Editing Henry V (1944 film) (section)

===Casting===
Hundreds of locals were hired as extras for the Agincourt battle scenes filmed in [[Irish neutrality during World War II|neutral Ireland]] in 1943. The production company paid an additional pound to anyone who brought his own horse.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Thomas L. Erskine |author2=James Michael Welsh |author3=John C. Tibbetts |title=Video versions: film adaptations of plays on video|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WsJNknw8tx8C&pg=PA151 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2000|page=151|isbn=978-0-313-30185-8}}</ref>

Olivier agreed not to appear in another film for 18 months to reduce any detraction from the promotion of ''Henry V''. In return, he was paid [[£]]15,000, tax-free (about £460,000 in today's money).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1720695,00.html|title=How Olivier staged a tax coup|author=Richard Norton-Taylor|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=March 2006 |access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref>

[[Esmond Knight]], who plays the patriotic [[Wales|Welsh]] soldier [[Fluellen]] was a wounded veteran of the war. He had been badly injured in 1941 while on active service on board {{HMS|Prince of Wales|53|6}} when she was attacked by the {{warship|German battleship|Bismarck||2}}, and remained totally blind for two years. He had only just regained some sight in his right eye.<ref>{{cite web |title=1943–1944 A Miracle Courtesy of Dr Anonymous |url=https://www.esmondknight.org.uk/page-2/page-23/ |website=Esmond Knight |access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref>