Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20141215234519/@comment-1916997-20150312015804

WorldHopper22 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: Also, if someone does come back for an existing role (whether Green Screen or on Set), there is usually no big announcement (unless from the actor themselves), unlike when a new role is filled where we usually get the casting announcment once the role is filled. Hence the surprise when we found out that Bex Mader was back on set, or the ability to introduce Marian in the Season 3 Finale without a lot of fanfair. The casting agents have done a very good job of casting the roles as they come, and the everyone has done a good job making sure that the roles, once cast, are filled only by the original actor (Robin Hood being the one glaring exception). Very true. And the good thing about Robin Hood is that it can easily be explained with a glamor spell (which I believe is what they are planning on doing). Technically, it wouldn't be a glamour spell. If it was, Robin would look the same to us (the viewers). Only in the mirror would he look like Tom Ellis. The reason we were able to see Regina, Emma, and Hook as themselves was because we were following those character's perspective. When we saw Tom Ellis as Robin Hood, we weren't following him, we were following Belle. So it actually makes sense.