King Arthur (2004)

In the trailer for the King Arthur film, King Arthur was portrayed very differently from what I see as a stereotypical king. When I think of a king, I think of a pretentious jerk that was born into royalty. In the trailer, he seemed a lot more normal and a lot less royal. He earned his spot as King by being a fearless warrior. He was not narcissistic at all, in fact, and what stuck out to me was his connection to his family and the soldiers under him. Also, in other movies and novels, kings are sometimes unintelligent, especially in their younger years. King Arthur was younger than all of the other main characters that were in his militia, but yet clearly the bravest and brightest.

While many things in the trailer differentiated from how I think of kings, some traits aligned. Kings are supposed to be handsome, and King Arthur in this film is definitely portrayed as good looking. Also, Arthur is talked about by others in the movie as being larger than life. This seems like a consistency among fictitious kings.