Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a pair of 1990s summer blockbusters - one of which proved more problematic than the other. Come 1990 and there were three competing Robin Hood projects on the way from Hollywood. But it was 1991's Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves that won the race to the screen. It'd be fair to say it was not an easy journey to get there. Off the back of making GoldenEye , Pierce Brosnan was looking for new projects - and he settled on a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair . Small problem though about trying to make a movie about a museum heist: museums don't seem very keen to let you film on their premises... Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. Support this podcast: www.patreon.com/simonbrew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices