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Russell Crowe has teamed up with his Gladiator director Ridley Scott for a new period piece film and today we get our first look at Crowe in his new role of Robin Hood, the so-called Prince of Thieves:

Robin Hood, say hello to Gladiator. The story of the bandit who steals from the rich and gives to the poor gets a makeover in Robin Hood, which reunites Gladiator star Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott. Sporting a Caesar haircut and slimmed-down physique, Crowe shed the weight he gained for his portly characters in State of Play and Body of Lies. He also updated the bandit’s wardrobe. “He doesn’t have the old Robin Hood tights,” says producer Brian Grazer. “He’s got armor. He’s very medieval. He looks, if anything, more like he did in Gladiator than anything we’re used to seeing with Robin Hood.” And though it won’t be easy replicating the box office or Oscar success of the 2000 film —Gladiator raked in $458 million worldwide and won five Academy Awards, including best picture — Grazer says Robin Hood’s story was ripe for revisiting. “Oddly, it’s a metaphor for today,” Grazer says. “He’s trying to create equality in a world where there are a lot of injustices. He’s a crusader for the people, trying to reclaim some of the ill-gotten gains of the wealthy. That’s a universal theme.” Not that the film will linger on the contemporary. “We just shot a scene where Maid Marion fires a flaming bow and arrow into the night sky. It’s just a cool story.”

HMM … it looks like Robin Hood will be going up against Sherlock Holmes (who we all know will be played by Robert Downey, Jr.) in a box office battle royale to determine who is the bigger literary heavyweight. To be honest, my money is on Sherlock Holmes. While Robin will have his band of Merry Men, Sherlock has got Watson (played by Jude Law) and his Jude’stache. Hello, there’s no contest. While many would say that their fave Robin Hoods from days of yore have been played by actors like Errol Flynn, Kevin Costner or even Cary Elwes … I’d have to say that my fave actor to play Robin Hood is Patrick Stewart who played Robin in an ep of Star Trek: The Next Generation. But … Crowe did hand in a pretty impressive performance as Maximus in Gladiator back in 2000 … I suppose he can pull off Robin Hood as well, right?

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