Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-33386384-20180529020450/@comment-33386384-20180530190713

     ‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 8: One Series Regular Exiting, One Demoted, and FIVE Recurring Guest Stars Being Promoted       http://i.imgur.com/yg3a1Z0.png As new stories set sail on  ABC ’s  Once Upon a Time , the second season of the show’s polemic reboot will follow up with — a few — more changes being added, particularly into its cast. Following his character ’s death in the emotional Season 7 finale, long-time original series regular Robert Carlyle is officially exiting the series’ main cast, although he is confirmed to be returning for the eighth season ’s premiere episode in special guest starring capacity along with Emilie de Ravin ( Belle ). Meanwhile, newly-crowned Good Queen Regina (original series regular Lana Parrilla ) will be returning as a recurring special guest star in the eighth season. With Carlyle and Parrilla’s exits, Season Eight marks a complete cast reboot of the fairytale drama, with none of the original series regulars returning in such capacity for the upcoming new season. In the other hand, multiple — to be exact, FIVE recurring guest stars from the show’s seventh season are getting promoted to series regulars. Fan favorite LGBT couple Rose Reynolds ( Alice / Tilly) and Tiera Skovbye ( Robin Hood / Margot ), who became engaged in the season finale, are among the promoted guest stars now returning as series regulars. Long-time cast member Rebecca Mader ( Zelena / Kelly West ), who joined the series as recurring in the third season, was promoted to series regular in the fifth season , exited the series after season 6 draw a close, and returned as a guest star in the seventh season , is also being promoted to a series regular, once again. Completing the list, Giles Matthey ( Gideon ), a recurring character in the sixth season, is returning as a starring cast member in the eighth year. To complete the news, Adelaide Kane ( Drizella / Ivy Belfrey ), a recurring guest star from season 7 who left in the fifteenth episode to find her happy ending with her sister Anastasia (Yael Yurman) — who is returning as recurring this season, — will also be joining Andrew J. West, Dania Ramirez , Alison Fernandez , Colin O'Donoghue and Mekia Cox among the series regulars of Season Eight.