Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kusagutsikana kwaScott ne script kwakamuita kuti adzokere kumashure kutora mifananidzo, uye mukati megore ra2008 yakanyorwazve kuva nyaya pamusoro paRobin Hood achiva mutadzi; pane imwe nguva Crowe akange achitoverengerwa basa rakapetwa seRobin uye Sheriff. Scott akadonhedza pfungwa yokupedzisira uye "Nottingham" yakatumidzwazve kuratidza chimiro chetsika. MunaJune, munyori wenyaya Brian Helgeland akabhadharwa kuti anyorezve script naReiff naVoris. Mugadziri Marc Shmuger akatsanangura kuti Scott akanga ane rondedzero yakasiana yenyaya yacho kubva "kunyora, [iyo] yakanga ine sheriff weNottingham se ""-style forensics muongorori". Scott akagadzira script, achiratidza Sheriff weNottingham ari Richard the Lionheart's right hand man, uyo anodzokera kuEngland kunoshumira Prince John mushure mekuurayiwa kwaRichard. Kunyange zvazvo Scott akanzwa kuti John "akanga akachenjera chaizvo, akawana rap yakaipa nokuti akaunza mutero saka ndiye akaipa mune izvi", uye Sheriff angadai akavhiringidzwa pakati pe "zvakaipa zviviri" zveumambo hune uori uye munhu asingateereri mutemo anokurudzira kusateerera mutemo. Nzvimbo dzaitsvakwa muNorth East England dzinosanganisira Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, uye Kielder Forest. Chikamu chokurekodha chakanga chagadzirirwa kuitika muNorthumberland. Somugumisiro we
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