[PHOTOS] Robin Hood: Origins Filming Starts in Dubrovnik

Taron Egeron and Eve Hewson on the Robin Hood set (photo credit: Ivana Smilovic / The Dubrovnik Times)

Filming of the action film “Robin Hood: Origins” in Dubrovnik, the biggest Hollywood production to be shot in Croatia to date, started on Monday.

This is the most ambitious Hollywood project to be produced in Croatia, with an impressive lists of Hollywood stars, including Jamie Foxx, Jamie Dornan, Taron Egeron and Eve Hewson.

The well-known Dubrovnik locations – Stradun, the city walls and the Posat harbour – find themselves standing in as Nottingham.

There was plenty of action on day one, with Egeron, dressed as Robin Hood, exchanging a kiss with Hewson, who plays Maid Marion, in one of the scenes.

Taron Egeron and Eve Hewson share a kiss (photo credit: Ivana Smilovic / The Dubrovnik Times)

Over 1,000 extras will be used during filming will continue until 6 March in Dubrovnik before the crew moves up the coast to Istria for a few days.

Check out photos from the first day of filming courtesy of The Dubrovnik Times and Ivana Smilovic.