Princess of Thieves

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Princess of Thieves was a romantic action-adventure TV movie produced by Walt Disney Productions in 2001 and first broadcast on ABC in the United States that same year.

The film starred Keira Knightley (in one of her first starring roles) as Gwyn, the headstrong and rebellious teenaged daughter of Robin Hood and the late Maid Marian. Just as good as her father with a bow and arrow and quick of wits, Gwyn finds her skills put to the test when she has to rescue Robin Hood and his right-hand man, Will Scarlett from the clutches of the evil Prince John. Meanwhile, John and his minion the Sheriff of Nottingham conspire to kill the young son of Richard I of England, Philip, who is set to take the throne upon Richard's imminent death. When Gwyn and Philip cross paths – with her not realizing his true identity – sparks fly.

Co-starring in the film are Malcolm McDowell as the Sheriff, Jonathan Hyde as Prince John, Stuart Wilson as Robin Hood, and Stephen Moyer as Philip. The movie was directed by Peter Hewitt and filmed in Romania.

[edit] Trivia

• Knightley had to learn to shoot a bow for this film; this skill would come in handy again a few years later when she appeared in King Arthur playing another bow-carrying heroine.
• With her appearance in this film and the later King Arthur, Knightley has now been involved in the reinvention of two of Britain's best known historical adventure heroes.
• For reasons unexplained, the character of Little John is the only major member of the Merry Men not accounted for in this story.
• Jonathan Hyde previously played the Sheriff of Nottingham (or Alan Wheatley's Sheriff, to be precise) in the fantasy sequences of Fellow Traveler.

[edit] External links

• Princess of Thieves at the Internet Movie Database
• Princess of Thieves - Robin Hood Spotlight A review of the film and an analysis of historical and legendary background, including a feature on Robin Hood's children