For all the talk that either Sam Riley or Christian Bale would play Robin Hood in Ridley Scott's Nottingham...As it turns out--Russell Crowe will play not only the Sheriff of Nottingham but ALSO the part of Robin Hood.!
Crowe himself confirmed the rumor to the press at the LA junket for "Body of Lies" (due October 10th) over the weekend.
He told MTV News that the dual roles are "a good old clever adjustment of characters. One becomes the other. It changes."
I have faith in Scott and Crowe to be able to pull this off...Very few actors-Bale and Joaquin Phoenix Denzel Washington Al Pacino--can go toe to with Crowe.
As to the delay of the picture:-"It's one of those things where we're taking our time with. You don't want to be doing Robin Hood unless you're going to be doing it really f*cking well. It's got to be the best one ever done otherwise you should do something else."
Russell Crowe's accent seems to already resemble something that would fit in a new Robin Hood movie... though he'll probably have to get a bit slimmer than what his recent role in Body of Lies
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