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"The statue to William Wallace that flanks the entrance to Edinburgh Castle. It was this statue that inadvertently gave the inspiration to the movie "Braveheart".
The scriptwriter Randall Wallace visited the castle while on vacation in Scotland, and noticed this statue, and was intrigued as the subject had the same second name as his own.
He asked one of the staff who this famous Wallace was, to be told "that sir, is our greatest hero!"
This sent him on a quest to discover all he could about the man, and resulted in "Braveheart" being released in 1995.
Incidentally, the other side of the entrance is flanked with a statue of Robert the Bruce, Scotland's hero-king.
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