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Robin Hood Nasir, in the figures of Azeem and Djaq, respectively. Spoofs have also followed this trend, with the 1990s BBC sitcom "Maid Marian and her Merry Men" parodying the Moorish character with Barrington, a Rastafarian rapper played by Danny John-Jules, and Mel Brooks comedy "" featuring Isaac Hayes as Asneeze and Dave Chappelle as his son Ahchoo. The 2010 movie version "Robin Hood", did not include a Saracen character. The 2018 adaptation "Robin Hood" portrays the character of Little John as a muslim named Yahya, played by Jamie Foxx. The character Azeem in the 1991 movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"