Talk:Robert Addie

Too young?

"Sir Guy of Gisbourne in the 1984–1986 English television series Robin of Sherwood (although still being only in his mid-20s and physically somewhat young-looking for the part of a veteran, ennobled medieval knight" - a very fringe opinion which shouldn't be in the main article. The character was a former "boy soldier", knights were ennobled at age 21 and it was Sir Guy's first job to be the "gamekeeper" for Abbot Hugo, he then became the Sheriff of Nottingham's right-hand man during the first series. In the third series his old leader the Earl of Gloucester reminisces with him being the worst page to "drop a cup of wine" ten years earlier so he's clearly in his early days as a knight. Addie was 23, playing someone of about the same age. And it's "Gisburne" not "Gisbourne". 2.28.151.187 (talk) 19:29, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Best known?

"...best known for playing Sir Guy of Gisbourne in the television series Robin of Sherwood."

Really? How do we know that? I would have thought perhaps he was best known for playing Mordred in Boorman's Excalibur. (If nothing else, I'll bet it's what he will be best remembered for, once the series fades into [well-deserved] obscurity; Excalibur won't.) --CRConrad (talk) 09:07, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Really? How do we know that?

This is how we know it: While the beautiful film Excalibur will almost certainly have the wider international reputation, Addie only actually has about five minutes screen time in it. Conversely, he was a major and endearingly amusing and thus highly memorable and much higher profile character in Robin of Sherwood, a weekly show of two or three season's duration. Moreover, RoS was hugely popular in England, indeed, not knowing the actor's name, I searched for him this morning as Guy of Gisburne, not as Mordred. RoS was a greatly respected teledrama, much more so than later TV or film iterations of the Robin Hood tale (everybody I know thought the Kevin Costner version and everything after it was tripe, including Ridley Scott's mediocre effort). The reality is, the same Englishmen who loved Excalibur also loved Robin of Sherwood and still do, and it is unquestionably what Addie is famous for above all his other work. Likeamanshand (talk) 07:22, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Robin of Sherwood is getting regular reruns on British TV. I don't think I've seen Excalibur on it for years. History has judged! 2.28.151.187 (talk) 19:34, 15 November 2021 (UTC)