Fan Casting Henry Jacobs/Mr. Hyde in Thunderstorm: The Skybreaker

Henry Jacobs is a brilliant but deeply fractured scientist whose obsession with unlocking human potential has twisted him into something monstrous. By day, he maintains a veneer of respectability as a renowned researcher, but his true self—Mr. Hyde—emerges when he surrenders to his darker impulses. This dual nature makes him unpredictable and terrifying; he's capable of charming intellectualism one moment and savage brutality the next. His transformation into Mr. Hyde represents the complete shedding of his civilized restraints, revealing a creature driven by primal rage, ambition, and a god complex that sees ordinary humans as beneath him. Henry's tragedy is that he genuinely believes his experiments and his monstrous alter ego are necessary steps toward transcendence, making him a villain who is convinced of his own righteousness even as he commits atrocities.