Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, not to be confused with her contemporaries Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary Steenburgen) soon emerges as the love interest and is later a target of villain the Sheriff of Nottingham (Rickman), who spends most of the third act trying to marry the maid against her will. While returning from the Holy Land, Robin befriends Azeem (Freeman), Robin Hood assumes command of his usual entourage, including Little John (Nick Brimble), Friar Tuck (Michael McShane), and Will Scarlett (Slater.) In this version, Robin of Locksley (Costner) is a nobleman, who joined King Richard on the Third Crusade in the 12th century. That is if you can get past Costner’s accent.ĭirected by Kevin Reynolds, who was Costner’s director of choice for a time – the two Kevins would famously feud, years later, during the production of Waterworld – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves took a something of an unconventional approach to the Robin Hood legend. The film, which marks its 30th anniversary this week, adds up to an enjoyable reimagining of the familiar Robin Hood mythology, filled with a deep cast that includes the likes of Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Maid Marian.

Was it Kevin Costner’s very questionable English accent, which he didn’t bother to do for most of the film? Was it Alan Rickman’s sneering villain performance as the Sheriff of Nottingham? Was it Bryan Adams’ song “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You?” Was it that out-of-nowhere late cameo by Sean Connery as King Richard? Or was it that awesome point of view shot from an arrow, which was cutting edge at the time? What is it that you remember most about 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?

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