The film may have been delayed to accommodate Kingsman: The Secret Service 2, but Lionsgate is pressing ahead with casting on Robin Hood: Origins, with Eve Hewson (The Knick, Bridge of Spies) signing on to play Maid Marian alongside Taron Egerton’s Robin of Sherwood.
Deadline reports that Hewson was one of over 100 actresses considered for the part, and won the role ahead of a shortlist that includes Gaite Jansen (Supernova), Lucy Fry (Vampire Academy) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle).
The film is being directed by Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders) from a script by Joby Harold (Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur), and sees Robin returning from The Crusades to find Sherwood Forest rife with crime and corruption, forming a band of outlaws to take matters into his own hands.
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Originally published October 17, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
