed. However, lead star Dev Patel (who played Green Knight) stepped in to express what it would be like for King Arthur’s nephew to wield the Excalibur for the first time. Lowery finally decided to have Sir Gawain behead Green Knight using King Arthur’s Excalibur.
