Christian Bale as Robin Hood

Posted on June 24, 2008
Filed Under Actors, Actresses, Directors, Rumors

There’s news, and then there’s is rumors. Rumors are often way more interesting and at the same time you know that the value of what you just read, or heard, can be more or less miniscule. I try to focus on verified news when posting on this movie blog but sometimes I can’t help myself. With that in mind, please, carry on…

A somewhat unexpected casting rumors has surfaced on the Internet. The Daily Mail tells us that director Ridley Scott is exceedingly keen to cast Christian Bale as Robin Hood in his upcoming project titled “Nottingham.”

Sienna Miller was cast earlier this week to play Maid Marion who becomes the center of a love triangle with Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Vanessa Redgrave and William Hurt is also said to be cast in the project which begins costume fittings next week.

In this new version, the Sheriff of Nottingham, played by Russell Crowe, is a noble and presumably likeable character forced to work for a tyrant, whilst Robin Hood himself will be portrayed as a much darker personality than previous incarnations. Well, we can’t have Russell Crowe as a genuine villain now, can we…

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