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EW: Casting for Belle’s Mother

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  • August 18, 2014 at 6:48 pm #280381
    MatthewPaul
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    http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/18/once-upon-a-time-belle-mom-season-4/

    Once Upon a Time is going to give us some dirt on Belle’s past next season.
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    “We are going to meet Belle’s mother,” executive producer Adam Horowitz tells EW. “For the first time, we’ll delve into Belle’s past pre-the encounter with Rumple.”
    That means as we learn Belle’s history before meeting new hubby Rumplestiltskin, we’re finally going to find out who Sir Maurice was married to.

    Who should play Belle’s mom in the upcoming fourth season of the ABC fairy tale drama? Lucy Lawless is our dream choice, though she hasn’t actually been cast. The Xena alum looks similar enough to Emilie de Ravin, and she’ll be guest-starring on another ABC drama this fall when she appears as Isabelle Hartley on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. If not Lawless, who do you think should play Belle’s mother?
    Once Upon a Time returns Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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    August 18, 2014 at 6:52 pm #280382
    MatthewPaul
    Moderator

    Personally, I would love it if they could cast Paige O’Hara (who voiced Belle in the movie) or Susan Egan (who played Belle in the Broadway musical).

    Paige O’Hara

    Susan Egan

    August 18, 2014 at 7:18 pm #280383
    obisgirl
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    Lucy Lawless is an interesting pick for Belle’s mom. Xena’s Belle’s mum, lol 🙂

    August 18, 2014 at 8:55 pm #280385
    TheWatcher
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    I’m with matt. Either of those choices would be awesome

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    August 18, 2014 at 11:06 pm #280388
    Phee
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    I’m guessing they randomly suggested Lucy Lawless because she’s a Kiwi so they figure the accent is a good enough match, which…no it’s not really. LOL

    Anyway, I’m glad they’re finally gonna tell that story of Belle’s life before she ever knew Rumple.

    August 18, 2014 at 11:18 pm #280389
    obisgirl
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    I’m curious how far back we’ll see into Belle’s past. Okay, we’re going to meet Belle’s mother finally but are we also going to meet a younger Belle too?

    I think it would be more interesting to see what Belle was like as a child or pre-teen, which if we’re heading in that direction, probably cast an actress in her forties for Belle’s mother.

    After reading about this, I googled soap actress Finnola Hughes. She’s not in her forties but with the right make-up, she looks like she could be.

    August 19, 2014 at 3:30 am #280395
    Myril
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    I’m guessing they randomly suggested Lucy Lawless because she’s a Kiwi so they figure the accent is a good enough match, which…no it’s not really. LOL

    They both talk funny 😉

    Alright, they share blue eyes, their facial structures are close enough for mother and daughter. Haven’t seen that kind of skeptical frown though Lucy is so capable of on Emilie’s face, so think the facial expressions are somewhat different.

    But sorry, no. Call it lack of imagination but can’t see Lucy on it, and most certainly not as Belle’s mother. Unless maybe they allow Belle’s mother to be some pushy, selfish woman with some style. Lucy can play sweet but she’s not much of a sweetheart material. I can’t remember what they did in the movie, remember only vaguely that Belle’s father was more of a nice guy, but was there even a mother and the sisters? There are sister mentioned in the tale , who treat Belle like a servant, but don’t think there was much talk of a mother either.

    Now if this show would finally decide to simply go more camp and take itself a lot less serious, then it could be fun, and Lucy could show her comedic side.

    Care little about more story for Belle though, so whatever.

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    August 19, 2014 at 1:05 pm #280421
    The Swan Princess
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    It will be great to see more about Belle’s family.

    Am I wrong or will Belle’s mother appear in the same episode Zoso is suppose to appear in? How does it all connect?

    You know what I can't continue with the dead people brought back to life list I'm out of space in the signature and now we have an underworld arc this is to much I quit why do you bring so many people back to life OUAT WHHHYYYY

    August 19, 2014 at 1:45 pm #280422
    obisgirl
    Participant

    The article doesn’t say which episode she’ll appear in.

    August 19, 2014 at 2:27 pm #280424
    RumplesGirl
    Keymaster

    The article doesn’t say which episode she’ll appear in.

    Most likely it is not episode 4 (with Zozo) because that is already underway. Casting calls are typically given an episode or two in advance. So Belle’s mother will probably be in episode 5 or 6ish.

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