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ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Dan Fox wrote: Or they recast the character. They did with Robin Hood, when Tom Ellis was unavailable to return that summer for filming. Tom Ellis also only appeared in Lacey, for a total of 5 minutes.... almost no one remembered him. Tinker Bell had a whole episode dedicated, to her relationship with Regina.

Yeah, same reason they didn't recast Red when she had her other TV show. They had already established the actress as the character.