Huston lands 'Robin Hood' role

Danny Huston will play King Richard in Russell Crowe's Robin Hood, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Huston, who recently starred in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has been cast as the historical figure known as Richard the Lionheart thanks to his heroics in the Third Crusade.

Production is currently underway on Robin Hood in the UK, with Ridley Scott directing the medieval epic from a script by Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris and Brian Helgeland.

The cast includes Crowe as the notorious outlaw, Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian, William Hurt as the Earl of Pembroke and Matthew Macfadyen as the Sheriff of Nottingham.