Russell Crowe - Crowe Cuts Off Robin Hood Hair

RUSSELL CROWE has hacked off the hair he was growing to play ROBIN HOOD - because he decided his medieval hero wouldn't look like a rocker.

The New Zealand-born star admits he has been working around his new look for his past two films - and then simply decided to play Robin as a cropped hair hero.

He says, "I just got sick of it. I made two movies working around the length of the hair - just for Robin Hood - and then, once we finally got the green light, and I knew that I had to click into the work-outs seriously, it didn't suit any more."

And, unlike previous movie Robin Hoods, Crowe won't be wearing tights: "Basically, the period we're dealing with is 1198 to 1202 and tights weren't invented for another 400 years.

"I do have a pretty nice, snazzy pair of leather pants with a rather large cod piece."