Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26830263-20160302221846/@comment-24674051-20160316134741

I agree. The casting call was for brothers, but that may have been a red herring (just like the casting call for Merida indicated Rumple's Mum, which was also a red herring). Granted we have no confirmation, but I think we should consider that these 2 men are NOT brothers.