Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20170803053127/@comment-1916997-20170913133714

Eskaver wrote: 8Rob wrote: They did something like that with Ingrid

She aged like 20 years and looked exactly the same

They also did it with Cora "Sisters" Yeah, this a point I made earlier. If Barbara Hershy plays a 30/40 year old Cora and a 60 year old Cora, then surely Regina, Hook, and Emma can play late 40s/50 year old versions of themselves.

Lana already confirmed that Regina was 7 years older in I think 7x02 and remarked that it was the case despite her not really looking much older.

So, it appears that:

18 to 50s- Played by the same actor minus much makeup.

60s+- they add makeup (Sort of what they did with Snow and David in the Wish realm). I think alot of what they do depends on the actual age of the actor in question, and if they feel they need a different actor, or if they can get away with using the same one. Obviously, it's nice to be able to use the same actor (no confusion that it is a new character, and no need to cast a new actor), but it would be weird for the adult actors to play children or even young teen versions of themselves, or an elderly person to play a 20 year old version of themselves.