Originally, there was no wedding scene at the end of the film; the scene on the battlefield with Lancelot's (Ioan Gruffudd) body is longer and involves a short monologue from Merlin (Stephen Dillane), where he tells Arthur (Clive Owen) he hasn't failed his knights despite the death of Lancelot and Tristan (Mads Mikkelsen). This scene is then followed by the funeral scene, which is also longer, with Bors (Ray Winstone) giving a short monologue. This is then followed by a scene of Lucan (John G. Brennan) trying to remove Excalibur from a stone. He fails, but Arthur tells him that one day he'll be strong enough to do it. Black smoke then rises from Lancelot's pyre and there is a fade to the slow motion shots of the horses riding. However, after several poor test screenings, the audience's biggest complaint was that the ending was too melancholy and needed a scene to finalize the romance aspect of the story. As such, the wedding scene between Arthur and Guinevere (Keira Knightley) was added. Director Antoine Fuqua dislikes the new ending, and on his DVD commentary states that he much prefers the original, darker ending.

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