‘Robin Hood’ Featurette Shows Off Taron Egerton’s Impressive Archery Skills
If the trailers for the newRobin Hoodhave done little to convince you to check out the film, this new featurette might change that. This behind-the-scenes video shows starTaron Egertontraining like mad to become the best archer he can be. I had assumed the bulk of the archery in the new flick would be CGI-based, since that’s the way things go now. But if this video is to be believed, a lot of the arrow-slinging is the real deal, and it’s mighty impressive. Watch theRobin Hoodfeaturette below.
Robin Hood Featurette
Well, damn. MaybeRobin Hoodis going to be worth seeing after all! This behind-the-scenes video is the first piece of marketing to make the new take on the legendary story seem exciting. Here we see star Taron Egerton learning archery skills, and then some. He’s not just shooting arrows, he’s leaping about, firing off two (or sometimes three) arrows at a time – and almostalwayshitting a moving target. Egerton makes it look very easy, but I’m sure if you or I were to try this, we’d fail miserable, and probably hit an innocent bystander in the leg with one of the arrows.
I remain skeptical about this film – how many more times does theRobin Hoodstory need to be told? But if thisRobin Hoodis really employing this type of practical action, it might just be worth checking out. Back when the film was was in production, producerBasil IwanyktoldColliderthat some of the film’s stuntwork was inspired byJohn Wick:
“The images of Robin Hood, the imagery we have, the production design, the stunt work that we’re doing—a lot of it was inspired by the John Wick stunt work. The stuff we’re doing with the bow and arrow, it’s the same thing that Keanu does with the gun. The costumes, it just feels different than any other Robin Hood we had.”
Seeing this featurette, I now see what he’s getting at.
Robin Hood, starringTaron Egertonas Robin Hood, Ben Mendelsohn as the Sheriff of Nottingham,Jamie Foxx(Baby Driver, Collateral) as Little John,The Knick’sEve Hewsonas Maid Marion, andFifty Shades of Grey’sJamie Dornanas Will Scarlett, opensNovember 21, 2018.
