On September 11, 1297, the warrior vanquished the superior armies of Edward I, cementing his status as one of Scotland's most iconic heroes ...

Prior to his 2006 run-in with the cops and subsequent Hollywood fall from grace that saw him blacklisted, Mel Gibson had transitioned, à la Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford before him, from hunky, ...

Medieval historian and co-host of the 'Gone Medieval' podcast, Matt Lewis, deep dives into the historical accuracy of the highly controversial movie 'Braveheart'. You can now become a History Hit ...

Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...

Mel Gibson wanted Brad Pitt to play William Wallace in Braveheart. The 1995 film won Best Picture and made AFI’s list of the most thrilling movies.

Modern audiences often forget just how massive a star Mel Gibson was for roughly a twenty-year stretch spanning the mid-to-late 1980s, the 1990s, and the early 2000s. For a time, there was virtually ...

We all know that historical movies can be inaccurate. Sometimes, they get historical figures completely wrong – for example, Pocahontas was a child when she met John Smith, and so was Isabella of ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...