Jennifer Morrison Gives Post-"Manhattan" Interview

[Slurpeez]

Once Upon a Time: Jennifer Morrison on Emma’s ‘Complicated’ Love Life and the New, Dark Threat
http://tvline.com/2013/03/01/once-upon-time-season-2-spoilers-jennifer-morrison-emma-neal-hook/

[laurieanne]

Excellent interview. I especially liked that Emma’s love life is going to be as complicated as I suspected. Great potential for storytelling!

[sarah_tn]

Fans of Hook surely like the interview. I don’t think the article gives any definites about relationship plans, but I definitely like it looks like Hook will factor in to the story for a while longer (hopefully, a lot longer).

[Slurpeez]

I agree there is a lot of potential for great story-telling. While I’m not a fan of love triangles in general, I could see a lot of interesting dynamics between Emma, Hook and Bae (especially if he’s Peter Pan).

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

[RumplesGirl]

He (Rumple) does have this love for Belle and he does have capacity to be good, and yet he’s also got this capacity to be darker than anyone else.

JMo accurately describes why I love Rumple more than any character on TV in a very long time.

On some level. But unfortunately for Regina at this point, she is so wrapped up in her own sort of mess that’s going on with her mother… and her failing at trying to not use magic … that she sort of misses seeing her opportunity. She does make a move to get him back, but she doesn’t necessarily make the most strategic move based on the circumstances.

Hmmmm. I expected Regina to really go after Henry because of how Henry currently feels about Emma. Regina is becoming more and more like Cora: she justifies her actions with “it’s for Henry” but really the magic pull is too strong.

In the meantime, obviously there’s always been a connection, some kind of “kindred spirit” element, between Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) and Emma.

Alright CaptainSwan shippers. Have your moment in the sun. 🙂

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[schmacky]

She seems to always be the victim of that particular circumstance, which is someone making a decision for the greater good and her having to serve the greater good, instead of anyone taking care of her or letting her take care of herself.

This is like the third or fourth time Jennifer has made a comment similar to this (within this year alone I think) and I’m so glad Jennifer keeps this in mind when playing Emma. Because, it’s not something that has really been explored on the show. And it should. Because, Jen is right – Emma is the continual victim of circumstance and that has gotta suck. And for a woman who already has low self-worth, this has probably got to add onto it. Because she’s got to be thinking to herself, it’s not about her. It’s never been about her.

I’m sure she has doubts where she thinks no one cares about Emma Swan, the person. It’s all about The Savior. Even her parents. Or her son. I know she knows that her parents sent her away for her. She realized this in the nursery. But, that doesn’t erase all of her doubts. Her parents sent her away because she was The Savior. Her son went looking for her because she was The Savior. Her boyfriend made decisions for her (and without her) because she was The Savior. August befriended her because she was The Savior. For all she knows, people are only nice to her because she is The Savior. But, what about Emma Swan, the woman?

And it seems like everyone important in her life makes decisions for her with that thought in mind – she’s The Savior. So, again, I’m really glad Jen sees this and thinks about it because she probably has that in mind when playing Emma certain ways. I just wish the show would explore more of those doubts Emma has.

[heatherc1275]

@Schmacky wrote:

She seems to always be the victim of that particular circumstance, which is someone making a decision for the greater good and her having to serve the greater good, instead of anyone taking care of her or letting her take care of herself.

This is like the third or fourth time Jennifer has made a comment similar to this (within this year alone I think) and I’m so glad Jennifer keeps this in mind when playing Emma. Because, it’s not something that has really been explored on the show. And it should. Because, Jen is right – Emma is the continual victim of circumstance and that has gotta suck. And for a woman who already has low self-worth, this has probably got to add onto it. Because she’s got to be thinking to herself, it’s not about her. It’s never been about her.

I’m sure she has doubts where she thinks no one cares about Emma Swan, the person. It’s all about The Savior. Even her parents. Or her son. I know she knows that her parents sent her away for her. She realized this in the nursery. But, that doesn’t erase all of her doubts. Her parents sent her away because she was The Savior. Her son went looking for her because she was The Savior. Her boyfriend made decisions for her (and without her) because she was The Savior. August befriended her because she was The Savior. For all she knows, people are only nice to her because she is The Savior. But, what about Emma Swan, the woman?

And it seems like everyone important in her life makes decisions for her with that thought in mind – she’s The Savior. So, again, I’m really glad Jen sees this and thinks about it because she probably has that in mind when playing Emma certain ways. I just wish the show would explore more of those doubts Emma has.

THIS!!!!!!! I couldn’t have said it better myself and that is the one part of the interview that has stuck with me this entire day. I love reading Jen’s interviews because she’s always so insightful and thoughtful with her answers. This show is probably one of the best things that ever happened to her because it’s finally given her stories worthy of her talent (don’t get me started on how badly I feel like the folks at House treated her) and it’s a character she obviously loves playing and bringing to life. I could read Jen’s interviews all day!

And it’s so true about poor Emma. I still think it’s so sad that she’s the one who’s paid the greatest price for this curse and yet she’s the one who had the least to do with it. She spent her whole life feeling abandoned, never having a family, never really knowing love (Neal aside….we know she loved him but his leaving her threw that down the toilet), never knowing how it feels to be wanted, trying to find her way in a world that just isn’t fair when you’re alone, and probably spent most of her adult years wondering if her life would ever get better. Suddenly she’s got a kid in her life that she thought she had given up so he could have a better life, she finds her parents and they’re HER AGE, and she’s become this person who’s expected to save a whole enchanted forest of people and all she keeps being called is “the Savior”. Neal was probably the closest thing for her having someone in her life that truly loved and knew her just for being Emma but you’re right, he left her when he was told about her role as “the Savior” so her internal emotions probably feel a wreck all the time. I also wish they would explore that with her because for one, I think Jen would do an amazing job handling that type of story, and for two, maybe it could be a way for Emma to make the other FT characters stop just seeing her as “the Savior” and start seeing her as a person, Emma, who has her own feelings, hopes, dreams, painful memories, emotional baggage, and personal problems. That is a story that I would still LOVE to see this year. 😀

Boy I hope this rambling message makes sense. I’ve been sick all week so I have no clue how any of this sounds, LOL 😆

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