Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4047879-20130319192830

I don't know if it has been mentioned in another topic, but I just stumbled across this link saying that OUaT had been courting Joanna Garcia to appear as a character on the show possibly as Princesss Ariel. Now if the link is true, currently Joanna is heavily pregnant with a girl due in May. This would have seriously conflicted with filming schedules and would have proven potentially dangerous for the actress if required to spend long amounts of time in water (also a pregnant belly wouldnt look great with purple seashells hehe). When they do introduce Ariel into the show, will she be played by Joanna Garcia, or will the producers by then have looked for a new actress? Personally I would like Holland Roden to play Ariel, she looks so much like her anyway. I do like Joanna but feel she is a little old now (33) but she would make my top 5.

So is a pregnancy the reason why we didn't see Ariel swim in for season 2? 