Miller becomes a Maid for NOTTINGHAM!

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

Feisty British actress Sienna Miller will play Robin Hood's love interest Maid Marian in Ridley Scott's epic Nottingham, a movie told from the point of view of the usually evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Russell Crowe).

She said: "It's happening. I just found out. It's the most exciting news in the world. It's ridiculous. But there's this looming actor's strike, so it's not 100% sure that it's going to be made, but it's looking pretty certain."

Universal Pictures are hoping to release the film on November 6th 2009. The script comes from the talented Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River). Now for me, unlike Robin Hood (who has been forever defined by Errol Flynn) and the Sheriff (likewise for Alan Rickman), there has yet to be a really stand out performance as Maid Marian in any previous adaptation of this material. Now does Miller really exude any confidence in you believing she might be the first to get this role right?