'Robin Hood: Origins' will be dark and gritty: Taron Egerton

Actor Taron Egerton says his upcoming film "Robin Hood: Origins" will be dark and gritty.

The 27-year-old actor, who will start shooting the movie at the start of 2017, said his incarnation of Robin Hood will be markedly different from previous versions, reported Female First.

It's a real reimagining; it's not really very recognisable as Robin Hood. Robin Hood has a reputation for being quite clean and wholesome, aside from Alan Rickman's amazing performance in the Kevin Costner version, but it's tights and thigh-slapping and merry men.

"This is really kind of dark and gritty and very funny too, but it's a real revisionist version of the story. There's no singing and riding through the glen in this; it's a real war movie," Egerton said.
 

The movie is set to shoot in Hungary and ahead of production.

Quite an anti-establishment war movie, I would say... It's dark. And Robin's not perfect in it, either, which is what I like about it. He's not a classic hero, he makes mistakes.