Alice (Down the Rabbit Hole)

"When two people love each other, there's nothing they can't accomplish together."

- Alice to the Red Queen

Alice is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. She débuts in the first episode. She is portrayed by starring cast member Sophie Lowe and co-star Millie Brown.

Alice is based on the titular character from Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, and from the Disney film Alice in Wonderland.

Trivia

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Production Notes

 * The casting call describes her as, "Alice, a British twenty something, is young but has already had a hard life and carries some emotional scars. Though she tries to hide it, she has a generous heart."
 * The casting for Alice's younger self is, "12-year-old Caucasian girl with a British accent who is feisty and adventurous."
 * Emma Rigby, who plays the Red Queen, auditioned for the role of Alice.


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Disney

 * Young Alice wears a dress similar to the same outfit in the 1951 Disney film, Alice in Wonderland.
 * A woman in Seattle is dressed up like Disney's Alice for Halloween.

''Lost

 * When young Alice is looking though the keyhole in Edwin's House, there is a close-up of her eye, a recurring theme on Lost.
 * The same thing happens when Alice is looking through the keyhole as an adult.


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Props Notes

 * The illustration of Alice and the Caterpillar in Henry's storybook is a colorized version of one of John Tenniel's illustrations from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
 * The same illustration is on the cover of the book that Will Scarlet steals from the library.

Set Dressing

 * Among the many fairy tale illustrations pinned to the wall in Henry's room are:
 * "Her eyes met those of a large blue caterpillar" by the American artist and illustrator Bessie Pease Gutmann. An illustration of Alice and the Caterpillar, from the 1907 edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
 * "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Mad Tea-Party" (1907) by the famous book illustrator Arthur Rackham. It is an illustration of a scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with Alice at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party with the March Hare, the Dormouse and the Mad Hatter.
 * An illustration by the American illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, from Nora Archibald Smith's book Boys and Girls of Bookland (1923). It features Alice in a scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, surrounded by the characters of Wonderland, including the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit.
 * "At this the whole pack rose up into the air and came flying down upon her" (1907) by Arthur Rackham, based on the playing cards scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
 * "Advice from a Caterpillar" (1907) by Arthur Rackham, which depicts the scene with Alice and the Caterpillar.
 * The framed prints in the hallway of Jefferson's Mansion are John Tenniel's illustrations of Alice and scenes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, including:
 * "The Jabberwocky" (behind Jefferson when he asks Emma to tie Mary Margaret back up)
 * "Alice and the Baby Pig" (top picture on the right while he's standing in the doorway watching Emma and Mary Margaret)
 * "Oh, You Wicked Little Thing" (bottom picture on the right as he closes the door)
 * In Emma's New York apartment, there is a poster by Arthur Rackham, which contains one of his illustrations from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It depicts a scene from the book, in which Alice is surrounded by a group of creatures.
 * When Alice is reading to her daughter, the toys sitting around the small dinner table include a doll which looks similar to young Alice.

Costume Notes

 * The belt Alice wears during the present day events of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is the same accessory Belle wears while on the hunt for the Yaoguai in the Season Two episode "The Outsider".