Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170728205559/@comment-25926288-20170730163813

Chameleon-Guy wrote: Eskaver wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote: A stand in for Emma obviously isn't happening, they confirmed that not only Jen but Emma will be in 1 episode, so prepare to say goodbye. The better question is how does she die? Maybe killed by her stand in XD Stad-in as in extra, because they do get extras and stunt doubles for the actors and actresses. I mean Tink was in the season 6 finale, but they didn't get her.

Although if they got a fake Emma to kill the real Emma that would be hilarious. Awful, but hilarious Extras like that can happen for minor characters, but not the protagonist, same for off-screening her. Extras happen for everyone, lol. They even made a goof of that when an extra played the Evil Queen in the finale.

I think you are misunderstanding me. When I say an extra stands in for Emma, I don't mean that the extra will play any meaningful role as far as acting. I mean that if they have Hook spying on Emma riding the bug they won't actually use JMo. It's like how they used an extra/stand-in when Emma appeared in the spin-off.

So, in recap, Emma won't have any acting scenes, but we can see a stand-in for Emma as we often get standins for Regina, Rumple, Henry, and all the actors.