Robin Hood (TV Series)

The King Is Dead, Long Live the King... (2009)

Toby Stephens: Prince John

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Quotes 

• Prince John : You impersonate the King?

  Robin Hood : Just like you. PRINCE John.

  Prince John : Arrest him!

  Robin Hood : You can do what you want! These people, they know the truth.

  Archbishop Walter : And so do I. I will never make you King.

  Prince John : Where's my crown?

  Guy of Gisborne : Is this what you're looking for? How about a state funeral?

  [aims crossbow at Prince John] 

  Robin Hood : Gisbrone! Don't do it. I know he deserves it, but with no leader at home, England could be ripped apart, torn up by war.

  Guy of Gisborne : What has England ever done for me?

  Isabella : Brother...

  Guy of Gisborne : Don't think I won't shoot you as well after everything you've done.

  Isabella : I know. But you'll have to decide which one of us you want dead the most - Prince John or me. Because as much as I hate Robin Hood, he loves his country. And he won't give you a second shot.

• Townspeople : Long live the King! Long Live the King! Long live the King!

  Prince John : ...long live me!

• Prince John : Stop! Fragile! This is what happens when you employ incompetents. I trust you will not make the same mistake, Sheriff.

  Isabella : Oh, fear not, Sire. By the time you return I intend to have Robin Hood in shackles alongside my brother... or coffins.

• Prince John : I want the theme of my coronation to be "Out of the darkness, into the light." And I want all the guards with mirrored shields to reflect the glory of my leadership far and wide.

  Archbishop Walter : I wonder if this opulence is appropriate while people starve.

  Prince John : Well, I'm giving them something to aspire to. Archbishop. All right,very well, I'll compromise. I'll use rubies instead of diamonds.

• Isabella : I wanted to give you a personal coronation gift from me.

  Prince John : ...so you take me to your bedchamber?

• Lord Sheridan : Lady Isabella.

  Prince John : Pay her no heed. She's a prisoner of state for aiding and abetting her terrorist brother, Gisborne, in the attempted assassination of the new King of England.

  Lord Sheridan : A serious crime.

  Prince John : For which she will be punished as seriously as you shall be rewarded.

  Lord Sheridan : Perhaps she merely requires the firm hand of a man to encourage her to mend her ways.

  Prince John : But where, where would I find such a man willing to martyr himself?

  Lord Sheridan : Always at your service, Your Highness.

  Prince John : She's all yours.

  Isabella : Please, Sire...

  Prince John : Or she can rot alone down here.

• Prince John : Do you love me? I said, DO YOU LOVE ME?

  [Crowd cheers] 

• Prince John : You know, I think I prefer this one to the real thing. At least this one doesn't lie and double deal. And steal his brothers place on his fathers throne... or in his mother's heart.I've been in your shadow too long, brother. It's my turn to step into the light while you burn in the pits of hell!

• Prince John : Wakey, wakey, Archbishop! No rest for the wicked. You've got a coronation to attend - mine. All mine. And no one to stop me.