Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161205015930/@comment-1916997-20170220160152

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote:

Let's be honest, the only reason why he isn't mentioned more is not because he's not important (he's saved the lives of a handful of important characters like Snow, Charming and Red, has strong ties to both Regina and Emma, and has unexplored backstory, like y'know, his ACTUAL NAME or what the whistle he gave to Princess!Snow does), it's because Jamie Dornan is completely busy with the 50 Shades franchise. If they mention him after all this time, people might assume he's coming back, which is obviously impossible. (Likely the same reason why Sebastian Stan hasn't returned as Jefferson, since he's now busy with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.) They mention other characters who can't show up for various reasons, so I don't think that is why. As far as why they don't come back, I'm wondering if it is more a cost issue than anything. Because both Jamie and Seb are not constantly filming for 50 Shades and MCU, they have periods of time when they are off from those, and so I'm sure could come back. But if they are demading really high salaries to come back, it is not worth it for the show. I do hope they are able to work something out with both of them before the end of the show, and get them each in at least one episode.