 Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) plays King Richard talking on a thick  Scottish accent, a reference to Sean Connery (qv)s performance in  _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)_ (qv). Some critics found  Connerys accent inappropriate for the role, since King Richard was  English and did not speak with a Scottish burr (thus providing  comedic fodder for Mel Brooks). Of course, there are then some  historians who insist that Richard 