Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20170909025746/@comment-1916997-20170910153110

DatNuttyKid wrote: TheRose123 wrote:

CoolDudeAl wrote:

Adam.armstrong.33 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Well, if we go with Tremaine is Rapunzel, then this has to be Gothel's cursed name, as Rapunzel's would be Victoria Belfrey. I do agree, it works well for the Gothel. I think Lady Tremaine and Rapunzel are two separate characters. But I do think that Emma Booth's character is Mother Gothel. I just think that Lady Tremaine is this season's Regina/Evil Queen and whoever is the Witch is this season's Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin. Personally, I'm hoping for the Tremaine is Rapunzel twist, partially because it would really differenciate this Tremaine/Rapunzel from the previous ones and partially because I don't just want a Regina 2.0. I want the twist to come true too because it would be so different than the other villains because we've never had a Disney princess be a villain before. It would make her story more interesting. I like the idea of the twist but I'm not sold on Meegan looking enough like Gabrielle to play her younger self. They have different hair colors (although if Rapunzel gets a blonde wig that's less important), skin tones, and accents. I also think they look roughly the same age even though there's a twenty-one year age gap; I could see Gabrielle playing her own younger self with some make-up like Lana does. The casting department is usually better at picking people who look alike to play different ages of the same character. The only exceptions I can think of are Pinocchio/August and Lily (although I, personally, think Nicole and Agnes looked enough alike even though they were different ethnicities). The hair will definilty wind up being a long, long, blonde wig, and then when the hair is cut (assuming we're going off of Tangled) the hair won't be blonde anymore. We don't actually know what accent is being used by either actress yet, but on Once many of the actors have not used their native accents, so that's not actually a problem, and if we just assume Tremaine is more tan because she's no longer stuck in a tower, I think that's fine as well. I first thought Gabrielle could just play her younger self as well, but my current theory is they want to trick us, so they needed a seperate actress to be credited as Rapunzel, until the reveal in the episode that she is actually just a younger Tremaine. Also, I think they do look pretty similar, their eyes would be most important, because the hair will be a wig, look at these pictures:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3566346/mediaviewer/rm2555815680

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000270/mediaviewer/rm1700987392