Jack

Jack is a protagonist in "Into the Woods" portrayed by Daniel Huttlestone.

Character Summary
In the first half of the movie, Jack is sent into the woods by his mother to sell their cow, Milky White. He encounters the Baker and the Baker's Wife, who buy his cow for five "magic" beans. His mother, angry at this rash decision, throws the beans away. But overnight, the beans sprout into a large beanstalk that climbs up to the land of the Giants. Jack immediately climbs the beanstalk, and later returns with a bag of gold, which he gives to the Baker in hopes he can buy his cow back. He climbs back up the beanstalk to steal more gold, and he comes back down with a Giant chasing him. He hacks down the stalk with an axe and finds his worried mother with a harp and a hen that lays golden eggs. He also helps the Baker and his wife get their child by milking his cow.

In the second half, he runs away from Cinderella and Cinderella's Prince's wedding when he hears the booming steps of a giant. He hides in the woods for a while until the Witch, who wants to give him to the giant, finds him and brings him to the Baker, Little Red, and Cinderella. But the four instead want to try and kill the giant instead. While in a tree, the Baker informs Jack that the Steward accidentally killed his mother when he shoved her aside. Jack swears vengeance, but the Baker convinces him to do otherwise just in time for the Giant to show up. The four successfully take down the giant and go to live with the Baker.