Is Russell Crowe Too Old to Play Young Robin Hood?

[Frame Dragger]

More boring than what?

I think he may be a fan of "The brooding vampire", a la Twilight and such junk. "Oh baby, I love you, but I am just SO emo!" "Oh vampire baby, I love you, but I'm so emo too!" *simultaneously* "Lets sulk for the next 90 minutes!"

*places gun barrel in mouth*

 

[Frame Dragger]

If you're going to throw in a couple Kappas, you've got to resurrect Bruce Lee and put him in there too. Let's go all the way over the top!

Oh that would be too good. Still, a being that is limited to a pond is probably not the most terrifying thing out there.

Personally, the recorded history of Vlad Ţepeş is terrifying enough! The man made Saddam Hussein look like a dear old fellow.

Might have been too dangerous a subject: take from the rich, give to the poor. All Bill's patrons were wealthy.

Good point, and in a time when a knife in the dark was hardly unheard of... probably the smart choice. Old Billy got away with plenty, but I don't think the whole story of Robin Hood could have flown under that radar.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Good point, and in a time when a knife in the dark was hardly unheard of... probably the smart choice. Old Billy got away with plenty, but I don't think the whole story of Robin Hood could have flown under that radar.

Not unless he made him a half-villain, and wrote in a bad ending for him with the triumph of aristocratically administered law and order. Wouldn't be the same Robin Hood.

 

[Frame Dragger]

Not unless he made him a half-villain, and wrote in a bad ending for him with the triumph of aristocratically administered law and order. Wouldn't be the same Robin Hood.

Too true, and I don't think that Shakespeare would do that to literature unless he had to.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Miss Evo wants Robin Hood to be a hottie, above all other considerations.

I wonder if the overall drift of all of these embellished-over-time stories is always toward some core romantic tale, as embodied in the popular Romance Novel. Seems like it.

 

[BobG]

Oh god I completely forgot about this movie. This is another GREAT movie... it was kinda long but WELL WORTH IT!

This just makes me want to go and make a list of epic movies with Russell 'the Great' Crowe ()

Gladiator!
A Beautiful Mind
Cinderella Man
Master and Commander
State of Play
Body of Lies
American Gangster

I don't think I know of any other movies... I'm pretty sure all of these were made after Gladiator in 2000 so I guess 2000 was just his breakout year .

Cindarella Man was a great movie, too. It stayed true to the real story of James Braddock, who was one of the great stories of boxing. The movie stopped with the Braddock-Baer fight, but the post-fight life of both fighters was kind of interesting.

Braddock really was a journeyman fighter at that point and was deservedly a huge underdog against Max Baer. He kept putting off defending his title until he got the right deal since he didn't have much chance of winning against a top notch boxer. He finally gave Joe Louis the title shot two years later (instead of Max Schmeling who probably deserved it more at that point) in return for 10% of Louis's gross for the next 10 years. The fact that Schmeling was from Nazi Germany and that a black Joe Louis would never get a title shot if Schmeling were champion helped Braddock's bargaining position a lot. He wound up getting a lot more money from Louis's fights than he ever did from his own.

And, of course, Max Baer had a son that was famous in his own right. Max Baer, Jr was Jethro Bodine on the Beverly Hillbillies.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

I have been told I look like Russel Crowe. Now I know that Evo thinks I am ugly. :-(

What are you talking about? First most of the supposed atrocities performed by Vlad Ţepeş were pretty common at the time. Second most of his supposed atrocities are legends spreed by his enemies. Third Vlad Ţepeş didn't kill anybody without a pretty good reason by the standards of his day. Also I don't remember anything about chemical and biological weapons.

Actually I think that there was a Vlad Tepes movie a while back on HBO or Showtime. Very sensationalized of course with him actually being a vampire who made a pact with the devil or some such.

 

[bp_psy]

I have been told I look like Russel Crowe. Now I know that Evo thinks I am ugly. :-(Actually I think that there was a Vlad Tepes movie a while back on HBO or Showtime. Very sensationalized of course with him actually being a vampire who made a pact with the devil or some such.

You managed to quote me before I deleted my post. Recently there have been a lot of movies and so called documentaries about him.I think they are a result of the interest created by the hot vampire phenomena you mention. One more thing the story of Dracula begins and ends with Bram Stoker's novel. There is no real reason to connect Vlad Tepes with Dracula since the novel does not intend to make such connection.

 

[zoobyshoe]

One more thing the story of Dracula begins and ends with Bram Stoker's novel. There is no real reason to connect Vlad Tepes with Dracula since the novel does not intend to make such connection.

The allusions to Vlad are obvious, and it's clear he was a major source of grounding for the character. The main connection is obviously the name and noble blood, country of origin. Stoker took the name "Dracula" for his character from Vlad III after reading Romanian history and there is every chance he came across the stories of Vlad Dracula drinking the blood of killed enemies from goblets, which dovetails perfectly with the vampire concept. He also put Dracula's castle in Transylvania where Vlad had one. The connection is not that he's proposing Vlad came back after death as a vampire, the connection is that he took important elements from Vlad to enrich his character.

 

[leroyjenkens]

Unless you have a prejudice, you'll probably like him as Robin Hood at the most halfway through the movie.

Although I see someone like Orlando Bloom looking more like I think Robin Hood would look like, Russel Crowe is a better actor.

I also didn't like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine when I first saw him, but it grew on me.

 

[Lacy33]

I was waiting for someone to say "Orlando Bloom." That's about as hot as I can take it. Don't care what he acts like. Let another actor carry him. We all know the story. There is a Robin Hood in us all.

 

[EnumaElish]

I also didn't like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine when I first saw him, but it grew on me.

Come to think of it, he'd have been a good fit for Robin Hood, IMO.

 

[Evo]

Rusell Crowe should have been cast as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

 

[ViewsofMars]

Ewwwww.

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Evo, I personally drop to my knees, figeratively speaking, whenever I see a good looking man with a beard. I think he likes camping too! :!) I like the rustic look on a man when playing around outdoors. As far as Russel Crowe as Robin Hood, I think the Crowe is a bit old. lol!

I do like archery. As a woman I haven't taken that up for a while. I never aim at animals.

 

[mheslep]

Ewwwww.

Though your taste is beyond question, there are a few ladies that hold differing opinions of Maximus Gladiator, or maybe they like Ewwwww. Short list:

Jodie Foster
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Erica Baxter
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Meg Ryan
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Peta Wilson
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Jennifer Connelly
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Nicole Kidman
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Danielle Spencer
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[Astronuc]

Rusell Crowe should have been cast as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Yes - that would fit. Evo should be casting director.

 

[fuzzyfelt]

I wonder what the usual life span was in the C12th. I had an idea it was around 35 years or so.

 

[leroyjenkens]

I wonder what the usual life span was in the C12th. I had an idea it was around 35 years or so.

Some countries in Africa have an average life span of about 35 years now.

 

[fuzzyfelt]

Sorry, I meant where the story is set, and was thinking that Russell Crowe, born in 1964, is probably too old, but I'm not sure.

 

[Evo]

I wonder what the usual life span was in the C12th. I had an idea it was around 35 years or so.

Especially if you're living as an outlaw in the woods without shelter or a means of a stable diet. Although Crowe looks a bit overfed for the part.

 

[Lisa!]

Maybe they want to decrease the popularity of Robin Hood since he was against authority!

Rusell Crowe should have been cast as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I've been watching the previews more closely due to this thread. I have gotten the impression the point of this film is to make a "man's" Robin Hood movie. They are being inspired by Braveheart and Gladiator and The Seven Samurai and not the traditional Robin Hood film. It's a war movie, it looks like, aimed at a male audience.

 

[rewebster]

The previews look almost like they could be ads for a video game--which I wouldn't doubt has been made already.

yeah, if they want more women to go see it, the previews should show more of the damsel in distress.

 

[leroyjenkens]

Sorry, I meant where the story is set, and was thinking that Russell Crowe, born in 1964, is probably too old, but I'm not sure.

Yeah I know what you meant. Lots of people lived a lot longer than 35 years though. Like into their 70's.

They are being inspired by Braveheart and Gladiator and The Seven Samurai and not the traditional Robin Hood film. It's a war movie, it looks like, aimed at a male audience.

They turned it into an epic.
I like the old story of the archery contest and all that stuff. I wonder if they'll have that in this one.

 

[Evo]

I've been watching the previews more closely due to this thread. I have gotten the impression the point of this film is to make a "man's" Robin Hood movie. They are being inspired by Braveheart and Gladiator and The Seven Samurai and not the traditional Robin Hood film. It's a war movie, it looks like, aimed at a male audience.

He looks like a neanderthal in that picture I posted.

The original Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest, he was a bandit that robbed rich people. He wasn't in the army, he didn't go on a crusade, he didn't attack castles with his band of "merry men".

 

[rewebster]

He looks like a neanderthal in that picture I posted.

The original Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest, he was a bandit that robbed rich people. He wasn't in the army, he didn't go on a crusade, he didn't attack castles with his band of "merry men".

well, he was a member of the royalty, according to the stories----

 

[Evo]

well, he was a member of the royalty, according to the stories----

Not in the original stories, he became a member of royalty hundreds of years later. There are so many versions as the years went by, you just need to pick a version you like. I prefer Disney's cartoon Robin Hood, with the fox.

But my true favorite of all time is the BBC tv series Robin of Sherwood. :!)

 

[rewebster]

I think it will be a good 'movie'--as long as Merlin or vampires aren't included---it may become a classic even

 

[Lisa!]

Not in the original stories, he became a member of royalty hundreds of years later. There are so many versions as the years went by, you just need to pick a version you like. I prefer Disney's cartoon Robin Hood, with the fox.

:!)

That 1 was so great!:!)
I'e watched it so many times.

 

[Evo]

That 1 was so great!:!)
I'e watched it so many times.

Crowe ain't no fox.

If PF did a Robin Hood movie, how would we cast it?

Robin Hood - Greg Bernhardt

Maid Marion - Math Is Hard

Nasir - Astronuc (Nasir the saracen was introduced as a character in the British series Robin of Sherwood, he had two swords crossed behind his back, so cool).

Will Scarlet - Berkeman

Little John - turbo-1

Herne, the Horned God - vanadium50, because he's God-like

Guy of Gisbourne - BobG (because Guy was a hottie in RoS)

Zoob of Nottingham - Zoobyshoe plays himself

Sheriff of Nottingham - Rewebster

Robert of Huttingdon - Cronxeh

various assasins (as needed) - cyrus, IcedEcliptic, Doc Al, George Jones

Baron de Belleme (sorceror) - Ivan seeking

Green haired alchemist - Borek (his hair color the result of an experiment gone terribly wrong)

Wise man from the East - gokul

So who would you guys cast?

 

[ViewsofMars]

Crowe ain't no fox.

If PF did a Robin Hood movie, how would we cast it?

Robin Hood - Greg Bernhardt

Maid Marion - Math Is Hard

Nasir - Astronuc (Nasir the saracen was introduced as a character in the British series Robin of Sherwood, he had two swords crossed behind his back, so cool).

Will Scarlet - Berkeman

Little John - turbo-1

Herne, the Horned God - vanadium50, because he's God-like

Guy of Gisbourne - BobG (because Guy was a hottie in RoS)

Zoob of Nottingham - Zoobyshoe plays himself

Sheriff of Nottingham - Rewebster

Robert of Huttingdon - Cronxeh

various assasins (as needed) - cyrus, IcedEcliptic, Doc Al, George Jones

Baron de Belleme (sorceror) - Ivan seeking

Green haired alchemist - Borek (his hair color the result of an experiment gone terribly wrong)

Wise man from the East - gokul

So who would you guys cast?

I'd have to see their *real* faces and body type along with his or her acting experience to determine who I would cast.

Interesting article to read in the New York Times.
English Legends: That Robin Guy and Sir Ridley (Director)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/movies/09ridley.html?pagewanted=1
Even Sir Ridley is an attractive man in the photo from the New York Times. And, Crowe is also. I've yet to met a physically ugly man.

 

[rewebster]

hmmm, I can't seem to shake off that bad boy/man image----


so, I'm guessing you're the director, and in charge of casting...

 

[turbo]

So I'd have to beat Greg in a battle with quarterstaves? Best start practicing.

 

[ViewsofMars]

hmmm, I can't seem to shake off that bad boy/man image----


so, I'm guessing you're the director, and in charge of casting...

I'm a woman who responded to Evo's request. You have misjudged me. Where did I give you the impression I am fond of a bad boy/man image? Just because I sometimes like a beard on man?

By the way, I have directed plays before.

 

[rewebster]

I'm a woman who responded to Evo's request. You have misjudged me. Where did I give you the impression I am fond of a bad boy/man image? Just because I sometimes like a beard on man?

By the way, I have directed plays before.

you got a post in between, ----I was aiming at Evo

beard? but I do sometimes grow one for winter