Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20141215234519/@comment-1916997-20150128193114

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Well the actor cast to be Stefan is known for portraying shady characters and he even kind of looks shady. If he's not the villain, he's certainly not... pardon the pun, snow white in all of this.

But I doubt Maleficent will even be partially adapted, since A&E were asked about it some months ago after Kristin's return was announced and they said they were doing something different. That is right.... Sebastian Roche is known for playing shady, and villainous characters. There is no way OUaT's King Stefan, is going to be that respectable man from the animated film. He does not have to cut off Maleficent's wings on the show.... heck, was it ever confirmed if she was a fairy? Having Maleficent and King Stefan as ex-lovers, would not be ripping off the Angelina Jolie film. As Regina's line in 1.02 implied, that Maleficent's heart was broken by someone.

Aurora had to learn how to be shady, from someone.... who better than her daddy dearest? While I get actors generally have types of characters they play, I don't think it's fair to assume that Stefan is going to be bad, just based on the types of characters the actor has played in the past. Actors, by definition, should be able to play any kind of role. I'm not saying Stefan will be as sqeaky clean as the Disney animated version, but I don't think he'll be a major antagoinst as he was in the Maleficent movie either.