Irwin starts off the film as the most empathetic, considerate, calm and supportive crewmember but as soon as the proverbial hits the fan he transforms into a blubbering, cowardly, backstabbing nervous-wreck. It didn't make any sense since he had hitherto suggested no ruthless or obnoxious traits.
Stupid writing, and perhaps idiot macho filmmakers having a dig at the sensitive nice guy type.
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But at least in "The Walking Dead" the 'weaker' characters aren't the ones who backstab and betray one another (well apart from Gabriel and even he's been redeemed). The 'weaker' or more sensitive characters don't tend to last very long, unless they quickly toughen up like Glen and Carol did, but they aren't often the traitor. Look as Herschel and Dale, the characters who arguably most resemble Irwin in terms of personality. They may have died but at least they always maintained their decency and dignity right until the end.
I like to think of myself as an empathetic, compassionate person, but I wouldn't turn into a blubbering wreck in a crisis. It's possible to maintain a balance, and arguably the two traits go hand in hand. Often compassion and reasonability goes together with a cool and calm mind. Hicks in the film 'Aliens' is a great example of the relatively 'sensitive guy' also being one of the toughest.
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Harrington, Petrovich or even Brunel would have been better choices for that role. Aldrich would have worked, too.
I don't think he came across as a villain. All he wanted to do was speak to his daughter again.
There's a sadness about him
I think it was an unknown facade. In the first act when they talk about finding God and writing poems he specifically says, as, I assume, the missions councilor/psych, that people never really change, only when you put them under enough pressure you see who they really are.
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