Jodie Comer has spent the last few years proving she can do literally anything, from playing a psychopathic assassin to surviving a zombie apocalypse to whatever she was doing in that one episode of Doctor Foster that still haunts my dreams. But her latest role might be her most unexpected yet. In The Death of Robin Hood, she plays Sister Brigid, a nun who tends to a dying Robin Hood in what appears to be the most depressing medieval hospice visit ever committed to film. And honestly? It sounds perfect for her.
The film comes from Michael Sarnoski, the director behind Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One, which means you already know it’s going to be emotionally devastating in ways you didn’t prepare for. Hugh Jackman plays Robin Hood as a grizzled, bitter old outlaw reflecting on a lifetime of crime and murder after being critically injured in battle. Jodie Comer enters the story as Sister Brigid, the mysterious woman who offers him a chance at salvation while probably questioning every life choice that led her to this specific dying criminal in the woods.
What makes Jodie Comer such a compelling choice for this role is her ability to balance warmth with something harder underneath. Sister Brigid isn’t just a caretaker. She’s the moral anchor of the entire film, balancing Jackman’s bitter darkness with what critics have described as “quiet, soothing warmth.” That’s a tricky line to walk in a movie that’s essentially about a legendary hero confronting his own mortality and the body count he left behind. Jodie Comer manages to make compassion feel like a choice rather than a default setting, which is exactly what this story needs.
The supporting cast doesn’t hurt either. Bill Skarsgård plays Little John, Murray Bartlett shows up in some capacity, and Noah Jupe appears as well. But the real draw is the combination of Jodie Comer and Hugh Jackman, two actors who understand that the best performances often come from restraint rather than scenery-chewing. Sarnoski has described the film as a “tender meditation on mortality, vengeance, and redemption,” which is a fancy way of saying it’s going to make you cry in a theater full of strangers.
The Death of Robin Hood has already been hailed as “one of the best films of 2026” by early viewers, with specific praise for Jackman’s King Lear-esque performance and Sarnoski’s direction. But Jodie Comer is the secret weapon here. She’s the character who has to make you believe that redemption is still possible for a man who spent decades stealing from people and occasionally murdering them. That’s not an easy sell, but if anyone can make audiences root for a dying outlaw’s spiritual recovery, it’s her.
The film hits US theaters on June 19 and UK theaters on September 4, which gives American audiences the chance to emotionally prepare before everyone else. Jodie Comer has already proven she can carry a film on her own, but watching her hold her own opposite Hugh Jackman in a period drama about death and regret feels like the exact kind of career move that separates good actors from the ones who become legends. Sister Brigid might be tending to Robin Hood’s wounds, but Jodie Comer is the one doing the real healing here.
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