‘I’ve played queens in Hollywood – my powerful historical drama will surprise viewers’

Connie Nielsen plays the real-life Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine in the new Robin Hood show (Picture: MGM)For hundreds of years, people have told the story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men. This legendary outlaw famously ‘stole from the rich to give to the poor’ while battling the tyrannical Prince John and his lackey, the Sheriff of Nottingham.But what if I told you you didn’t know the real story at all? Or at least the version you’d heard was missing some key details.