Will Scarlet

"Give a man the proper motivation, you never know what he might be willing to do."

- Will to Alice

Will Scarlet, also known as the Knave of Hearts and later as the White King, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the first episode of the spin-off series. He is portrayed by starring cast member Michael Socha.

Will Scarlet is based on a character of the same name from the ballad "Robin Hood". He also takes the place of the Knave of Hearts from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", and the place of the White King from Lewis Carroll's novella "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There"

Trivia
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Character Notes

 * Will is unable to swim due to his fear of water.


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Production Notes

 * The casting call of the spinoff series describes him as, "a sardonic adventurer, a man of action, loner and heartbreaker -- the proverbial rolling stone. His swagger isn't quite enough to disguise the fact that he is unswervingly loyal and possessed of a strong moral code."


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Lost

 * When Will tries to break into the library, and when Belle finds him the next morning, he's holding a bottle of MacCutcheon Scotch Whiskey. This was a fictional brand featured on Lost.

Popular Culture

 * In the Once Upon a Time in Wonderland episode "Trust Me", Knave is unable to swim due to his fear of water. In the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Knave cannot swim as well, but this is because he's a playing card made of cardboard.


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Set Dressing

 * Among the numerous fairytale illustrations in Henry's room is  "Who stole the Tarts?", by the famous English book illustrator Arthur Rackham. This illustration depicts a scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland where the Knave of Hearts is standing before the White Rabbit and the King and Queen of Hearts, as he (the Knave) stands trial for a tart burglary. (Note that the illustration can be seen on the right hand side of Henry's cuckoo clock, but not very clearly. It can be seen more clearly in a Flickr set photograph from Season Two.)