He states that Nottingham is the bank and beating heart of the Crusades and the Catholic Church as well as prepares to send forward his new tax bill to the vote however he is rebuffed by both Will and Marian who both state that the people of Nottingham are dying and already beyond the breaking point. John, a veteran of the Crusades and an Arabian, teams up with Robin to bring down the Sheriff and end the Crusades in which they attend one of his city addresses. Marian, who was now with Will Tillman, a politician, as she was unaware that Robin was alive, now lived in the coal mines, tending to the needs of people, most of whom were poor and driven out of Nottingham by the Sheriff due to his war taxes. He was unaware however that 2 years after declaring Robin to be dead, Robin who was in fact still alive had returned from the Crusades after committing treason and being wounded by his commanding officer, Gisborne who did not disclose the events of Robin's treachery and had him sent back to England on a hospital boat. However not long after Robin's departure, the Sheriff declared Robin deceased after reading his name out in the list of fallen soldiers to seize Loxley Manor as collateral for the war tax. Following Robin's departure to the Kebrit Peninsula in Arabia, he leaves his manor to Marian, his love interest. The Sheriff first appears in the film handing military draft notices to be delivered for those to serve in the Third Crusade with one such person being Robin of Loxley, the wealthy young owner of Loxley Manor whose property he seized after he departed for the war effort.
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He is portrayed by Ben Mendelsohn who also portrayed John Daggett in The Dark Knight, Talos in Captain Marvel, Danny Rayburn in the Netflix series Bloodline, Orson Krennic in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Nolan Sorrento in Ready Player One, Killian in Spies in Disguise, and Special Agent Mace in Infinity Train. He is the tyrannical ruler of Nottingham who secretly plots to fund the Saracen army during the Third Crusade to defeat the English army and seize power from the King. The Sheriff of Nottingham is the main antagonist of the 2018 film Robin Hood. YOU BASTARDS, I'M THE SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM! ~ The Sheriff to the Cardinal as he prepares to raid the coal mines to extract money for the war effort. I WILL BURN THEIR SHIT SLUMS TO THE GROUND! Just to remind them they're not the people, THEY'RE MY SUBJECTS! Will that satisfy you priest? When that's done I'll take the commoners for everything they've got from their piss pots to their pock coins! And when that is done. You want to see fear? I'll send my men to raid the mines, tonight. ~ The Sheriff complimenting Robin after he provided a large gift of tithes to the war effort during a mass. Murdered the infant son of the man who Nottingham believed to be hisįather and replaced the infant with the Sheriff.You put the rest of us to shame with your generosity, Loxley. The Sheriff is the son of Mortianna - that she had kidnapped and Uncut version, this is explicitly shown and it is also revealed that It is implied several times in the film that the Sheriff is aĭevil worshiper (for which he had framed Lord Locksley of being).
Marian gave him, which ironically the Sheriff himself had given to her Eventually, Robin kills him with a dagger Maid Managed to avoid capture travel to Nottingham and Robin engages the The Sheriff later forces Maid Marian to marry him and plans to hang Sherwood outlaws, the Sheriff sends an army of Celts to raid, kill and Marian (though it's heavily implied he had feelings for her even before His sights on taking the throne by wedding and then impregnating Maid He murders Robin's father after he refuses to join the Sheriff and sets He is portrayed by Alan Rickman who also played Hans Gruber.ĭuring the crusades, when Robin and the king are away, the Sheriff takes over England with the aid of his cousin, Guy of Gisbourne, Mortianna the witch, and the corrupt Bishop of Hereford. Sheriff George Of Nottingham is the main antagonist of Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.