Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29195016-20160724040235/@comment-1894786-20161008025959

FrancisPaul wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: but... we have 3 different actresses for Emma. We have 3 different actors for Neal/Baelfire. We even have 3 different actresses for Regina, if you count when she was a baby in Young Cora's arms. XD

Seriously, you're right as far as the casting of different ages is concerned, and we're lucky to have some of the younger character casts that we have had.

If Lady Tremaine is indeed intended to also be Ana's mom, then the only reason they look different is the recast. And honestly, how many people (outside of the hard-core fans like here) would even realize that there were 2 different actresses playing the role. It would fall into the same category as Gaston, to be honest. And to be fair, we are getting a legit Wonderland tie in a week or 2 when Dr. Lydgate shows up, so that episode may provide some additional clues about Ana and the timeline. Yes, I really cannot believe that they think we wouldn't see that as more than a coincidence. Lydgate showing up, Victorian England, Ella... it all points to some sort of connection to the spin off Lydgate is showing up? I was like 90% sure Jafar killed him in order to get Alice's address.

Anyways, if Regina was 18 (Lana confirmed this age) when Snow was 10 (confirmed on-screen) in "The Stable Boy", and Snow was 28 when Emma was 28 (confirmed in pre-release interviews around season 1), that means Regina was 36 when she cast the Curse and that there was an 18 year period of her learning magic, becoming evil and hunting Snow. If Robin is the same age as her, that would make him 36 at the time of the Curse. And if the press release for "Sisters" has any canonicity to it (I doubt it), that would make Zelena 38.