11 Flat Out Lies We Were Told Just To Sell A Movie (And We Stupidly Believed)
4. "This Is What My Film's About" - Ridley Scott On Anything New
As anyone who's lived in the real world will know, sometimes people can lie without even realising it. And that's exactly whats at play now with Ridley Scott, a director so revered he can come back from any long spell of mediocre films.
First was Robin Hood, which began life as a drastic retelling of the legend, with the green tighted freedom fighter cast as a villain to the Sheriff Of Nottingham's hero. Originally Russell Crowe was going to play both roles (either to show their similarities or actually be the same character depending on where you get your info), then just the Sheriff. But then something changed and we got the generic origin story.
Prometheus changes were much more high profile, with the long gestating Alien prequel evolving over numerous rewrites to become something that bore only fleeting similarities to Scotts own horror classic.
In both cases fans were promised one thing and ended up being delivered something serviceable, but completely different. The real problem is his production process is just too open; films normally go through the same varied changes, it's just in most cases every word doesn't make it to the fans.