{"id":760678,"date":"2026-09-05T09:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/760678\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:20:09","slug":"fighting-hugh-jackman-in-the-death-of-robin-hood-was-surreal-says-merthyr-tydfil-actress-jade-croot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/760678\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Hugh Jackman in The Death of Robin Hood was &#8216;surreal&#8217;, says Merthyr Tydfil actress Jade Croot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It has been a busy time for Croot, who has also starred in Netflix&#8217;s Sacrifice, a satirical action-comedy film with Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Evans and Salma Hayek. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She plays another &#8220;violent&#8221;, &#8220;dark role&#8221; and had to learn how to load and reload an AK-47 assault rifle without looking. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said: &#8220;I&#8217;d never held a gun before. I&#8217;d never actually seen a gun in the real world. I had to really quickly become a pro.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Croot also stars<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cddg81v46e4o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> in the horror The Rabbit Trap<\/a> opposite Oscar-nominee Dev Patel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Rabbit Trap, which was filmed in Yorkshire instead of Wales, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/ce8rr507k7po\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">because of the no-smoking rule on sets in Wales<\/a>, tells the story of a couple who move from London and encounter fairies from Welsh folklore, known as Tylwydd Teg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Croot plays The Child, and was able to keep her native Merthyr accent while in character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When asked if she hopes her next role might be more gentle or have less mud, Croot laughed, saying: &#8220;No, bring on all the mud, all the ash, all the guns, all the fights.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been a busy time for Croot, who has also starred in Netflix&#8217;s Sacrifice, a satirical action-comedy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-760678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}