Carrouges is perceived as a thing of a dimwitted blowhard in the eyes of Jacques le Gris (Adam Driver), former good friend to Carrouges on the battlefield and squire to Count Pierre d’Alençon (Affleck). Which is why, when we are introduced to the knight Jean de Carrouges (Damon), we come confront-to-experience with a grizzled, esteemed war hero.