Wait, what? The Movie Blog reports:I don't know, Ridley. I do like Russell Crowe and think he's a good actor, but to have him playing the protagonist and the antagonist? Sort of seems a bit gimmicky to me. I just think it would make a ton more sense to just cast another great actor for one of the roles and Crowe for the other. Sure, Scott's probably doing this as a way of showing how much alike the sheriff and Robin Hood are, but you could probably do that more subtily and get the same effect with the traditional method.How do you top the fantastic one, two punch of Russell Crowe (the single best actor alive today bar none) and Leonardo DiCaprio in the upcoming “Body of Lies”? You do a movie with a one, two punch of Russel Crowe and Russell Crowe. That’s Ridley Scott’s genius idea (no sarcasm intended) for his upcoming Robin Hood film “Nottingham” where Crowe will apparently play BOTH Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
The news comes straight from the helmer himself, with Scott revealing “He’s playing both!” exclusively to MTV News during an interview for his new film “Body of Lies,” which co-stars Crowe. While Scott held additional details close to his chest — saying they would take too long to describe — he did exclaim that Crowe’s dual roles would be “a good old clever adjustment of characters. One becomes the other. It changes.”
Or maybe Scott is a fan of Eddie Murphy's recent movies.
2 comments:
Jeez... this is so ridiculous that it just might work. Although I would have loved Christian Bale as Robin Hood (who wouldn't?).
he's got the accent down, though he could stand to loose a little weight...
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