Andrew Garfield is opening up about the Robin Hood connection with his new movie The Uprising.
The 43-year-old actor stars in the upcoming period piece, and a recently revealed tagline seemingly hinted a new title: “The Uprising: The Rise of Robin Hood.”
However, it was just a tagline, and in a new interview, the actor addressed the tagline getting attention and dished on the film.
“The Robin Hood aspect is more of an emergent energy and archetype within our story,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s a figure that starts to emerge from the unconscious and the ground during periods of time when common folk are feeling disempowered, abused, violated and separated from the dignity of living their own lives. There is this archetypal energy that starts to rise up, and I love that arc.”
“I love the archetypes of the Green Man and Robin Hood and how they connect with the Ploughman and the other people who are struggling and realizing that the system is not in their favor,” he continued. “In fact, it’s against them and the dignity of their souls. Their outlaw energy then comes from creating and connecting and finding belonging. Whether or not they’re being given permission from on high, that belonging is an inherent birthright, a belonging to this earth, which those archetypes signify and symbolize.”
“We’re in a time of chaos. There’s no formula to getting people to see a film,” he added. “However that happens — whether it’s me eating chicken wings with hot sauce, or people talking about Robin Hood or a deranged horse — I just really believe in [The Uprising]. Whatever gets people to see it in a communal experience, like they’ve been doing all summer with other movies — that’s my hope, my dream and my prayer. So bring on the deranged horse.”
So, what is The Uprising about, and when does it come out?
Here’s a synopsis: Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. Set against the true events of the Uprising that helped inspire the legend of Robin Hood, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice.
The Uprising is slated to hit theaters THIS Thursday (September 10). Watch the trailer above!
In case you missed it, Andrew recently made rare comments about his girlfriend, Monica Barbaro.
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