Multiple MRJ interviews on SwanFire and 21/22

[RumplesGirl]

Will Neal be back next season?
You know I can’t answer that. Come on! Be my friend. Don’t get me in trouble.

Yes. The answer is yes. Cause I said so.

[rumbelledearie]

Neal better be back!!

Btw, is anyone else nervous about the game-changer lol? It just hit me that we’ll find out in 4 hours (east coast at least) and my hopes for a better relationship between Gold and Neal may soon be squashed 🙁

[lisas]

I am pretty sure MRJ will be back next season as Neal .So I am not worried, as for the game changer I think it will be a positive one that will make Neal see that Rumple is trying to change. I have sneaking suspicion that this game changer will involve Henry and Belle/Lacey. Just under 4 hours to go until Second Star To The Right airs

Keeper of Neal/BaelFire's Blood Magic, Neverland Crossbow, FTL Clothes,Room at Granny’s, Charming & Emma’s Father/Daughter Hugs, Henry's Neverland Crossbow, Rumplestlitskin/Mr.Gold's FTL Walking Stick

[MysteryKat25]

Question because my mind is drawing a blank: is the game changer for sure this ep or just part of the 2 part finale meaning we could see it next week instead? There’s so much for the 2 stories and they’re all connected and that definitely sounds like finale-esque stuff but it’s becoming a split-finale so no telling!

Looking forward to deciphering it once and for all but was just curious if we had confirmation it was part of this ep or if it’s speculation. With so many theories, hints, clues, interviews, etc etc flying around I’m having trouble keeping up with everything else going on!

*passes out cookies while we wait for the new ep!*

Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.

[RumplesGirl]

Btw, is anyone else nervous about the game-changer lol? It just hit me that we’ll find out in 4 hours (east coast at least) and my hopes for a better relationship between Gold and Neal may soon be squashed

I’ve only been nervous about this game changer since Bobby mentioned it at Paley… but I have faith.

Question because my mind is drawing a blank: is the game changer for sure this ep or just part of the 2 part finale meaning we could see it next week instead? There’s so much for the 2 stories and they’re all connected and that definitely sounds like finale-esque stuff but it’s becoming a split-finale so no telling!

Honestly, I hope it’s tonight cause I don’t know if I can take another week of interviews like all these than hint at things.

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

[rumbelledearie]

It’s tonight, I forget which interview it was but Adam and Eddy said it happens in 2×21.

[RumplesGirl]

My final prediction re: game changer—

Rumple tells Lacey about the prophecy that Henry will be his undoing
Lacey tells Rumple he has to kill the boy because his life is more important
(please note: I don’t know if he actually tells her about the prophecy but I think he’ll allude to his life being in danger)
Lacey and Rumple somehow find Henry alone and Rumple plans to kill him but at the last second he can’t because there is goodness in him and he won’t do this to his son.
He lets Henry go
Rumple then tells Lacey that they can’t be together because he won’t give into his darkness. He wants to fight it, not only for Bae and Belle but for himself. If this means he has to give her up and his life up, then so be it.
This sparks something of Belle inside Lacey and (maybe) she has a memory flash but she is really unsure.
Rumple, being encouraged by this, asks Lacey to trust him (the beast actually asks Belle if she trusts him in the Disney movie before giving her the library…)
Rumple takes Lacey to the well where he shows her magic by reconstructing the cup (Belle’s REAL talisman)
He then asks her to drink from the well using the cup.
Belle comes back
THE KISS TO END ALL KISSES
Cookies

*credit to Slurpeez for the cup idea*

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

[rumbelledearie]

Hahahaha I like they way you think!

[lisas]

Here is another interview that MRJ did just a couple of hours ago for Collider.com

Taken From http://collider.com/michael-raymond-james-once-upon-a-time-interview/

Michael Raymond-James Talks ONCE UPON A TIME, How He Approaches a Fantastical Character, and Favorite Moments of the Season

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With the final two episodes of Season 2 entitled “Second Star to the Right” and “And Straight on Till Morning,” it’s clear that the ABC fantasy series Once Upon A Time will be exploring the world of Neverland. While Emma (Jennifer Morrison) believes that Neal’s (Michael Raymond-James) fiancée Tamara (Sonequa Martin-Green) had something to do with Regina’s (Lana Parrilla) disappearance, a young Bae (Dylan Schmid) finds himself in Old London and is taken in by the Darling family when he befriends their daughter, Wendy (Freya Tingley).

During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, actor Michael Raymond-James (True Blood, Terriers) talked about how Neal/Baelfire will have to address his unfinished business with both Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and his father (Robert Carlyle), just how much he knew about his character when he signed on to play him, how he approaches such a fantastical character, and his favorite moments this season. Check out what he had to say after the jump, and be aware that there are some spoilers.

Collider: When you made your initial appearance on the show, did you know that you’d eventually be returning and just how connected you’d be to some of the characters?

MICHAEL RAYMOND-JAMES: Yeah. At the first meeting I had with Adam [Horowitz] and Eddy [Kitsis], they had it mapped out. At the very first meeting, they really described to me what they had in mind and where the character was going and where he had come from. So, I knew right off the bat what I was getting involved with. The story that they spun was so intoxicating, and they did it so enthusiastically, that I was really excited to jump on board, and I’m really glad I did. It’s been so much fun! My 10-year-old self is doing back flips.

As an actor, when you’re figuring out how to approach a character and finding out who he is, how do you wrap your head around not just playing the son of Rumplestiltskin, but also knowing that your son’s grandparents are Snow White and Prince Charming? Do you just have to focus on the human side of him?

RAYMOND-JAMES: Well, I had pages and pages of a notebook full of notes. As an actor, the character that I’m playing lives in a world of fairy tales and magic, and things like that, but to him, that’s his reality. This isn’t a land of make-believe. This is a land of absolutes. All of it is grounded in reality, so as an actor, I try to approach it from that reality and try to plant my feet in this world. It doesn’t matter if I’m talking about magic. It all has to be grounded in reality.

What have been the biggest surprises, for you, in your story arc?
RAYMOND-JAMES: The length of the arc, and how long or how short an amount of time it takes to get somewhere, is something that I was totally unaware of. Beyond that, I knew what to expect and how to prepare. When I was just walking around New York, listening to Lou Reed, I knew who he was and what was happening. I think it’s important, as an actor, to always be aware of where the story is going, so that you can leave yourself someplace to go to. But that being said, it isn’t to say that there aren’t some things that make you go, “Oh, that’s interesting. Where is this coming from, and how does that connect to some of the other things?” As an actor and an audience member, it’s important to remember that the future will further define the meaning of the present, with a show like Once Upon A Time. Sometimes we’re just collecting dots, and other times we’re connecting them, but you know that the dots that are collected will eventually get connected.

Without giving anything away, what can you say to tease what’s coming for your character in the last two episodes?

RAYMOND-JAMES: A lot of things are coming up. We’re going to begin to address a lot of the unfinished business that he has with both Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and his father (Robert Carlyle). That isn’t to say that things get completely figured out because there’s a lot of baggage in both relationships. But, it’s certainly something that we begin to scratch the surface of. The last two episodes are just fucking terrific! I’m stoked for you to see them.

Have you been jealous, at all, about the fact that the flashbacks for your character have only been of him as a child, and you haven’t gotten to spend any time in Fairytale Land or Neverland yourself?

RAYMOND-JAMES: I think that Dylan [Schmid] does a fantastic job as young Bae. It doesn’t matter if I’m playing it or Dylan is playing it. It’s the same character. What he’s doing in those flashbacks informs where I am in Storybrooke and in New York, or wherever. First of all, I’m not the jealous type.

Have you had a favorite moment on the show, for your character? When you think about the experience of Season 2, what stands out for you, as far as what you got to do with him?

RAYMOND-JAMES: Well, I really love the Manhattan episode. I come in to protect Emma, and suck it up and deal with my dad. So, I see him for the first time in hundreds of years, and also find out that I have a son that I didn’t know about. Bobby [Carlyle] put it pretty great, that day when we were shooting. He said, “It’s like you’re waiting for a bus to show up at the bus stop and, all of a sudden, four come at the same time and you’re trying to board all the busses.” That was incredibly fun to try to sift through and make real and find out how that’s going to work out. It was daunting, when you looked at it on the page.

Keeper of Neal/BaelFire's Blood Magic, Neverland Crossbow, FTL Clothes,Room at Granny’s, Charming & Emma’s Father/Daughter Hugs, Henry's Neverland Crossbow, Rumplestlitskin/Mr.Gold's FTL Walking Stick

[laurieanne]

@LisaS wrote:

Here is another interview that MRJ did just a couple of hours ago for Collider.com

Have you had a favorite moment on the show, for your character? When you think about the experience of Season 2, what stands out for you, as far as what you got to do with him?

RAYMOND-JAMES: Well, I really love the Manhattan episode. I come in to protect Emma, and suck it up and deal with my dad. So, I see him for the first time in hundreds of years, and also find out that I have a son that I didn’t know about. Bobby [Carlyle] put it pretty great, that day when we were shooting. He said, “It’s like you’re waiting for a bus to show up at the bus stop and, all of a sudden, four come at the same time and you’re trying to board all the busses.” That was incredibly fun to try to sift through and make real and find out how that’s going to work out. It was daunting, when you looked at it on the page.

I love this! That’s one of my favorite episodes and it is so interesting to me to see how the actors talk to one another to try and make scenes work. Thanks for posting the interview, Lisa – another great glimpse into MRJ and Bae/Neal.

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