First look at Russell Crowe as Robin Hood!

by Liam on April 20, 2009 · 12 comments

Hey look! It’s Maximus Decimus Meridius with a bow and arrow instead of a sword! USA Today got our first look at Russell Crowe as Robin Hood, and if Filmonic was one of those gossip blogs I would comment on how Crowe has lost sooooo much weight since State of Play, and how the blue sooooo doesn’t go with the brown. But i’m not. So I won’t. Cast your merry eyes below!

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“He doesn’t have the old Robin Hood tights,” says producer Brian Grazer. “He’s got armor. He’s very medieval. He looks, if anything, more like he did in Gladiator than anything we’re used to seeing with Robin Hood.”

“Oddly, it’s a metaphor for today,” Grazer says. “He’s trying to create equality in a world where there are a lot of injustices. He’s a crusader for the people, trying to reclaim some of the ill-gotten gains of the wealthy. That’s a universal theme.”

Not that the film will linger on the contemporary. “We just shot a scene where Maid Marion fires a flaming bow and arrow into the night sky. It’s just a cool story.”

  • http://russelliracrowe.blogspot.com/ Layne

    "Cast your merry eyes below!"

    After looking at this, my eyes are definitely merry! Crowe has never looked better. Can't wait for this movie.

  • http://russelliracrowe.blogspot.com Layne

    "Cast your merry eyes below!"

    After looking at this, my eyes are definitely merry! Crowe has never looked better. Can't wait for this movie.

  • Duke ALLEN

    now i love ridley scotts movies, i can't say i love his choises some times…but honestley another robin hood!? Realy? despite peoples bitching about kevin costner's accent or lack there of, robin hood prince of thieves was the best robin hood movie. the sets were great the acting was good the story every thing the fighting…i'll go see this one but do we realy need more re-makes or re-boots? and do we need to see russell crowe in another ridley scott picture?

  • Duke ALLEN

    now i love ridley scotts movies, i can't say i love his choises some times…but honestley another robin hood!? Realy? despite peoples bitching about kevin costner's accent or lack there of, robin hood prince of thieves was the best robin hood movie. the sets were great the acting was good the story every thing the fighting…i'll go see this one but do we realy need more re-makes or re-boots? and do we need to see russell crowe in another ridley scott picture?

  • zach

    i agree with duke

  • zach

    i agree with duke

  • Name

    As far as I am concerned there will only be one Robin Hood, Kevin Costner. While I am not a huge fan of his, that role was written for him and is what alot of people remember him for. However, this film will be a must see for me as it will be interesting to see what Ridley Scott does with the story.

    It seems almost every big actor feels the need to play Robin Hood, i wonder why that is??

  • Linda

    who will tell me the true color of Russell Crowes eyes. in the gladiator they were brown. in 3:10 to yuma they were blue. Contacts. Truth please.

    • Anonymous

      YES!!!. BLUE CONTACT WEARERS: Russell Crowe, Paris Hilton, Brad Pitt (yeah, Mr. Perfect too), Gwyneth Paltrow, Julian MacMahon (Dylan Walsh’s are real), Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman (sometimes), George W. Bush (early years, he now has pics digitally altered), Hitlery Clinton (Bill’s are real, but he is fake), Howard Stern (he wears a hair weave too), [Elvis, Marilyn both had brown/hazelish eyes…pics digitally altered, airbrushed). GREEN CONTACT WEARERS: Tom Cruise, Ah-nold. Most Publicity Photos of these and other actors are digitally altered. Movie close-ups are also digitally touched-up painstakingly to perpetuate the illusion of perceived (recessive gene, Nazi-esque, Eugenics) “beauty.” Many stars have false beauty. NOT JOHNNY DEPP: is one of the pure few who just have it — without the fake stuff — great (dark, dark brown, almost black) dark brown eyes and real hair!!!

      • Anonymous

        BLUE CONTACT WEARERS (also): Ryan Gosling (The Notebook, he has brown, recently in the tabloids, they are blue), Jennifer Connelly (blue/green).

  • Linda

    who will tell me the true color of Russell Crowes eyes. in the gladiator they were brown. in 3:10 to yuma they were blue. Contacts. Truth please.

  • alex masters

    Russell began wearing BLUE CONTACTS (the same as Paris Hilton's) some time after Gladiator. He has naturally BROWN EYES, however slightly lighter than most brown eyes… a hazel if you will. Other BLUE CONTACT WEARERS: Russell Crowe, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Connelly, Ryan Gosling, Pres. W. Bush (while Texas Gov.), Hillary Clinton. GREEN CONTACT WEARERS: Lindsay Lohan (now blue too), Tom Cruise, Ah-nold… HAZEL CONTACT WEARERS: Rachel McAdams (green too). HOLLYWOOD ICONS WITH BROWN EYES sometimes digitized to blue: Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley.