Rueben's Ramblings

With the return of the ABC fairytale drama Once Upon a Time this Sunday night at 8 PM, it is time to take a look back at the visit made at Comic Con 2014 in San Diego by the cast and creative minds behind the show.

On the panel that morning included Lana Parrilla (The Evil Queen), Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan), Josh Dallas (Prince Charming), Emilie de Ravin (Belle), Robert Carlyle (Rumplestilskin), Colin O’Donoghue (Captain Hook), Jared Gilmore (Henry Mills) and executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.

With self-proclaimed Once Upon a Time super-fan and actress Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) acting as moderator, the panel was opened with a clip reel from season three and each of the panelists being introduced to the roar of the packed audience.

Among the subjects that were discussed included the following:

• Eddy and Adam talking about how their “true love” stories have happy endings that aren’t what views expect;

• Belle and Rumple are not going to have an easy start to their marriage because of his deception (in regards to keeping the dagger) despite his genuine love for her and Emilie shared that Belle will “be devastated” when she learns the truth;

• Jared was praised by Yvette for being the heart of the show and how “chilling” it was to see him play Peter Pan; with Jared saying “it was amazing (because) Henry is so nice and Pan would do anything to be the opposite”;

• Lana shared that she is “proud of Regina’s growth” over this past season, but with the unexpected return of Robin Hood’s believed-to-be-dead wife Marian, things are going to be complicated and there is a possibility that she could return to her “old ways”;

• Emma and Hook will attempt to work on their relationship, but Emma is also “on a journey to find herself”;

• Colin shared that for the first time ever Hook will be out of the 50-pound leather jacket that has been his common attire, getting into “regular clothes”; and,

• Josh was congratulated on the recent birth of his and Ginnifer’s real-life “prince” with him sharing that “fatherhood is the greatest thing that has ever happened to (him)”.

NOTE: It was at this time that a special video of Ginnifer was shown, as she was on set in Canada, but she wanted to say hello to all the fans at the convention. The video, of course, was a spoof of her being a ‘crazy, protective, on-set mom”. It was really quite funny!

During the audience Q&A, Colin shared that “Emma helped (Hook) find his goodness”; Lana said that she has “never been bored” playing a character that has changed from evil to good to potentially evil again and Jennifer enjoyed traveling to New York and Neverland, but she is looking forward to riding a horse because she “hasn’t gotten to do that (yet)” and she said she enjoyed “getting initiated into the fairytale world” by wearing the corsets and dresses.

One tidbit that Eddy and Adam were willing to reveal is that Henry will be going into the family pawn business with Mr. Gold; but when asked if Flynn Ryder from the animated movie Tangled would be added to the guest list, they were mum on the subject. They also shared that it is their “job, at the end of the day, to have everyone get their own happy ending” so let’s see how that works out on Sunday when the princesses Elsa and Anna from the animated Disney film Frozen join the cast.

Once Upon a Time will be back for its fourth season on ABC this Sunday, September 28 at 8/7c. If you are a true fan of the show, you will also want to watch the Once Upon a Time Special “Frozen Over” that will air at 7/6c.