eric idle played sir robin in the holy grail.
eric idle played sir robin in the holy grail.
who played sir robin in the holy grail?
eric idle
there are various stories about the origins of "life of brian". shortly after the release of "monty python and the holy grail" (1975), eric idle flippantly suggested that the title of the pythons' forthcoming feature would be "jesus christ – lust for glory" (a play on the uk title for the 1970 american film "patton"). this was after he had become frustrated at repeatedly being asked what it would be called, despite the troupe not having given the matter of a third film any consideration. however, they shared a distrust of organised religion, and, after witnessing the critically acclaimed "holy grail"s enormous financial turnover, confirming an appetite among the fans for more cinematic endeavours, they began to seriously consider a film lampooning the new testament era in the same way that "holy grail" had lampooned arthurian legend. all they needed was an idea for a plot. eric idle and terry gilliam, while promoting "holy grail" in amsterdam, had come up with a sketch in which jesus' cross is falling apart because of the idiotic carpenters who built it and he angrily tells them how to do it correctly. however, after an early brainstorming stage, and despite being non-believers, they agreed that jesus was "definitely a good guy" and found nothing to mock in his actual teachings: "he's not particularly funny, what he's saying isn't mockable, it's very decent stuff", said idle later. after settling on the name brian for their new protagonist, one idea considered was that of "the 13th disciple". the focus eventually shifted to a separate individual born at a similar time and location who would be mistaken for the messiah, but had no desire to be followed as such.
monty python's life of brian
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