IBTimes 10/2 – Elliot Knight Previews Mysterious Merlin

“Once Upon a Time” is introducing many new faces this season, but none is as important as Elliot Knight’s Merlin. The 25-year-old British actor is the latest addition to the ABC drama’s fifth season – and his character is Emma Swan’s (Jennifer Morrison) only hope at returning from the Darkness.

The hit fairytale series returned Sunday with its Season 5 premiere and shockingly introduced Merlin within the first five minutes. What some viewers may not have realized is that Merlin was the theater usher who approached young Emma while she was watching “The Sword in the Stone.”

“It was a scene they added in,” Knight told International Business Times. “It’s funny because a lot of people didn’t realize who it was – or at least they didn’t realize who they think it was. I find it so interesting because everyone had different ideas. Like, is it Merlin? Is it not? What’s happening?”

Knight was cast as Merlin on “Once Upon a Time” in July, just a couple months after the Season 4 finale aired. Although fans have yet to actually meet the character, the series already set Merlin up as potentially the biggest player in the Enchanted Forest. But don’t think for a second that Knight is intimidated by the powerful role. Despite many reincarnations of Merlin over the years, the actor is having fun making the character his own.

Read more here: http://www.ibtimes.com/once-upon-time-star-elliot-knight-previews-addition-mysterious-merlin-season-5-2124977