Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20140206041335/@comment-1916997-20140211200536

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: She looks good, but I hope there is a plot related reason as to why they did a non-blonde Rapunzel. Casting different races/hair color/etc. just because they can takes away from the original work, and just makes them look desperate to show diversity. It also makes it seem like Europe is the only continent that has stories worth telling, when Asia and Africa both have many wonderful fantasy stories. Have you ever heard of the legend of Rudaba, the Persian origin of the Rapunzel fairytale?

There is no reason to explain Rapunzel's haircolor, on the show. The iconography of the fairytale, is the hair's length.... not its color. Besides, Rudaba's hair was black. Oh, well that's interesting, I wonder if Eddy and Adam are trying to reference this story, and that's why they wanted an African-American actress (with dark hair). It's starting to make sense now.