EW 11/13 – Greetings from Vancouver

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http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/13/vancouver-sets-arrow-once-flash-bates/

Once Upon a Time it snowed and rained…again
The cast has been shooting in the “snow” all day, and they’re feeling merry… at first. What stands in for snow in Storybrooke (otherwise known as Steveston Village, a suburb about a half hour south of Vancouver) is basically just bubbles. People slip. A lot. Josh Dallas fake-ice-skates in the road. “Isn’t it magical?” Elizabeth Mitchell says delightedly when she walks on set as the snow machines blast the substance into the air. For the moment, it is exciting, until the snow and rain mix. “I can’t see a damn thing,” Lana Parrilla says with a laugh. “Ginny [Goodwin] and I are walking and getting snoap—snow soap—in our eyes.” It ends up being even less magical after several dozen takes, and this is where I learn HotShotz can also go in your shoes. The fans are relentless, about 60 of them stationed in front of the Storybrooke library, and they stick around late into the night—some to leak photos online, others to catch a glimpse of the Frozen princesses in person. “Elsa! Elsa!” a little girl yells from the sidewalk. Georgina Haig, adorned in the famous costume—also one of the most valuable pieces the show has ever created—saunters over and bends down to give the girl a hug. “When I’m dressed as her, kids light up,” Haig says, though admitting she’s ready for a change. “I don’t think I’ll have many braids [after this],” she adds with a laugh. “I may even dye my hair and not be blonde anymore.” (Sounds like she’s ready to let it go.) Though it’s cold, excitement is high since there are so many castmembers on set. Dallas happily points out two elderly extras whom he says have made several appearances on the show. “I like to think they’re the old couple from Up,” the new dad says adorably. But it’s what the fans aren’t seeing that has them wary. Colin O’Donoghue hasn’t been spotted, and there’s worry that Hook has met a grim fate. “It was tragic,” Mitchell says, suddenly serious. “Traaaagic. So sad. He took off his shirt and then he just died.” Fear not. Hook lives… for now.

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