Ironman whips Robin Hood's ass
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It's time to play Box Office Talley: the latest results and the stories behind the hits and misses. Robin Hood has been a troubled production. It was hit with an 8 month delay from the word go. Then someone had the bright idea of bringing Sienna Miller on board. There was a minor tabloid scandal when Sienna Maid Marian Miller was cut from the cast. Now this is usually never done with an A List actor in an A List production unless some really heavy shit when down.basic instincts - fuck down pat!
Really heavy shit was Sienna making some passes at Russell Crowe. Crowe's terrified of his wife. His NYC telephone throwing incident occurred when he couldn't reach her by phone after running past his curfew! Sienna has made a career out of bagging her leading men. So when she flirted with Crowe his self preservation instincts cut in and he asked her to kindly fuck off. There must have been some part of 'fuck off' she didn't understand (I'm guessing it's the "off" part since she has "fuck" down pat!) - since she kept on trying. Had she actually bagged Crowe we still be reading about Sienna's monotonous antics in the tabs, Sienna is a Capricorn, so she's predictable and monotonous even when she's being scandalous.Follywood food chain bites sweetie pie back
There was only one way to deal with Sienna's morbid childish game playing. Crowe went to his very good mate, director Ridley Scott, and had Sienna's ass fired. With her ass gone the rest of her had to leave with it. After all, her ass has had everything else done to it!Sienna swore revenge and had her friends float rumors that she wasn't fired but quit because Crowe was too fat and disgusting to work with. It would've made love scenes with Crowe laughable. Only problem with that story is when the stills came out showing Crowe looking leaner and meaner than he's ever been. Sienna also floated rumors that Crowe was going behind Scott's back to Robin Hood producers in an attempt to have his good friend fired. After that Miller didn't work seriously for awhile (Broadway and GI Joe - next stop GI Joe on Broadway: the Musical!).
Riding on Robin Hood
So a lot was riding on Robin Hood. It had to score big - meaning #1 at the box office, to justifying the bother of making it. With a bankable star playing to type and fronting a high budget major motion picture by a A list director #1 should've been a safe bet. Now Robin Hood has become a cliche since Errol Flynn in tights, so that didn't help. Also it was opening against comic based blockbuster Ironman 2 . Today's film goers find rogue billionaires with hi tech superpowers more relevant than outlaw knights errant - though someone could make a parallel between those if they cared to. Long story short Iroman kicked Robin Hood's Lincoln green ass in ticket sales. Good for Robert Downey jr. He beat a serious contender to take the 1st place twice. Bad news for Crowe & co. Let's take a look at the following short video clip by The Hollywood Reporter.
Sienna Miller Let's play cabaret by ~manitu
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