Robin Hood

[Tanin]

I hope they are not twins

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Maybe when Ridley says Crowe is playing both roles, he actually means Eddie Murphy.

J/K. I don't think it's fair to bash at this point. It's quite obvious Ridley has an original take up his sleeve, and originality is something to be valued in Hollywood these days. We all just have to wait and see on this one.

Yeah, let's give Ridley some credit.

Note: Just heard that Crowe is playing the Sheriff, Robin Hood, Robin Hood's grandma, granddad, uncle, and little sister.

 

[That-Guy]

Possibilities:

Crowe will indeed play two roles - idiotic.

Crowe will play the Sheriff, with Robin Hood as his secret identity - could be okay, but really, what's the point?

Ridley is just f**king with us and the role of Robin (whether he's good or bad) has yet to be cast - what I'm hoping for.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Crowe will indeed play two roles - idiotic.

I'd ****ing love that, as unlikely as it is. It'd be a brilliantly off-beat thing to do in a Hollywood epic.

 

[That-Guy]

The more I think about the idea of the Sheriff secretly using Robin Hood as his secret identity, the more I get annoyed with this movie. Robin Hood isn't a comic book super hero with a dual identity, and that's what it sounds like this is going to be. Stupid. I can see the movie poster now:

MY SHIRE SCREAMS

 

[FaT_tONle]

Guarantees Dicaprio will get this role....

 

[Cinemaman]

All this stuff about Crowe playing two roles just irritates me

 

[Batspider77]

Its impossible that Crowe plays bouth roles,it just makes no sense......and if Robin Hood is really the Sheriffs secret identity then he would be forced to wear a Mask while being Robin hood.

 

[Crockett]

Mark Strong is cast as Guy of Gisborne in Ridley's "Nottingham".

Mark Strong will portray Guy of Gisborne in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood reinvention Nottingham.

The British actor, who plays the head of the Jordanian secret service in Scott's upcoming Body Of Lies, revealed that the production is shrouded in such secrecy that his character goes under a different name in the screenplay.

He said: "The script is still fluid, but it's essentially the Guy of Gisborne character. In the synopsis I got, he's called Conrad, I don't know why!

"Then I got lots of missives sent through saying things like I've got to be blond. I thought, 'How do we do that?' I haven't got any hair, do I dye my stubble?"

Strong, who is currently filming Sherlock Holmes in London for Guy Ritchie, added that Gisborne is involved in a violent attack during the movie's opening scenes.

"I heard a rumour that I was going to get shot in the face by a cross bolt in the first ten pages and end up hideously disfigured through the rest of the movie," he commented. "There's so much speculation around it at the moment, but I do know that he's a bad guy."

In Scott's Nottingham, Russell Crowe will star as both the Sheriff and Robin Hood, with Sienna Miller playing Maid Marian.

Interesting that Mark Strong is getting a lot of role playing as a villain. t:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a135178/strong-joins-ridley-scotts-nottingham.html?rss

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Yes! Mark Strong! Man, that guy is getting a ****ing heap of work nowadays.

 

[Crockett]

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/12/01/brian-grazer-reveals-nottingham-plot-points-sets-record-straight-on-russell-crowe-confusion/

Warning for those who doesn't want to get spoiled.

Spoiler

We’ve all been gossiping about “Nottingham” for months on end and lately a lot of the chatter has concerned just who Crowe is playing. Scott told us recently that Crowe is playing both Robin Hood and Nottingham which left a few people scratching their heads. It wasn’t so confusing in retrospect given what has been reported about the script elsewhere.
But now Brian Grazer has further clarified to MTV News how this dual role thing is going to work AND he even dropped a bit of a bomb about how the beginning of the film plays out. So spoiler-scared folk please go no further.
Asked about the confusion over who Russell is in fact playing, Grazer said “The two role confusion is that what Robin Hood does is he sees Nottingham in battle very early in the movie and Nottingham dies. And Robin Hood takes over the identity of Nottingham. Thats how it plays out.” Grazer went on to call the film “an origin story” for the characters.

Hurm, wouldn't it be better if it was the other way around?

 

[The Englishman]

After reading the above spoiler this movie sounds like a big pile of donkey dung!!!

 

[Cinemaman]

Here is how it can turn out:

1) Scott delivers a masterpiece with amazing story idea revealing great twists and turns in characters' identities, chronology, and mind games, ala Kaufman.

2) Scott got mad and makes this film in order to just piss everybody or he is so blind about his idea that he doesn't even know where he goes, therefore he will fail.

 

[BestGirl]

After reading the above spoiler this movie sounds like a big pile of donkey dung!!!

Tell me about it. I was so looking forward to this movie when I thought it would star Christian Bale as a terroristic Robin Hood. This just sounds like it sucks.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Maybe Crowe is so high on himself that he has to be the lead man in every one of his films here on out... but if Scott wanted to make them twin brothers or something I mean go for it... even though you'd be butchering the story. It is an interesting concept though... it's just one of those things that makes zero sense. No idea how there would be any real threat or conflict brewing in this film... unless they just made it a love/romance movie... that could work for what this is.

 

[Watson]

Maybe Crowe is so high on himself that he has to be the lead man in every one of his films here on out... but if Scott wanted to make them twin brothers or something I mean go for it... even though you'd be butchering the story. It is an interesting concept though... it's just one of those things that makes zero sense. No idea how there would be any real threat or conflict brewing in this film... unless they just made it a love/romance movie... that could work for what this is.

I don't buy that. Bale and Crowe have worked together before and had few problems. I don't think Bale or anyone else was really that seriously considered ever. It was just fan spec run ramprant.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Crowe never came across as an ensemble actor to me... I get that he is getting old and his days as a lead man are numbered, but he ain't THAT old... 3:10 to Yuma was good but Bale wasn't HUGE huge back then and Crowe pretty much carried that film anyways. He took a back seat to Leo in Body of Lies but that was Leo. I get that the Gladiator days are over... but he needs to go back to his roots and start doing these more epic, theatre type films. Nottingham is a good start... but please... don't go back to fat ass CIA operators or whatever his character was in Body of Lies. WORK WITH OTHER DIRECTORS... one time? Just for a change? But the point is... I want Crowe as a leading man anyhow. I need to see this guy play a sleezy, ruthless king or something... need more Hollywood history stories. As I said, Nottingham is a good start, but it's a rehash of an old, drawn out story that no one finds interesting anymore. I like the fact that Scott is going outside the box at least going by these spoilers. But again... I prefer Crowe as a lead man and I'd prefer he get back to those history films... Master and Commander/Gladiator... whatever.

 

[dude stannis]

Mark Strong is cast as Guy of Gisborne in Ridley's "Nottingham".

Interesting that Mark Strong is getting a lot of role playing as a villain. t:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a135178/strong-joins-ridley-scotts-nottingham.html?rss

1) Mark Strong is the most underrated actor today.

2) I'd turn gay for Mark Strong out of sheer respect.

Definitely happy to see Mark Strong becoming a regular in big films.

Still worried about Russel Crowe in tights, it's gonna be hard to get into Gladiator shape whe your in your mid 40's.

 

[The Englishman]

Crowe never came across as an ensemble actor to me... I get that he is getting old and his days as a lead man are numbered, but he ain't THAT old... 3:10 to Yuma was good but Bale wasn't HUGE huge back then and Crowe pretty much carried that film anyways. He took a back seat to Leo in Body of Lies but that was Leo. I get that the Gladiator days are over... but he needs to go back to his roots and start doing these more epic, theatre type films. Nottingham is a good start... but please... don't go back to fat ass CIA operators or whatever his character was in Body of Lies. WORK WITH OTHER DIRECTORS... one time? Just for a change? But the point is... I want Crowe as a leading man anyhow. I need to see this guy play a sleezy, ruthless king or something... need more Hollywood history stories. As I said, Nottingham is a good start, but it's a rehash of an old, drawn out story that no one finds interesting anymore. I like the fact that Scott is going outside the box at least going by these spoilers. But again... I prefer Crowe as a lead man and I'd prefer he get back to those history films... Master and Commander/Gladiator... whatever.

Who said no one is interested in the story anymore. I am and im sure that more people are too.....

 

[FaT_tONle]

When I think Robinhood I am always gonna go back to the Costner/Rickman/Freeman film... I don't think people would be interested in seeing another Robinhood film for a while.

 

[That-Guy]

Arghh... Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves will always be one of those films that COULD have been a classic if they hadn't screwed up a few key elements. It had SUCH potential to be great.

The good:

Alan Rickman: Best Sheriff of Nottingham. EVER. No one will ever come close.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio: Great Maid Marian!

Guy of Gisborne: Perfect! (Sorry, I forget that actor's name but he's played some awesome villains).

Sean Connery as King Richard: Great cameo!

Little John, Friar Tuck and Will Scarlet: Awesome!

The Musical Score: Perfect!

THE BAD:

Kevin Costner: If you're playing Robin Hood, learn how to do a f**king English accent. But really, they should have gotten someone else altogether.

The swordfights: BAAAAD fight choreography may not have been all that noticeable back in 1991, but upon viewing it today, it's pretty laughable.

Azeem: Okay, while I like Morgan Freeman in this movie, he really shouldn't have been there. But I'd have been okay with it if Little John hadn't been forced to take a backseat.

 

[FaT_tONle]

That's the point... they are retreading average films fron the 80's and 90's... it has to stop.

 

[The Guard]

This sounds like a relatively new take on the concept to me.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

G-d this sounds like a bad idea.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Thats a stupid spoiler

Thats like [blackout]crediting Edward Norton as Tyler Durden before the movie came out[/blackout] DOES THIS EVEN COUNT AS A SPOILER ANYMORE.

Or like crediting Darth Vader as Anakin Skywalker. Its a really bad slip up