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The story of Peter Pan and Captain Hook on which we all grew up had the latter as the clear-cut bad guy who went around tormenting young children. But ABC’s Once Upon A Time has introduced a very different take– one that not only introduced Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) as an almost impossibly charming (no pun intended) and more sensitive than we might imagined man but also as a man that though out for revenge was so for love and a sense of family that many might not have thought possible for such a traditionally mustache-twirly character. Hook even managed to set aside some of his personal quest to help Emma (Jennifer Morrison) attempt to rescue her son from Neverland– a place that Hook knows better than almost anyone and therefore knows to fear. How will Hook continue to grow and evolve based on his decision to put aside his own mission and help someone else, let alone to confront some demons in Neverland? LA TV Insider Examiner sat down with O’Donoghue on set to find out!
“You saw towards the end of last season…he sort of said ‘If I do get my revenge, what have I got to live for? What are we doing?’ And I think he is beginning to realize that there’s more to life than just trying to get revenge, you know, and I think there are certain elements that are helping him realize that and giving him something to sort of live for, I guess,” O’Donoghue said.
“He’s quite different; he’s struggling with whether or not he should try to become this new person or not and that’s difficult for him because I think there’s a part of him that wants to try to do the right thing, but he’s been living with this hatred and revenge for hundreds of years, so it’s tough to let go of. That’s a real struggle for him.”
The simple fact that O’Donoghue believes Hook is struggling with right and wrong proves that he’s a much more complicated man, and seeing Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) as an absolutely tortured and warped because of it soul interestingly offers an insight and dichotomy into Hook, too, that continues to expand the audience’s perception of him. While O’Donoghue shared that he has never approached playing Hook as an “out and out villain,” it has been his selfishness that defined him when we first met him, and now that is shifting.
“Selfishness made him do villainous things at times. And a lot of it could be hearsay– a lot of the stories about Hook that people sort of– I don’t know yet, but the way I saw it was that, similar to The Princess Bride…there’s this sort of myth behind him but nobody ever saw it happen,” O’Donoghue said.
“I do think he’d happily kill you if he had to, but he might have a little bit of a cry about it after.”
Once Upon A Time will give further insight into Hook’s story this third season with a flashback episode that will show a side of Killian Jones that O’Donoghue thought would “surprise people.” In it we will see a younger version of him that may not be expected– but will it inform why he relates as much as he does to Emma (Jennifer Morrison)?
“I think the relationship that they have is sort of complicated because they both care deeply for Baelfire. Emma loves him, you know, and Hook was willing to give up everything to become his step-father– that figure. And in the first episode you see that he has kept his sword. Remember that he would have had to have kept that sword for hundreds of years, and he says to her– ’cause she said ‘Obviously you guys were quite close’– and he said ‘I miss him, too’. And he was very, very genuine about that. They always saw an element of themselves in each other anyway, I think, from when they went up the beanstalk, but in particular this sort of thing you know is kind of, they’re not that dissimilar,” O’Donoghue said.
[adrotate group="5"]In it we will see a younger version of him that may not be expected
So my headcanon is that Hook’s father (probably Liam) wasn’t a pirate but a very honorable man. For some reason he left Hook (killed..kidnapped..?) and that caused Hook to loose faith in the idea of being an honorable sailor and so he took up pirating. But if they are having Colin play his younger version then he can’t be too young. 18 at the youngest, so did his father leave him at the age of 18 or are we going to see a much younger Hook somewhere.
“I think the relationship that they have is sort of complicated because they both care deeply for Baelfire.
Sort of complicated. LOLz. Sort of.
Emma loves him, you know, and Hook was willing to give up everything to become his step-father– that figure. And in the first episode you see that he has kept his sword
Gosh I need some CaptainFire scenes soon before I die of questions.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I’m really glad to get Colin’s perspective on Hook’s relationship with Baelfire. I’m going to post more in SF thread about what I think this could mean for when Neal returns to present-day NL.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
The story of Peter Pan and Captain Hook on which we all grew up had the latter as the clear-cut bad guy who went around tormenting young children. But ABC’s Once Upon A Time has introduced a very different take– one that not only introduced Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) as an almost impossibly charming (no pun intended) and more sensitive than we might imagined man but also as a man that though out for revenge was so for love and a sense of family that many might not have thought possible for such a traditionally mustache-twirly character. Hook even managed to set aside some of his personal quest to help Emma (Jennifer Morrison) attempt to rescue her son from Neverland– a place that Hook knows better than almost anyone and therefore knows to fear. How will Hook continue to grow and evolve based on his decision to put aside his own mission and help someone else, let alone to confront some demons in Neverland? LA TV Insider Examiner sat down with O’Donoghue on set to find out! “You saw towards the end of last season…he sort of said ‘If I do get my revenge, what have I got to live for? What are we doing?’ And I think he is beginning to realize that there’s more to life than just trying to get revenge, you know, and I think there are certain elements that are helping him realize that and giving him something to sort of live for, I guess,” O’Donoghue said. “He’s quite different; he’s struggling with whether or not he should try to become this new person or not and that’s difficult for him because I think there’s a part of him that wants to try to do the right thing, but he’s been living with this hatred and revenge for hundreds of years, so it’s tough to let go of. That’s a real struggle for him.” The simple fact that O’Donoghue believes Hook is struggling with right and wrong proves that he’s a much more complicated man, and seeing Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) as an absolutely tortured and warped because of it soul interestingly offers an insight and dichotomy into Hook, too, that continues to expand the audience’s perception of him. While O’Donoghue shared that he has never approached playing Hook as an “out and out villain,” it has been his selfishness that defined him when we first met him, and now that is shifting. “Selfishness made him do villainous things at times. And a lot of it could be hearsay– a lot of the stories about Hook that people sort of– I don’t know yet, but the way I saw it was that, similar to The Princess Bride…there’s this sort of myth behind him but nobody ever saw it happen,” O’Donoghue said. “I do think he’d happily kill you if he had to, but he might have a little bit of a cry about it after.”
I’ve always felt Hook was more bluster than killer. He seems to rely on intimidation first.
To me, he doesn’t seem to enjoy killing. When he and Regina were in the mines and discussing revenge, Hook seemed to be trying to reach her. It was when she said she was going to kill everyone that he showed her the cuff. Again, Hook turned on Greg and Tamara when they were going to kill everyone. I don’t believe him when he says it is only for himself that he turned on them. Hook seems to try to hide his soft side and I think in episode 5 we learn why. More importantly through out season 2, Hook seemed to always have a bit of a death wish and was ok with dying if the Croc died with him.Even with Cora, I think Hook was not happy about all the villagers being killed. I don’t think Hook helped Cora kill the villagers. If I recall correctly, he was busy getting his ship ready when Cora called him for her plan. She wanted show him some thing special, which I think was more than the sparkly dirt (but was the village as well). My sense was that she already killed everyone and Hook didn’t have a choice but to go along with Cora. She already gave him a choice in Wonderland to work with her or die. I think he wanted to get away from her and in part that’s why he wanted to help team princess. I don’t blame Belle for everything Rumple did while she is/was with him, evthough ugh she has weigh more influence on Rumple than Hook on Cora.The thing with Hook, he doesn’t have any one or really anything in his corner that will protect him, so he can’t straight out tell Cora, Regina, Greg and Tamara that they are wrong and evil. He has to rely on his ability to deceive/double cross to try to stop them.When Cora turned that guy into a fish, Hook “gently kicked” the fish into the water. I say gently because he didn’t boot the guy to hurt him.Even with Belle, he could have shot to kill but he didn’t, In the library, I think he was acting as a distraction to give Smee the ability to steal Bae’s wrap/shawl and not intending to hurt Belle.The only time Hook seemed ok about killing an innocent was Belle in the tower the first time they met. I assume he was going to kill her. that seemed out of character, but he felt it was necessary because he couldn’t have Regina know he was there. I don’t count killing Regina’s guards as killing an innocent because they are bad guys.I very curious as to how Bae and Hook interact and finding out their back story. It seems to me. They spent significant time together, not just a week.
Keeper of Hook and Emma's smoldering first kiss, a certain Pirate's sauciness, the Evil Queen's snarkiness, Grumpy's gruffness and a drop of true love to make it all go down smooth.
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The story of Peter Pan and Captain Hook on which we all grew up had the latter as the clear-cut bad guy who went around tormenting young children. But ABC’s Once Upon A Time has introduced a very different take– one that not only introduced Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) as an almost impossibly charming (no pun intended) and more sensitive than we might imagined man but also as a man that though out for revenge was so for love and a sense of family that many might not have thought possible for such a traditionally mustache-twirly character. Hook even managed to set aside some of his personal quest to help Emma (Jennifer Morrison) attempt to rescue her son from Neverland– a place that Hook knows better than almost anyone and therefore knows to fear. How will Hook continue to grow and evolve based on his decision to put aside his own mission and help someone else, let alone to confront some demons in Neverland? LA TV Insider Examiner sat down with O’Donoghue on set to find out! “You saw towards the end of last season…he sort of said ‘If I do get my revenge, what have I got to live for? What are we doing?’ And I think he is beginning to realize that there’s more to life than just trying to get revenge, you know, and I think there are certain elements that are helping him realize that and giving him something to sort of live for, I guess,” O’Donoghue said. “He’s quite different; he’s struggling with whether or not he should try to become this new person or not and that’s difficult for him because I think there’s a part of him that wants to try to do the right thing, but he’s been living with this hatred and revenge for hundreds of years, so it’s tough to let go of. That’s a real struggle for him.” The simple fact that O’Donoghue believes Hook is struggling with right and wrong proves that he’s a much more complicated man, and seeing Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) as an absolutely tortured and warped because of it soul interestingly offers an insight and dichotomy into Hook, too, that continues to expand the audience’s perception of him. While O’Donoghue shared that he has never approached playing Hook as an “out and out villain,” it has been his selfishness that defined him when we first met him, and now that is shifting. “Selfishness made him do villainous things at times. And a lot of it could be hearsay– a lot of the stories about Hook that people sort of– I don’t know yet, but the way I saw it was that, similar to The Princess Bride…there’s this sort of myth behind him but nobody ever saw it happen,” O’Donoghue said. “I do think he’d happily kill you if he had to, but he might have a little bit of a cry about it after.”
I’ve always felt Hook was more bluster than killer. He seems to rely on intimidation first
To me, he doesn’t seem to enjoy killing. When he and Regina were in the mines and discussing revenge, Hook seemed to be trying to reach her. It was when she said she was going to kill everyone that he showed her the cuff. Again, Hook turned on Greg and Tamara when they were going to kill everyone. I don’t believe him when he says it is only for himself that he turned on them. Hook seems to try to hide his soft side and I think in episode 5 we learn why. More importantly through out season 2, Hook seemed to always have a bit of a death wish and was ok with dying if the Croc died with him.
Even with Cora, I think Hook was not happy about all the villagers being killed. I don’t think Hook helped Cora kill the villagers. If I recall correctly, he was busy getting his ship ready when Cora called him for her plan. She wanted show him some thing special, which I think was more than the sparkly dirt (but was the village as well). My sense was that she already killed everyone and Hook didn’t have a choice but to go along with Cora. She already gave him a choice in Wonderland to work with her or die. I think he wanted to get away from her and in part that’s why he wanted to help team princess. I don’t blame Belle for everything Rumple did while she is/was with him, evthough ugh she has weigh more influence on Rumple than Hook on Cora.The thing with Hook, he doesn’t have any one or really anything in his corner that will protect him, so he can’t straight out tell Cora, Regina, Greg and Tamara that they are wrong and evil. He has to rely on his ability to deceive/double cross to try to stop them.
When Cora turned that guy into a fish, Hook “gently kicked” the fish into the water. I say gently because he didn’t boot the guy to hurt him.
Even with Belle, he could have shot to kill but he didn’t, In the library, I think he was acting as a distraction to give Smee the ability to steal Bae’s wrap/shawl and not intending to hurt Belle.
The only time Hook seemed ok about killing an innocent was Belle in the tower the first time they met. I assume he was going to kill her. that seemed out of character, but he felt it was necessary because he couldn’t have Regina know he was there. I don’t count killing Regina’s guards as killing an innocent because they are bad guys.
I very curious as to how Bae and Hook interact and finding out their back story. It seems to me. They spent significant time together, not just a week.
Keeper of Hook and Emma's smoldering first kiss, a certain Pirate's sauciness, the Evil Queen's snarkiness, Grumpy's gruffness and a drop of true love to make it all go down smooth.
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