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‘A Knight’s Tale’ Director Recalls Heath Ledger Changing The Song To The Iconic Dance Scene A Knights Tale is celebrating its 20th anniversary and director Brian Helgeland is looking back on the medieval fantasy film, which starred Heath Ledger. …

Heath Ledger suggested the use of David Bowie’s Golden Years in the 2001 movie A Knights Tale, the films director Brian Helgeland said Tuesday. Helgeland chat with Vulture Tuesday, which marked the 20th anniversary of the films release. In the medieval action film, the late actor, who died at 28 in 2008 from a drug overdose, played the leading role of ambitious peasant William Thatcher. The films dance sequence was slated to be set to the 1975 song Get Down Tonight by KC and the Sunshine Ban...