A new interview with Jennifer Morrison, who plays Emma Swan on Once Upon a Time, gives us new insight to the character and (unsurprisingly) raises even more questions about what Emma’s role will be in season 2.
Morrison was on the red carpet for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards where Once Upon a Time was nominated for Visual Effects, Costumes, and Prosthetic Makeup. While there, she spoke about how Emma is very similar to Alice in Wonderland (though she made a point to say that she’s not Alice). “The world is upside-down for Emma,” she says. “Her whole world is shaken up, and she’s sort of a new being.”
This is especially true now that she knows her parents are Snow and Charming. Not only does she have this to accept and process, but we’re sure the relationship will be rocky for a while. We know that she’s still going to be upset that they gave her up, and both of them will probably try to compensate for it. For someone like Emma, a very strong and independent woman, we can see how this would cause a lot of frustration on her part.
On top of this, now that everyone knows that Regina is the Evil Queen, Emma will be highly protective of Henry. Morrison also says that, “[Emma] has to find a way to protect her son and her relationships with her family, and figure out how to move forward without being so [emotionally] guarded.” This is going to be extremely important for her if she wants a solid relationship with her son.
Although things are bound to get crazy in the second season, the actress also states that Emma will soon have romance in her life. She couldn’t say if it had anything to do with the Huntsman/Sheriff Graham, but even though we know it’s a possibility that Jamie Dornan might be back, it would be pretty difficult to get their timelines to match up to allow anything like that to happen. We’re leaning toward some other, more available (read: alive) characters for this storyline.
But the last bit of the interview was the most interesting. Morrison says that magic is “going to be a long process of discovery” for everyone, as they still need to figure out what magic in the real world means exactly and how it’s going to affect the inhabitants of Storybrooke. She also says that we’re “going to start to discover the sorts of things that she’s capable of — and she’s going to discover that, too.”
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