To give the bow combat of Robin Hood a unique personality, Bathurst hired Lars Andersen, a Danish archer, as a consultant and trainer.
His cinematic debut was just over 110 years ago, with Percy Stow’s 1908 film, Robin Hood and His Merry Men.
In Robin Hood, director Otto Bathurst has reimagined the hero of Nottingham for the modern day, giving him a shot of adrenaline and a thick layer of grit.
Egerton even performs some of these wild moves in Robin Hood, and is apparently the best student Andersen has ever trained.