Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Scott qanacsanaanta qoraalka ayaa u horseeday inuu dib u dhigo duubista, iyo inta lagu gudajiray 2008 waxaa dib loogu qoray sheeko ku saabsan Robin Hood oo noqday sharci-darro; hal mar Crowe xitaa waxaa loo tixgeliyey door laba-geesood ah sida Robin iyo Sheriff labadaba. Scott wuxuu iska daayay fikradda dambe waxaana loo beddelay "Nottingham" si loo muujiyo xagalkii caadiga ahaa. Bishii Juun, qoraaga Brian Helgeland ayaa loo shaqaaleysiiyay inuu dib u qoro qoraalka Reiff iyo Voris. Soo saaraha Marc Shmuger ayaa sharaxay in Scott uu fasiraad ka duwan ka lahaa sheekada "script, [kaas oo] lahaa sheriffka Nottingham oo ah ""style forensics investigator". Scott wuxuu soo diyaariyay qoraalka, isagoo ka dhigaya Sheriff-ka Nottingham inuu yahay ninka gacanta midig ee Richard the Lionheart, kaasoo ku soo laabtay England si uu ugu adeego Amiir John ka dib dilkii Richard. Inkastoo Scott uu dareemay in John "runtii uu ahaa mid caqli badan, wuxuu helay sumcad xun sababtoo ah wuxuu soo bandhigay canshuur si uu u noqdo ninka xun ee arrintan ku jira", iyo Sheriff-ka ayaa lagu kala eryi lahaa "laba khalad" oo ah boqor musuqmaasuq ah iyo sharci-darro kicinaya nidaam la'aan. Goobaha la raadinayay waxay ahaayeen Waqooyi Bari England oo ay ku jiraan Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, iyo Kielder Forest. Qeyb ka mid ah duubista ayaa loogu talagalay in lagu qabto Northumberland. Sababtoo ah
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