Trivia / Eion Bailey

• Acting in the Dark: Auditioned for August knowing only what was in the script for "True North". The creators reportedly tried to keep August's true identity a secret from him for ages. The Irony of this was not lost on him.^note Lying to the actor playing Pinocchio.
• Actor Allusion: Guest starred in an episode of Law & Order playing a war veteran.
• Actor-Shared Background: He was a writer in his youth like the real David Kenyon Webster. Technically subverted with August, as he isn't actually a writer - just pretending to be.
• Billing Displacement: Of a sort. He was listed in the main titles for the second half of Once Upon a Time season 1, although he was absent from three episodes and had only small scenes in a few others.
• Dyeing for Your Art:
  • Shaved his head on-screen for a scene in Fight Club.
  • Participated in a gruelling ten-day boot camp to prepare for Band of Brothers.
• Enforced Method Acting: Because Webster is in the hospital for episodes 6 and 7, Eion took a vacation to India while they were being filmed. This helped drum up feelings of resentment towards Webster from the rest of the cast.
• Funny Character, Boring Actor: He's very soft-spoken and reserved in interviews, compared to the snarky characters he usually plays.
• Playing Against Type: As a Yandere arsonist in Stalker (2014).
• Reclusive Artist: At one point didn't update his Twitter account for five years. And he posts very rarely.
• Short-Lived, Big Impact: Two of his more famous roles. He was only a OUAT regular in the second half of Season 1 and only appeared in 5 out of 10 Band of Brothers episodes, yet is one of the more remembered characters in both.
• Typecasting: Tends to be a Deadpan Snarker or Jerk with a Heart of Gold. The two often overlap.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Auditioned for Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, a role which eventually went to Christian Bale. Seen here. Averted in Band of Brothers as he read for Webster and was cast instantly.
  • He was cast in a prominent role in Westworld but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, and was replaced with Ben Barnes.

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