"getting too real" is right! Rob the Builder is cute as a button, he's got real life skills and charms, but I get the feeling he's not playing a game. I get the feeling he's capable of anything, a real life, street thug survivor. The way he body slammed Ethan intentionally, into the side of the pool, rather than into the water, wasn't my first clue.
So if you want type casting survivor, Rob's the one.
I just think they need to add him to the cast of the "Sopranos".