After the transmission of Robin Hood many of the press reviews compared Standen flamboyant swashbuckling performance to the iconic movie star Errol Flynn with the Guardian declaring of Standen's character: "Clive Standen's bed-hopping, lovable rogue has no particular allegiance to anyone, and seemingly no morals, until Robin Hood shows him a better way. Clive Standen has a leading man charisma that will see him through....Archer (Standen) is the missing link; the man that the entire series has been leading up to. Thanks to Archer, Robin Hood will survive without Robin Hood. In fact, it might even be better off without him.".