The Death of Robin Hood's hyperviolence 'made so much sense,' stars say

Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, The Death of Robin Hood stars Hugh Jackman as an aging Robin Hood in 13th-century England who must grapple with his life of crime after nearly dying and somehow being spared. The cast argues the film's surprising hyperviolence is essential to this darker take on the legend.

"I think it sets up very clearly and distinctly the world in which he's from," Comer says. "You learn very quickly, you get such a huge impression of the life that he's lived, the way in which he meets the world, which I think is kind of fundamental to the journey that he goes on at the priory." Bill Skarsgard echoes that view: "[Sarnoski's] depicting this past that was horrible.

Thirteenth-century England was probably not the coolest time to be around. And how little value life had... The scene that we have where it's like I just clobber a guy for a loaf of bread – and [my character is] super stoked about it. This is what establishes this universe.

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