CROWE: I WANT FLIGHTS TO FILM SET; EXCLUSIVE.Byline: TOM BRYANT Tom Bryant (born Chatham, Kent on October 71988) is a professional footballer with Gillingham, with whom he has been associated since the age of ten. A left sided defender, he has yet to make his full debut, but signed as a professional in May 2007. RUSSELL Crowe is demanding to be flown by helicopter from Windsor to Wales every morning to film new movie Robin Hood Robin Hood, legendary hero of 12th-century England who robbed the rich to help the poor. Chivalrous, manly, fair, and always ready for a joke, Robin Hood reflected many of the ideals of the English yeoman. . Crowe says he does not want to stay near the set in Cardiff when filming begins next week. So he is insisting producers lay on helicopter flights costing thousands of pounds a time to ferry him from the Windsor mansion where he is living. He is asking to be picked up each morning from the gardens of the sprawling home and flown back at night after filming ends. Director Ridley Scott is said not to be keen on the idea. It was reported earlier this week that Scott and Crowe, who teamed up for the Oscar-winning Gladiator gladiator (Latin; swordsman) Professional combatant in ancient Rome who engaged in fights to the death as sport. Gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, the intent being to give the dead man armed attendants in the next world. , are at loggerheads log·ger·head n. 1. A loggerhead turtle. 2. An iron tool consisting of a long handle with a bulbous end, used when heated to melt tar or warm liquids. 3. over other issues. The film's producers allegedly had to fly to Britain from LA to mediate between the pair. An insider said: "The producers had to fly in because Russell and Ridley won't talk to each other. Every time they stop filming, it costs the production millions of dollars." The pounds 80million movie has been beset with problems. Sienna Miller dropped out because of the delays and Crowe was forced to shed more than two stone because he was deemed too big for Robin. Crowe's publicist Alan Nierob denied there was any friction between star and director, saying: "It's a good scene down there. Everything is on schedule." CAPTION(S): FLIGHT OF FANCY Crowe wants to travel by 'copter |
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