Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141215020437/@comment-26179634-20141217052241

Eruciform wrote: The actor/actress makes or breaks the role (obviously). 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 (compared to what Angelina did)- 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. The thing is, it actually makes sense that Rumple knows all of the practitioners of dark magic in his realm. He is the Dark One after all, being able to sense dark magic is probably one of his abilities.