How ‘The Death of Robin Hood’ Reinvents a Legendary Outlaw

How ‘The Death of Robin Hood’ Reinvents a Legendary Outlaw

Hugh Jackman portrays Robin Hood in the A24 film directed by Michael Sarnoski, who knows his take on the iconic figure will seem subversive to many.

The Death of Robin Hood Star Hugh Jackman and Director Michael Sarnoski on Killing a Legend

There’s a moment in The Death of Robin Hood when Hugh Jackman takes a very real, very exhausted breath.  The actor and his on-screen opponent had been rolling in real mud, acting out brutal, messy hand-to-hand combat. Finally, Jackman’s Robin gets the upper hand. But the actors, like their characters, were spent. “I get to climb onto him and basically deliver the final blow. And as I was climbing on him, I was just so tired, I just laid on him a…