Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26340222-20161228162949/@comment-25375217-20170103221019

Speaking as a teenage actor, being a teenager is not an excuse for poor acting ^.^' Jared is not nearly as talented as many of the people in my friend group and, at this point in time, there's very little that can change that. Actually, he's really gotten worse in technique since Season 1. Regardless, I still enjoy several scenes focusing on him, and Henry remains one of my favorite characters.

It's worth noting that playing Sir Henry here will not be anything like Peter Pan. Peter Pan was a villain - evil. Sir Henry is an antagonist - not necessarily evil, but an enemy to the main characters (who, in turn, are not necessarily good). In this case, Emma, Regina, and Henry are all on the side of good but in the middle of a major misunderstanding. Playing an antagonist, specifically a heroic one, is quite different from playing a villain simply by merit of what the character is. By that logic, this is a kind of character we have never seen Jared play, and how well he will do is yet to be seen. (Well, we got some glimpses of it, but it wasn't enough to really judge.)

All that said, I also doubt he will be a season antagonist - not for actor reasons, but because Henry brings nothing to the table as a full-time antagonist, like Esk said. He is best suited as a short-term threat.