OT. The Open Sourcerer, on Location with Robin Hood

This weekend my wife suggested we went for a walk in the Bourne Woods near where we live.

There was a great deal of activity in this Forestry Commission owned tract of woodland back in 2000 when they filmed part of the Roman epic Gladiator. Now, Russell Crowe is back in Farnham this time donning his green tights and hanging out with a band of Merry Men for a remake of Robin Hood.

At weekends, you are able to stroll around very close to the set and see what goes on. It was a fascinating walk…

Walking toward the "Castle"

Castle from the front

Back of Castle

What the back of the Castle really looks like

Heavily fortified Village

Creating a Hay Field Harvest Scene

Medieval Command Tent?

Alfresco Dining

Cart before the horse

Another cart or charriot?

Little John's Trailer

Click on any of the images to see a bigger picture. They aren’t brilliant quality as they were taken on my mobile phone. But it was really interesting getting to look around the set like this. As we wandered passed the front of the Castle, although you can’t see them clearly, there were quite a few dead bodies (dummies obviously) lying around with arrows stuck in them. Quite realistic.

It’ll be quite fun now to see the film when it goes on general release.

Tags: Robin Hood

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