I know he would've absolutely
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Ribelin2000 — 10 years ago(June 25, 2015 08:39 PM)
I know he would've absolutely
killed
it as Robin Hood. It was a part he was born to play. He would've been
way
better than Costner, that's for sure. Costner's OK, but he just wasn't right for the part. Plus, Gibson would've easily pulled off a British accent. Who else agrees?
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pietroricci — 10 years ago(July 02, 2015 02:52 AM)
Mel would have been different but great nonetheless.
To me, Kevin is stellar in the role - I grew up on his Robin Hood and I'd never want anybody else to play the role. He's the ultimate Robin Hood, to me.
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Li-1 — 10 years ago(July 02, 2015 03:17 PM)
Here's the thing about Costner. Every time I see him in a role, I always think Gibson could do it a lot better, and this one is no exception. Gibson feels far more at home in a sword-swinging, arrow-slinging adventure than Costner does (as proven by Braveheart), and he can pull off an English accent with ease. Gibson remains one of the few actors I can think of who could probably fit easily into any genre and just about any period piece. On the First Knight board, there's also posts (from myself included) agreeing that Gibson would have rocked as Lancelot.
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ChrEberle — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 09:22 AM)
Ha! But don't you think it's funny considering the quite comedic, light-hearted and sometimes ridiculous tones of said movies would really require to have Mel Gibson in them?
Especially "First Knight" (although one of my 'guilty pleasures) is such a fantasy-cheesefest that I find Richard Gere perfect for that role.
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Fluke_Skywalker — 10 years ago(October 03, 2015 12:50 AM)
no mel gibson was and is too short
Too short? I don't know, he would've been playing Robin Hood, not power forward for the Lakers. Gibson's height never limited his ability to effectively play action roles from Martin Riggs to William Wallace believably.A journey into the realm of the obscure:
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cybopath — 9 years ago(June 11, 2016 01:54 PM)
Acting Maybe, Directing it definitely. But the script would still need work.
What if right, just an idea they got an actual Englishman to play Robin Hood. I know it's a wacky idea.
That said someone from that era I'd throw out would be Timothy Dalton (Although Welsh he could do a convincing English accent) who had just been 007. -
TMC-4 — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 09:46 PM)
https://lebeauleblog.com/2015/01/03/what-might-have-been-mel-gibson/7/
Gibson turned down the role of Robin Hood because he had just done Hamlet.
Fall Out:
That statement is open to interpretation. There seems to be some suggestion that Gibson thought doing Robin Hood right after Hamlet would be repetitive. And maybe the fact that they are both period pieces played into his decision. But I suspect Gibson passed because he needed a break. In 1990, he appeared in three movies; Bird on a Wire, Air America and Hamlet. He took 1991 off and returned in 1992 with Lethal Weapon 3 and Forever Young. So Im guessing his decision had less to do with the material than with the fact he was busy.
Verdict:
Missed Opportunity.