Charlie Hunnam Starring In 'King Arthur' Fulfills His Childhood Dream!

Charlie Hunnam is opening up about his role in King Arthur, a part he says was a longtime childhood dream!

“As kids do, you know, you latch onto films that you like and you watch them over and over again. When I was about six or seven John Boorman‘s ‘Excalibur‘ was one of my favorites,” the 37-year-old actor expressed while making an appearance on Good Morning America on Monday (May 1) in New York City. “It was a time when I’d already identified that I love film but I started to dream, as kids do, that maybe that would be what I could do as a career.”

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“At six-years-old, I thought learning to ride horses and sword-fighting sounds like pretty much the greatest job in the world. And now cut to 30 years later; it’s my least favorite part of the job,” Charlie said, laughing. “That’s OK, though.”

That same day, Charlie joining director Guy Ritchie at SiriusXM Studios before heading off to their BUILD series panel to promote King Arthur.