Da Vinci-s Demons Season 1 - Episode 1 [updated] -

A: Completely fictional. There is no historical evidence that da Vinci had seizures or prophetic dreams. This is a supernatural plot device borrowed from Goyer’s comic book sensibilities.

"The Hanged Man" does not open in a dusty workshop or a quiet chapel. It opens in the heat of a battle during a failed siege, immediately establishing that this version of Leonardo (played with charismatic intensity by Tom Riley) is not a passive observer of history. He is an active participant, sweating, bleeding, and shouting. Da Vinci-s Demons Season 1 - Episode 1

| Historical Fact | Show’s Fiction | | :--- | :--- | | Da Vinci was a vegetarian pacifist. | Episode 1 shows him designing war machines and casually dueling. | | The Medici family was powerful but not constantly besieged by the Pope’s assassins. | The Vatican sends hit squads into Florence nightly. | | Leonardo was notoriously slow at painting (the Adoration of the Magi took years). | He finishes a massive cannon design in one afternoon. | | No evidence of epileptic visions. | He gets flash-forwards of the future (including a glimpse of a helicopter). | A: Completely fictional