Watch Taron Egerton Train to Be a Master Archer in Robin Hood
I am here today to confess that I owe the cast and crew of Robin Hood an apology. Ever since the first trailer was released, I never stopped to consider that the arrow action could be remotely realistic, much less real. There is a lot of jumping, spinning, and fire throwing going on, so I didn’t imagine Taron Egerton was slinging any actual arrows. Turns out, I was wrong. The archery consultant for the film,
Robin Hood Learns His Famous Archery from the Best in New Trailer
Taron Egerton is learning his fighting chops just like in Kingsman: The Secret Service, but this time, he has to jump back several centuries to do it.
The most recent take on the legend looks not quite as grave as the 2010 feature with Russell Crowe and not quite as zany as 1993’s spoofy Robin Hood: Men in Tights. The second trailer feels totally different, actually, promising an action-packed origin story with enough comedic relief to let viewers catch a breath.
An Anonymous Robin Hood Fights Corruption Up Close in First Trailer
Robin Hood eventually became an outlaw, stealing from the rich to give to the poor. A noble endeavor to be sure, but he had to start somewhere. The first trailer for Otto Bathurst’s Robin Hood origin story reveals the legend actually started his fight right under his enemy’s nose.
Taron Egerton plays Robin of Loxley, and aristocrat by day who fights corruption at night. He actually has close contact with the Sheriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelsohn),
Ben Mendelsohn as the Sheriff of Nottingham Highlights new Robin Hood Images
There aren’t many actors around capable of playing a villain so transfixing and yet so damn bad you want them to be in every scene and get their comeuppance immediately. Ben Mendelsohn is one of those actors. After making his name playing the almost supernaturally twisted Andrew ‘Pope’ Cody in David Michôd’s vicious Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom, Mendelsohn has been on Hollywood’s shortlist as one of the best actors in the world at being bad.