Fan Casting Alys of France in Robin Hood and the House of Plantagenet (TV-Series)

A hostage of Plantagenet diplomacy and the shadow-hand behind the French throne. Promised to Richard as a child but held in England for years as the ward—and rumored mistress—of his father, King Henry II, she has returned to France a woman fueled by a singular, cold fury. She is a survivor of systemic humiliation who now uses her brother, King Philip, as a political blunt instrument to dismantle the family that stole her youth and her honor. Her primary weapon is Prince John. She exploits his desperate need for validation, fueling his mutiny against Richard to rot the Plantagenet line from within. She is the dark reflection of Eleanor of Aquitaine; where Eleanor maneuvers to save a dynasty, Alys maneuvers to burn one down. She is a lethal strategist who operates in the gaps of history, orchestrating a high-stakes game of revenge that turns brothers against each other and empires against themselves.