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TV Fanatic has conducted an exclusive interview with Sinqua Walls about his role as Sir Lancelot in season two of Once Upon a Time.

ABC described Sir Lancelot will be "a sword for hire with nothing to lose." What more can you tell us about him?

That's right. There's more character development that comes, naturally. He's a very interesting and dangerous man. He's fun. I think the fans are going to like him but he's definitely a man you'll want to know more about. A sword for hire is a dangerous man. Any man who can wield a sword effortlessly is dangerous.

Was there sword training involved for the role?

I did a little bit of training. I did some sword fighting, just to get comfortable with the sword that we were going to use. It was really great because Josh Dallas, who plays Charming on the show, he has a lot of sword training as well. So just from like working with him and watching him I learned a lot of how to be effortless with the sword. I also did some horseback riding training as well to get comfortable and know the nuances of how a knight in shining armor rides.

Had you watched the show before you got this part?

I did. I think as an actor you always watch the new shows that come out because you want to get a feel for everything. You study a lot of directors and screenwriters and movies that are up for awards. So I had watched the show just as research to get familiar with the tone of the show. Obviously when I knew I was going to play the character I watched the show even more so that I could get a really good background of the characters that I was in relation to and how I could really live in the scenes with them.

Do you know how many episodes you'll be in this season?

That is a question that I don't know the exact answer to. I know I'm going to be in more than one. But right now there's going to be more stories involving Lancelot and we'll see what comes around.

Read the full interview with Sinqua at TV Fanatic