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[This story contains spoilers for The Death of Robin Hood.]
In 2021, Jodie Comer, like so many of us, was completely taken with Michael Sarnoski’s Pig.
The actor and filmmaker happened to share the same talent agency, so they agreed to have a general meeting over Zoom in order to express mutual admiration for one another. A year later, the two randomly found themselves seated next to each other at a dinner party where they got to know each other some more. But it took until 2024 for the stars to finally align professionally thanks to Sarnoski’s revision tale called The Death of Robin Hood.
The slow-burn thriller is partially based on a 17th century ballad in which the heroic outlaw’s cousin, a malevolent prioress, bleeds the older, ailing Robin to death under the guise of the ancient medical treatment known as bloodletting. Comer quickly agreed to play the healer for the writer-director and also share uniquely intimate scenes with Hugh Jackman’s Robin Hood, especially since she’d briefly worked with the latter on a musical that didn’t take flight.
