Shadowhunters: Dom Sherwood talks becoming The Owl, teases the future of Clace

Hidden Remote: What was it like to be switching back and forth between Jace and The Owl this season?

Dom Sherwood: It’s tough. It’s hard work because everyone sort of had a different interpretation of what they wanted this character to be, and how different from Jace they wanted it to be, and then I have my own interpretation as well. So we really all had to sort of sit down at one point and be like, ‘Look, exactly what is this character? What is the difference between him and Jace? How are we going to see a difference? How is the audience going to see a difference? How are we then going to portray that on screen?’

So after some sort of lengthy discussions, we got to a point where we were ready to move this character forward and ready to present who he is on camera, who both of them are on camera. It took some real work to get there. Fortunately, I have such a great relationship with the Matt Hastings and with Todd and Darren. We got to a very secure point where we all happy with it and ready to present on camera for you guys. Hopefully everyone feels the same as us and enjoys it.

Hidden Remote: I know you’re sort of infamous for jumping out and scaring people on the Shadowhunters set. Did you ever utilize that Owl mask for a prank? 

Dom Sherwood: No… but I should have, right? Yeah, I mean they still have it, so it’s not… maybe I can get it back and put it on. Oh, that’s really smart. Oh, look at you. Kat’s going to hate you.

The big thing is that we kept it so secretive. There wasn’t a whole lot of time because, even to stop and get a drink of water or whatever, I had to have a crowd of people around me when we’d shoot because we did a lot of it on location. There was a team of people to take off the mask.

And honestly, it’s more of a helmet. It goes down to my chest, all the way around my shoulders and back, and then up the back of my head. We needed a lot of people to make sure I was covered obviously every time I take it off, especially if there were other people around or photographers. We didn’t want it to get out, and it was one of the key things we were trying to hide. So yeah, the mask was tough. It was a learning process.