Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26715865-20151130090817/@comment-1894786-20151201183113

Alex The OUaT Fan wrote:

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Bex has stated multiple times that she took from Mary Poppins whenever she's being sickly sweet (it's most noticeable in her midwife guise, which is the only time Bex directly mentioned it as being Mary Poppins-ish).

So yeah, Zelena is Mary. Really? I never knew that! Yep. Sadly, they'll never outright say that in the show, since the rights to Mary Poppins are incredibly hard to get. The only reason Disney was able to do "Saving Mr. Banks" was because it was based on the making of Mary Poppins rather than the story itself. The rights issue itself I think is mentioned in the movie.