A brief new interview with Once Upon a Time stars Lana Parrilla and Emilie de Ravin reveals new details about their characters’ season 3 storylines.
TV Guide has released a few intriguing interview snippets with Parrilla and de Ravin, revealing more about Once Upon a Time season 3.
Parrilla teases Regina’s much-hyped romantic interest, entertaining the fan theory that it might be the recently re-cast Robin Hood.
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“Regina’s love has to be very manly, and Robin Hood is that,” she says, adding that, “I’m getting very excited” about the storyline.
Parrilla can also reveal that season 3 won’t only introduce The Little Mermaid‘s Ariel, but also the mermaids native to Neverland, whom she calls, “beautiful, full-bodied and not the nicest mermaids. They’re more like sirens.”
And from mermaids to fairies, this season will explore the origin stories of the Blue Fairy, Nova and Tinkerbell.
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Finally, Emilie de Ravin promises that there’ll be, “a dreamlike reunion/interaction between Mr. Gold and Belle” early on in the season, and even hints that Belle could join Gold in Neverland.
Once Upon a Time season 3 premieres Sunday, September 29, airing at 8/7c on ABC. The first episode is titled “The Heart of the Truest Believer.”