Russell Crowe shares his ideas on why his 2010 Ridley Scott collaboration disenchanted theatrically.
After a handful of tasks within the early 2000s, together with the profitable Gladiator (2000), Crowe and Scott reunited for Robin Hood (2010), one other historic epic. This movie, nevertheless, which serves as a gritty origin story for the legendary determine, did not fare effectively with critics or audiences.
Now, in a brand new publish on X, Crowe shares his ideas on why Robin Hood did not hit the identical highs as one thing like Gladiator. In response to the star, 17 minutes had been lower from the theatrical launch, leading to a film that lacked a lot of an emotional punch.
“The administrators [sic] lower is the film all of us thought we had been releasing,” Crowe writes in response to a Cinema Tweets publish celebrating the film. “Nevertheless, 17 minutes had been lower for the cinema launch. A minute is a very long time on display. Think about any of your favorite films with 17 minutes of probably the most emotional connective tissue eliminated… watch the administrators [sic] lower.”
In a subsequent reply to a different person, Crowe confirms that one facet of the Ridley Scott film – the concept that the identify Robin Hood is handed down by way of generations as a title – was really his thought. He additionally mentions that the movie was conceived as an origin story “to be advised in 3 elements,” suggesting he and Scott might have had plans for a number of sequels.
“That was the concept,” Crowe says in his reply. “[An origin story] To be advised in 3 elements. Once I began digging in to RH, I discovered the story and its roots in Greene Man mythology deeply attention-grabbing. The story of Robin lasted lots of of years, how? It was my thought to indicate that RH was a title, handed down, not one man.“
The unrated director’s lower of Robin Hood is offered to buy digitally from main retailers, together with Apple TV and Amazon, and can be included on marked bodily media copies. Clocking in at 156 minutes, the unrated lower options prolonged battle scenes and extra character improvement for Marion (Cate Blanchett).
Made on a funds estimated to be round $200 million, Scott’s tackle the Robin Hood story grossed solely $321 million worldwide, far lower than Gladiator‘s $465 million haul 10 years earlier. Utilizing the usual Hollywood rule of thumb, the 2010 movie might have been a break-even level of $500 million.
In critiques, the movie was broadly criticized for its overly gritty tone and for missing character depth and a way of enjoyable. Regardless of a proficient forged that additionally consists of William Harm, Mark Sturdy, Oscar Isaac, Matthew Macfadyen, and Max von Sydow, Robin Hood has solely a 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the Popcornmeter rating coming in larger at 58%.
It is notable, too, that Robin Hood marks the final collaboration between Crowe and Scott after a decade of collaborations that embody A Good 12 months (2006), American Gangster (2007), and Physique of Lies (2008). Whereas it is unclear whether or not the pair will ever reunite for one more mission, Crowe evidently nonetheless laments what occurred with the theatrical lower of their 2010 film.
- Launch Date
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Might 12, 2010
- Runtime
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140 minutes
- Writers
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Brian Helgeland