Towards the back of the set there are seven tractors, 11 golf carts and, at a rough count, 33 4x4 vehicles, all engaged in filming a battle between the English and the French.įorget Sherwood Forest: in Sir Ridley's version of the myth, Robin Hood spends his formative years as an archer in Richard the Lionheart's army. Out at sea, beyond the longboats, there's a speedboat, a dinghy, three jetskis, a pair of customised fishing boats and three enormous landing craft camouflaged in plywood. A cast and crew of 800, including 450 local extras, and 130 horses have spread themselves right across the broad, deep sands.Īll at sea: Battle enactment of the English against the French It's a vast enterprise, on the same scale as a genuine massed battle. I have come across the biggest openair film set in Britain, where Sir Ridley Scott - responsible for Hollywood smashes such as Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise and Gladiator - is directing an epic £110million production of Robin Hood.
No, I haven't had too much Felinfoel Double Dragon Welsh Ale at lunchtime. Oh, and right in the middle of the action, Russell Crowe is getting nifty with his sword. Ahead of them, beached beside the rocks, an oak galleon squats on the sands, its sails billowing in the breeze. Rushing in on the tide are four ancient longboats, packed to the gunwales with screaming knights, brandishing crossbows and pikes. Tasselled flags, bearing the three heraldic lions of England, flutter in the strong south-westerly wind.Īt the edge of the sea, a cluster of whinnying white stallions paw the surf, mounted with soldiers holding 12-foot lances, their bloody faces obscured by iron helmets. Just beneath me, at the foot of the dunes, there's a heap of dead crusaders, their blood-smeared corpses wrapped in blue tabards emblazoned with white crosses. Soaring flames burst from pyramids built out of tapering tree trunks, enveloping this 13th-century version of the D-Day landing beaches in plumes of white smoke. Man o' war: Russell Crowe as Robin Hood in Ridley Scott's epic, being filmed on a beach in Wales
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