Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26261400-20170512124543/@comment-27060727-20170513031332

Lady Junky wrote: No; they would not, not if ABC was close to cancel the series. ABC made it clear, you keep these four actors and the other leave. Jennifer, Colin, Lana and Robert. The first three are an attempt to secure the fandom and Robert because he is their most well known actor. If ABC gave them the choice to only keep major series regulars, that's normal that A&E chose these three over Rebecca and Emilie.

Again, let's be realistic guys, this is a question of money. But Jen said no. So that's money they could have spent on Rebecca and/or Emilie. That was my initial point - you have Jen & Ginny who are two of the highest paid actors on the cast already leaving, plus Josh. Rebecca joined in season 5, so her salary was already lower. I say they could've made it work, but perhaps when Jen made it clear she wasn't returning, they mapped out a whole different show and don't see where Belle and Zelena would fit in now.