Hiya guys & gals as a few of you might know im working as an extra on the new robin hood movie coming out next year. Its being directed by Ridley Scott and staring Russell Crowe. Ive had to take a day off today cuz they are working us so hard, I spent most of yesterday waist deep in the sea and storming the beach with a crossbow in hand and totally forgetting what I was told to do cuz the sight of 120 norman soldiers running into about 50 horse riders and a lot of stunt men all armed with either swords axes or spears was so amazing I would just stand there thinking WTF!!!! I got mixed up with the stunt men at one point and having used my crossbow I just ran into them using it like an axe and got double teamed by them, one hitting me in the back with a sword while the other one ran me through the guts and spent the next few minutes playing dead on the floor tryin to avoid getting trampled by the horses. Needless to say im having loads of fun even with the hours of waiting around waiting for the next set of shots. Ive got a few photos I took while none of the crew was looking but none of the set cuz I would have been sacked if anyone saw me, I'll try and post them up here asap for you all to have a laugh at. Back on set on monday so I'll keep you all posted when I can.
hah thats awesome, i love Ridley Scott <3 one of the few filmmakers that i grew up watching wich is still making grade A films today, really enjoyed American Gangster and Body of Lies and i still watch Alien and Blade Runner religiously like once every year very much looking forward to this, tho kinda sad they allready changed the name of the film to plain Robin Hood and they didnt kept Nottingham
Nottingham was just the post production name and dont think they've decided what its gona be called yet, ive only called it Robin Hood so everyone will know what im talking about. And since its about Robin hood leading the British army against the French/Normal invasions, a bit of a contradiction in itself since he supposedly died 150 years before the normal invasions, it could end up being called great great grandson of robin hood.
well i dont know any historics on Robin Hood but i know Scott is keen to exposing things more realistically then other director's so Nottingham sounded more natural and dark to me ^^
I wish they would ship crossbows from the US to the Netherlands most of the dutch crossbows are or crap or to expensive for me a crossbow would fit so good in my medieval weapons collection!
:badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :roll: you can mess a little with my bro I won't let him take one of my swords/axe/warhammer/naginata(not really gonna explain but it's a old japanese kind of spear) or daggers to do anything against tha law :lol: But I'll have his back when needed
Hiya guys, just a quick update on the film. We finished filming the battle scenes on friday and not a moment too soon felt like id really been fighting a war after all that. Ive no more photo's to show you but found some nice stuff on youtube so if you have the time check it out. Peace [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgUz7aJODkg[/youtube]
Huh wth landing boats?... Did they mess up D-Day with robin hood? Nice vid though, I'm very sure you've got Killvions envy on this, woking on a movie set on a medieval war
look better! they are "roei" boats I agree with the d-day look but they are very medieval and I the waiting sucks but isn't a problem, I want to see The Hobbit above all since beginning 2008. and that one is also comming in 2010...great :|
If you might get sacked for showing us those 2 pics, is the maker of this vid getting the death penalty or something?
Yeah that 1(the hobbit) i also want 2 see...the book was really good..i have read it like 10 times in the last 6 years i guess
well the landers were all used in saving privet ryan before being stripped down and rebuilt with wood. I thought they looked ridiculous but the VFX ppl said they painted them black to make it easier to CGI in the detail they want to add. Can you believe they can even edit out the rain!!! which will be good since half of the filming was done in the pissing rain and the other in blazing sunshine. Theres a few more movies being filmed in my area over the next few months that im gona try and get on. they recently did a few bits for the new Harry Potter movie a the new version of Gulliver's Travels staring Jack black, a remake of Clash of the Titans and one other that i cant remember the name of but apparently will be full of medieval style battle scenes 8)
well im gona be keeping a close eye on any and all extras work in the UK from now on so if i see anything interesting I'll let you and everyone else know. I know its no exactly close to most of you but you know it would be worth it.