Gibson stars alongside Brian Cox in Braveheart, the 1995 historical action epic following William Wallace (Gibson), a Scottish warrior who leads his countrymen against a rebellion to free his ...

Scottish fighters didn't sport blue face paint at that time as Gibson's character does. Nor would Wallace have donned a tartan kilt, which only came into vogue centuries later.

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