BEVERLY HILLS — — Academy Award winner Russell Crowe is the latest actor to portray Nottingham's outlaw hero, in Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood," which opened in Chicago on Friday. For this first "Dean's List" column, I was the guest of Universal Pictures in Beverly Hills to talk with Crowe who — working with director Scott — won the Oscar for best actor in 2000's "Gladiator." Crowe has also earned critical praise for his performances in "A Beautiful Mind," "The Insider" and "State of Play."
Dean Richards: Why has the Robin Hood legend endured through literature and for so many movie and television incarnations?
Russell Crowe: Depending on with which historian you go, there are some people who believe the core of Robin Hood starts in 870 A.D. If that's true, then this story is the oldest tale in the English language in which the central character is an Englishman. I think that there is a very compelling center to him. I like that there is somebody out there who cares enough to redress the balance of power and steal from the rich to give to the poor, even though in our version, we don't use that in a literal sense. We sort of leap off into the metaphorical, where we're looking at the rights and privileges of the ruling class.
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