Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26837468-20150311103729/@comment-26837468-20150315144123

CoolDudeAl wrote: Farerb wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote:

She very well could have already been filming for the Cruella episode or some of the other episodes, we don't always know everyone who's filming for every episode. But in this season we knew pretty much every guest star who was gonna show up.

And yet roles like Granny, Grumpy, Ingrid, Bo Peep, Ruth, Blue, and The Apprentice were not annonuced or seen. So it really just depends. Elizabeth was announced before the season. And nobody gives a damn about the other characters She was announced, but who she was playing was not. And saying no one cares about the other characters I listed is a terrible argument. Maybe they think no one cares about Ruby/Red anymore.
 * Sidney's return was announced
 * Ella was confirmed in a tweet
 * Aurora in 4x07 was confirmed in an interview
 * Zoso was announced
 * Blackbeard was seen on set
 * Archie was seen on set on 4x03, and it's been said he will show up again because Pongo will meet Cruella
 * Robin and Marian were confirmed to return after 4x11 aired
 * August was announced to return
 * Ariel was confirmed in an interview
 * Cora was confirmed in an interview
 * Lily was confirmed in an interview
 * Zelena was announced to return in a flashback, and we saw her on set in present day
 * Pinocchio was confirmed in a tweet
 * Marco was seen on set
 * Smee was seen on set
 * Maleficent was announced before the season started (I think)
 * Cruella was spoiled in a tweet by Victoria Smurfit
 * Ursula was seen on set before being announced

Archie can go in the list as well. I hope that's the case with Ruby. That's she'll appear without being publicly announced.