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Casting Call For 2×07
Spoiler TV has revealed a casting call for episode 2×07.

One role is Anita, 45-50, a sexy sorceress who has lived apart from her family due to their fear of her magic. She is extremely protective of others such as herself.

The other role is Quinn, 25-30, who was disowned by his parents when they discovered he was a warlock. He discovered a group of people who share his belief that magical abilities are good rather than bad. http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/09/once-upon-time-episode-207-snippets.html

Quinn could possibly be Merlin (though part of me wants it to be Harry Potter, lol). Perhaps Anita is his mentor. Quinn could possibly be the powerful wizard who gave Red her protective magic cape.

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The theory of Dr Whale being Merlin may just have vanished in a puff of smoke. Bugger, I really liked that theory. 😆

The name Quinn originates form the Irish surname “O’Quinn” deriving from the Gaelic “O’Cuinn” meaning “descendant of Conn.” The surname originates from “conn” meaning “wisdom,” “counsel,” “reason” or “intelligence.” Additionally, Quinn originates as a surname deriving from the Old English “cwen” meaning “queen.”

When I saw “counsel” in the name meaning, I thought of Merlin, considering he was a chief advisor to King Arthur.

The name Anita originates as a Spanish and Finnish version of “Ana” meaning “gracious,” “mercy” or “full of grace.”

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@slurpeez108 wrote:

Quinn could possibly be Merlin (though part of me wants it to be Harry Potter, lol). Perhaps Anita is his mentor. Quinn could possibly be the powerful wizard who gave Red her protective magic cape.

Yes, Merlin is the only wizard that is coming to mind right now. (Unfortunately there’s no way they could get the rights to Harry Potter.)

I think it also likely that he was the one that gave Granny the magic cape for Red because the actor who portrays Billy, Red’s friend/boyfriend(?), is returning for episode 7. Maybe Red becomes too much of a danger in her wolf form, and then we have two characters that are able to do “good” magic who can perhaps make a new cloak for her or find her old one that way she and Granny aren’t forced to make any deals right now with Rumple, Regina, or Hook.

Maybe they can also help Emma, since it seems like she might come back either at the end of episode 5 or in episode 6, with her new found magic. Also, I wonder if Quinn/Merlin is going to be Emma’s love interest/fling this season. I think it’s too early to have Emma start thinking about Bae, even though I think it’s endgame. So I think we’ll see that there’s definitely something still unresolved between them when the first meet again, but she also feels something for Quinn/Merlin while he’s mentoring her.

I think it would make a neat contrast between Quinn/Merlin who wouldn’t think that all magic was bad, and Bae who probably feels the opposite after everything that’s happened to him in his life.

The name Anita originates as a Spanish and Finnish version of “Ana” meaning “gracious,” “mercy” or “full of grace.”

I’m guessing Anita is Morgana then. Although I don’t like the idea at all, I guess they could do a possible love rectangle between Quinn/Anita/Emma/Bae.

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@AntBee wrote:

I think it also likely that he was the one that gave Granny the magic cape for Red because the actor who portrays Billy, Red’s friend/boyfriend(?), is returning for episode 7.

Is that so! YAY for a Red ep! 😀 In that case, I’d think that this Quinn character will almost certainly be the wizard who gave Granny the cloak.

Maybe they can also help Emma, since it seems like she might come back either at the end of episode 5 or in episode 6, with her new found magic. Also, I wonder if Quinn/Merlin is going to be Emma’s love interest/fling this season. I think it’s too early to have Emma start thinking about Bae, even though I think it’s endgame. So I think we’ll see that there’s definitely something still unresolved between them when the first meet again, but she also feels something for Quinn/Merlin while he’s mentoring her.

I think it would make a neat contrast between Quinn/Merlin who wouldn’t think that all magic was bad, and Bae who probably feels the opposite after everything that’s happened to him in his life.

Interesting idea!

I’m guessing Anita is Morgana then. Although I don’t like the idea at all, I guess they could do a possible love rectangle between Quinn/Anita/Emma/Bae.

They’ve got her age at 45 – 50 though, and from the character descriptions, I figured maybe Anita will be a mother figure to Quinn after his family casts him out.

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I have a feeling that the names “Quinn” and “Anita” could be fake names so that actors trying out for the roles don’t necessarily know which characters they’re to portray. The name “Anastasia” was used for the casting call of Princess Aroura/Sleeping Beauty, to throw off even the actresses trying out for the role. Sinqua Walls, who plays Lancelot, said in an interview he wasn’t sure at first which character he was trying out for, though he had a feeling it’d be Lancelot based on the character’s description. Even when he got an initial call-back, they didn’t confirm which character it was until he’d been officially offered the role.

Phee wrote: The theory of Dr Whale being Merlin may just have vanished in a puff of smoke. Bugger, I really liked that theory.

I really liked that theory, too! I would’ve preferred Dr. Whale be Merlin than Dr. Frankenstein, because it’d be a super cool reveal for Dr. Whale to be an all-power good wizard to take on Regina. Nevertheless, I’m excited about possibly getting to see someone play Merlin (Quinn) and his back-story! Should be awesome!

AntBeeI think it also likely that he was the one that gave Granny the magic cape for Red because the actor who portrays Billy, Red’s friend/boyfriend(?), is returning for episode 7. Maybe Red becomes too much of a danger in her wolf form, and then we have two characters that are able to do “good” magic who can perhaps make a new cloak for her or find her old one that way she and Granny aren’t forced to make any deals right now with Rumple, Regina, or Hook.

Interesting thought! I’ve been wondering who Billy could be. It’d be an interesting twist if Billy is a powerful wizard who was reduced to a humbler profession of a mechanic in SB by the curse. I can sort of see the connection. Billy could be a “wizard” at fixing car engines. yet, why bother putting out a casting call for another actor if they already have someone (i.e. Billy) in mind who was cast in S1? Maybe it’s just customary to advertise publicly a potential acting job, even when the casting director already has someone in mind for the role.

Also, I wonder if Quinn/Merlin is going to be Emma’s love interest/fling this season.

I have a feeling that if Quinn/Merlin is the wizard who helped out Red in FTL, then he’s going to be Ruby’s new love interest in SB. Since Red tragically killed her love, Peter, while in wolf form, I really want her to find happiness with someone good like Merlin.

I’m guessing Anita is Morgana then.

Intriguing! I’ve haven’t seen much of the BBC show Merlin, but isn’t Morgana the evil sorceress who tried to take King Aurthur’s throne and is his half- sister? Based on the character’s description, it’s hard to tell if she’s going to be evil or good. On the one hand, the fact that “Anita” lived far apart from her family fits with what I know about Morgana. Yet, it says she’s “extremely protective of others such as herself.” That sounds like it could be a good thing, which doesn’t fit with what I know of Morgana.

"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

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@slurpeez108 wrote:

Intriguing! I’ve haven’t seen much of the BBC show Merlin, but isn’t Morgana the evil sorceress who tried to take King Aurthur’s throne and is his half- sister?

I haven’t seen much of that show either, but yep, that’s pretty much Morgana from the bits I’ve seen. She’s based on Morgan le Fay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay

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Here’s the tweet that confirms Jarod Joseph (who plays Billy) is set to return to OUaT. In case you’re wondering, Anthony Hemingway is set to direct the episode.

"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

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They’ve got her age at 45 – 50 though, and from the character descriptions, I figured maybe Anita will be a mother figure to Quinn after his family casts him out.

I like that idea much better than a love rectangle. I don’t even like the idea of a love triangle, but I think it could happen just based on the character description of Quinn, and the fact that I think they’ve given up on the idea of a triangle between August, Emma, and Bae, if it was in the works which I think it was at one point.

I have a feeling that if Quinn/Merlin is the wizard who helped out Red in FTL, then he’s going to be Ruby’s new love interest in SB. Since Red tragically killed her love, Peter, while in wolf form, I really want her to find happiness with someone good like Merlin.

It would be a nice change of pace if they did that, imo. Not that I want every character paired up by the time the show ends, but since I think that August was suppose to be a love interest for Emma except plans got changed, I don’t want yet another guy to be paired up with Emma or attempted to be paired up with Emma especially if MR-J’s character is going to be. Actually I’d rather they just hold off on romance with her character, if it’s not her true love, until at least next season because she has so much going on this season, that I don’t necessarily think that she has to have a love interest right now if it’s not going to be endgame. Maybe that’s just me though because even though I admit I do watch the show partly for romance, I’d rather have a couple be kept apart through other obstacles than love triangles or other love shapes. Not that those can’t be interesting when done right, but for the most part, unfortunately I don’t think they are done right.

Moreover, I think that Megan Ohry had better chemistry with both Graham and August then Emma did, so I’d rather see Red finally be given a real love interest not just someone that we see in one episode and never really see again. (Not that Jennifer Morrison hasn’t had chemistry with other co-stars, but I just didn’t feel it with her and Graham or her and August. Nothing against her acting or the acting of Jamie Dornan or Eion Bailey, but I think she needs a more dynamic type of actor or character to play against to really shine. This could be part although certainly not all of the reason why SwanQueen is so popular because Jennifer Morrison is acting against a dynamic character and actor. Also, until Belle was introduced, I think that Jennifer Morrison also had chemistry with Robert Carlyle. They still do for me, but it’s just different now.)

Plus, at least on paper, I think that Quinn and Red might have more things in common because if we finally get to see what happened to Red immediately after the events of Red Handed, she probably was shunned because of her magic in a similar, albeit not totally the same way that it sounds like Quinn has been shunned by other people. Also, I would assume that Peter was Red’s true love, but maybe he wasn’t. Or maybe they’ll show this season that even if someone doesn’t have true love, it doesn’t mean that they can’t love someone else, since Snow may have loved Lancelot or not, and Rumple could have loved his first wife.

I have a feeling that the names “Quinn” and “Anita” could be fake names so that actors trying out for the roles don’t necessarily know which characters they’re to portray.

I would definitely put money on it. They do have a history of doing so, but right now I’m at work so I can’t go back and find the other casting calls. If Beaman is Hook, then maybe only the Giant, Jack, and Milha are the only ones that they were straightforward about for this season. The Giant makes sense because I believe Jorge Garcia is suppose to be in only one episode, and it makes sense to play up the fact that he’s going to be on OUaT to try to interest any Lost viewers out there that don’t watch OUaT. We still have no idea who Milha is, and I’m not sure Jack is really only Jack.

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Here’s the tweet that confirms Jarod Joseph (who plays Billy) is set to return to OUaT. In case you’re wondering, Anthony Hemingway is set to direct the episode.

Yes, I guess there was a little confusion over which episode he was going to be in, but a poster at FanForum tweeted Jarod Joseph to clear it up, and it’s episode 7.

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Okay this is the third time I have tried to post this..Anyways I like the idea that Quinn is Merlin and Anita is Morgana, like Anastasia was Aurora, and Mongolia was Mulan which were my first initial guesses on those characters. I could see Morgana being a mentor to Merlin at first, and then him choosing to defy her once he realized what lengths she was willing to go to in order to protect those like herself. Given her description I would not be surprized if those like herself would include Regina. I could see the story playing out that Red asked Merlin for help if he was indeed responsible for giving Granny the red cloak, during the battle to take back the kingdom and Morgana insisting that both he and Red should give their loyalty to Regina and Rumple rather than people without magic like Charming and Snow. Just a theory that popped into my head after reading the casting calls..

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@slurpeez108 wrote:

Casting Call For 2×07
Spoiler TV has revealed a casting call for episode 2×07.

One role is Anita, 45-50, a sexy sorceress who has lived apart from her family due to their fear of her magic. She is extremely protective of others such as herself.

The other role is Quinn, 25-30, who was disowned by his parents when they discovered he was a warlock. He discovered a group of people who share his belief that magical abilities are good rather than bad. http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/09/once-upon-time-episode-207-snippets.html

I don’t know whether Quinn is Merlin. It’s the group thing. Did Merlin hang out with a group of magic people? Maybe he’s the wizard of Oz.

Maybe Anita is the wicked Witch of the west.

All magic comes with a price!

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