He really struggled with staying on the right path, so it'll be interesting to see where he goes now.'

'But he has been a villain and his girlfriend's nasty now.in a good way. 'He found love with Emma, so he's desperately trying to hold onto that, be the better man and keep her heart safe,' O'Donoghue said. Yeah, safe to say she's going full dark-side!Īnd Emma won't be the only one struggling with her newfound darkness, as Hook ( Colin O'Donoghue) will also wrestle with his beloved breaking bad. Here are the 20 Once Upon A Time Fan Castings Better Than What We Got.But it wasn't all bows and arrows as another clip teased just how dark Emma ( Jennifer Morrison) will become next season, thanks to her new role as the Dark One. So, as a result of all these factors, Once Upon A Time often just got the whole casting thing plain wrong, turning out poor adaptation after poor adaptation of characters who deserved to be played by far more talented and accurate actors. In a serialized television show, the production time and audition process was likely much shorter than it would be for any cinematic version.

But the flip side of that, therefore, is it never drew the level of star power that better big screen adaptations of everyone's favorite fairy tales and Disney princesses have in recent years.Īs a member of ABC's Sunday night lineup - and, eventually, the wasteland of Friday night television - Once Upon A Time could pretty much cast whoever they liked for a role without having to worry about cultural sensitivities, acting talent, ability to adequately embody the character as fans already knew them, and more. Once Upon A Time's seven season run was relatively a quiet one, in terms of the attention it drew from the general public. While big screen adaptations may get more press and excitement around them, small screen adaptations can usually get off much more easily. Casting the live action counterpart of any beloved literary or animated characters is always a contentious process.

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