This is mushy stuff, though, and hardly deserving of its Oscar. Regardless of how accurate Braveheart was as history, it played into ongoing debates about devolution and Scottish independence (Rex ...

William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy ...

The comparisons between Braveheart and Gladiator likely played a role in Scott’s interest in casting Gibson, given the similar themes of both movies, with Gibson's tale of William Wallace being ...