Fan Casting Isaac II Angelos in Robin Hood and the House of Plantagenet (TV-Series)

The paranoid and desperate Byzantine Emperor who views the Third Crusade as a greater threat to Constantinople than the Turks. To prevent the Crusaders from seizing his lands, he enters into a secret, treacherous alliance with Saladin, agreeing to sabotage Richard’s progress in exchange for the protection of Greek interests. Isaac is a man drowning in court intrigue, utilizing a vast network of spies and eunuchs to maintain his fragile grip on the throne. To him, the "Latin" kings are nothing more than barbarians whose crusading zeal is merely a cover for the eventual sack of his city.