Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-25551215-20191204022821/@comment-25551215-20191205014027

Bex is Back!

Hold on to your broomsticks and keep your silver slippers secure – the fabulously wicked Rebecca Mader is returning to her role of Zelena on Disney+’s revival of Once Upon a Time. You won’t have to wait long to see her – she’ll be appearing right from the start of the season.

With her first child welcomed into the family, Mader will only be appearing in the as a special guest star, albeit a recurring one. While she won’t have a major character arc in Season 8, having rode off into the sunset (or San Francisco) with her beau Chad, Zelena will appear throughout the season as one of Regina’s closest and most valuable allies. Mader is expected to appear in five to seven episodes of the revival.

“I’m very excited to return to the series,” Mader comments. “I love Once, and coming back on the show as Zelena and fleshing out that sisterly relationship between her and Regina and the mother-daughter relationship she has with Robin is going to be really exciting. I’m excited to see where our new head writer goes with Zelena’s storyline.”

Who this new head writer is, we don’t know, but their plans fo the series are slowly being revealed, with yesterday’s Hot Seat and the reveal of five of the series’ lead roles.