Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141215020437/@comment-25597861-20141217033729

The actor/actress makes or breaks the role. Personally, Regina, Rumple, Cora and Snow Queen have added so much dimension (I didn't really watch the Pan/Zelena seasons). Henry, on the other hand, seems so forced that I wonder how the show would be if they had cast a different actor. I don't feel Kristin Bauer was the right fit for Maleficent- she seems too passive and likewise with Merrin Dungey- she was underwhelming as Ursula, considering what the statue did. I mean these are supposed to be quintessential fairy tale villains even if Maleficent was originally called Caraboose and Ursula was just a sea witch/hag. The crow shapeshifting was nice to watch but this Rumple knows everyone is getting boring and predictable. Next thing you know Jafar and him will have a past history and it creates this power inequality from the get-go. It's like saying every individual gifted with artistic talent all learned from an immortal Leonardo da Vinci. I wish Yvette Nicole Brown was playing Ursula- she would have definitely brought it.