ROBIN HOOD New Int’l Banner. Director Ridley Scott Doesn’t Like ROBIN HOOD Wearing Little Green Skirt

When the first photo of Russell Crowe as ROBIN HOOD hit the web, the immediate first response was that he looked just like Maximus but with bow and arrow. Along with that were some opinions about his costume which obviously looked nothing like Kevin Costner‘s in Prince Of Thieves or Cary Elwes in the hilarious classic comedy Men In Tights. Ridley Scott’s take on the hero who takes from the rich and gives to the poor, will be more gritty and realistic, so to speak, to portray how the legend came to be. Scott explained, via AP, that feather in the hat and little green skirt was never what he wanted for his version of ROBIN HOOD…

Scott said he aimed to tell a story about a real man coming home to England from the wars, rather than the glossy legend that Robin Hood has become.
“He’s a guy who’s been on the road, as opposed to a guy walking around with a feather in his hat and wearing a little green skirt. I never liked that Robin Hood. I couldn’t buy it,”
“The film starts to build the process of how Robin becomes Robin Hood. In a funny way, it’s like a prequel to Robin Hood.”

By the way, the international banner above is via badtaste.it.

Imagining Crowe wearing a feather in his hat and a little green skirt would count for something like.. MEN IN TIGHTS 2 perhaps.. Ha!