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Carter quotes from Robin Hood

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10th most-quoted character in Robin Hood: in 19 of its 415 quotes
Most scenes with: Robin Hood (13), Much (8), Allan (2)

Scenes with Carter 19

Do you know what you've got to do?

CCarter

Retrieve The Great Pact of Nottingham and kill Robin Hood. Believe me, my Lord, nothing would give me greater pleasure. Robin Hood is as good as dead.

[Carter arrives at the fight in Clun on horseback and throws a throwing knife at a guard. Much sees this]

Who is that?

[Robin fights]

Robin. Gallows!

[Robin races up near the gallows fighting guards. Carter throws another throwing knife at a guard. He watches Robin fight. Robin continues to fight and Carter runs up to him, noticing a guard about to attack]

CCarter

Friend, behind you!

[Robin fights the guard and Carter runs up to him. As Robin knocks out the guard, he notices Carter has picked up his bow and is aiming it at a noose. Long pause as Robin and Much watch Carter aiming. Carter fires the arrow which hits the noose, snapping it and freeing a villager]

[Much, Will and Djaq are now gathered behind Carter and Robin]

[Pause]

[Carter hands Robin his bow back]

[To Will] He's good.

He's very good.

[Carter nods to Robin and Robin laughs. Carter turns to Much, Will and Djaq and Will nods at him]

[Carter facing away, has cut his arm, allowing blood to drip down his hand. The gang arrive]

Thank you, friend. I owe you my life.

CCarter

Yes, you do.

[He turns around to face Robin]

CCarter

But I won't take it yet. Carter.

[Robin walks up to him and shakes his hand]

Robin Hood.

[Much walks to Carter and shakes his hand]

Much. Nice, er, [He mimics throwing a knife] move. Have we met?

CCarter

No, I...we've never met.

You must be disappointed with er, the wound. Y'know, if you're planning on going back to the Holy Land and kill him.

CCarter

He's here.

In England!

[Pause]

It's not me, is it?

[Robin laughs, Carter smiles]

CCarter

Tell me where you've hidden it

I'll die first.

CCarter

No, your friends will die, [He glances at Much and Marian, who are tied up together.] one by one, til you tell me where it is.

[Robin glances back at Much and Marian]

CCarter

See? That little look back. It revealed your weakness. Never look back, my friend. Now I know I've won. So...who should we start with? Your little sidekick from the Holy Land...or do you have a soft spot for the girl?

[Robin aims his bow and arrow at Carter]

CCarter

I thought so.

Much was right, wasn't he? You did meet in the Holy Land.

CCarter

We didn't meet. He met my brother.

What was his name?

CCarter

You don't remember? You should.

[They continue fighting and stop]

CCarter

Thomas.

Thomas?

CCarter

You killed him. You ordered him into that village. [He picks up his sword] He called for help, but none came. You let him die.

I remember him. He was a good fighter.

CCarter

He was a war hero.

Yeah. But he stopped listening. Thought he was invincible. We said it was dangerous, he wouldn't listen. He led the charge into that village. We tried to save him. I tried.

[Carter is unwilling to believe the truth about his brother]

CCarter

No. I was there when they brought his body back. The stretch bearers told me everything.

I told them to make up the story. So that his family would remember him as a war hero and not a fool who got himself killed.

He cried when he died.

CCarter

No.

He cried and he said "Tell my family I didn't cry. Tell them I was laughing on the wrong side of my face".

CCarter

That's what he used to say "laughing on the wrong side of his face". How did you know that?

Because I held him in my arms as he died.

[Robin has permitted Carter to kill him, if it will help him. Carter is about to stab him]

[Quietly] He was a hero. Just not on that day.

[Carter drops his sword and falls to the ground]

CCarter

What am I doing here? What have I done?

[Pause]

CCarter

Help me. My brother. I loved him so much.

[He begins to cry]

[Softly] Hey. It's alright.

[He kneels next to Carter, ruffles his hair and hugs him]

[Softly] It's alright. It's alright.

[Much and Djaq burst into the barn]

Are you alright?

[Robin nods]

Why is he crying?

He's not crying. He's laughing on the wrong side of his face.

CCarter

Thomas was my hero. Whatever he did, I had to do too. And when he joined the Knights Templar...I knew I had to follow. I had only just joined when...when he died.

Thomas. You look like him. That's why I recognized you.

CCarter

I was determined to carry on for him. To be as good as him. To get to the very top. I joined the King's private guard.

[To Robin] Like us.

[Robin winks then smiles at Much]

CCarter

[after jumping off the turret walkway of the castle into a cart full of hay, after guards have chased them] Do you do this often?

I seem to, yeah.

CCarter

Y'know, it really would be easier to kill them.

[Robin laughs]

I know.

[They get up]

But where would be the fun in that, eh?

[On the Crusaders' Frontier, Nasir and King Richard and his envoy are riding to meet]

[A man rides up to Nasir]

I am the royal envoy for Prince Salah Ad-Din. [The man takes off his helmet and hood - it's Carter] Rightful ruler of these lands and Master of the Ayuubid Dynasty.

CCarter

Yeah? And I'm the King of England.

[The Crusaders laugh]

[Nasir shows Carter Salah Ad-Din's royal seal, and Carter rides back to the rest of the envoy and shows the seal to King Richard]

Thank you, Carter.

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