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Morrison made her decision not to continue awhile back and shared it with the series’ producers but it was not made public until after last night’s musical/wedding episode, which Emma and Hook got married.
“(The producers) wanted to be careful to protect especially the musical episode, they wanted to withhold the information for a little while because they didn’t want to spoil the experience of the storytelling for the fans,” Morrison said. “Honestly I think they would’ve loved to have held it until the season finale but it was getting to the point where the information was in the universe and it was about to come out.”
So she decided a while ago, perhaps as far back as when she wrapped filming this Season.
[adrotate group="5"]Another exit interview from Deadline:
Jennifer Morrison On Why She Is Leaving ‘Once Upon a Time’, Emma’s Final Battle & What’s Next
Interesting that ABC even talks about “Season 7”. Either the author of their article mispoke, or ABC really is preparing to renew the show after all…
JMo’s exit interview with TVLine:
http://tvline.com/2017/05/08/once-upon-a-time-jennifer-morrison-leaving-interview-emma-journey/
JMo speaks more about her departure:
Video clip of #AskAuselio Live discussing Jen's departure. Matt confirms he will be interviewing Jen this afternoon so stay tuned to TVLine pic.twitter.com/VB8CiPl7r4
— All About Jennifer Morrison (@AllAboutJMo) May 8, 2017
Some more quotes from both JMo and Colin:
“I mean, what I’ve always said is that I would never completely abandon the show, but also my contract is up and I have been on network television for 13 years,” she explained. “But I’m definitely in a head space where I definitely feel like I need to find some balance in my life. I need to find a way to be able to be a a part of it if it continues, but also have that balance in my life.”
As for O’Donoghue’s future on the show, he replied, “We’ll just have to wait and see what happens and if there’s a season seven and all that. Then it’ll be interesting to see where we can go with the stories and with the show.”
BTW TV Line Hotline confirmed Gosh, Emilie and Jared are out of S7 as well.
Jared I’m not surprised about, since most of us are positive that Andrew J. West is playing adult Henry. Emilie would be a surprised, considering there’s now talk about Bobby probably signing on now.
#AskAusielloLive. Today at 3 pm/ET. Be there or… don't. But I think you'll want to be there. Got some fresh renewal/cancellation buzz. pic.twitter.com/KNx7eQX81d
— Michael Ausiello (@MichaelAusiello) May 8, 2017
We could potentially hear more about OUAT’s current fate.
As much as I enjoyed the music, the episode felt really rushed, disjointed and out-of-place. And with all the added publicity, and rumours of cancellation, this episode really just made the show look pathetically desperate in it’s attempts to get people to tune in. I honestly think a full episode surrounding the wedding and intimate character moments would have held more viewers. Instead we got CGI-fest. It is particularly bad when you have a character like the Black Fairy who is supposed to be the originator of evil, who stands awkwardly not knowing where to look when Emma is singing, rather than just releasing the black fairy dust to shut her up.
I just wish we could go back to a time where plot wasn’t everything. They seed in these really great character moments in some of these episodes and I crave for more of that. Scenes like Regina talking to Emma in New York about her struggle with the darkness inside of her. That is one of my favourite scenes. If they didn’t feel the need to throw in gimmicks, macguffins etc all the time, I think some of us might just enjoy these characters trying to live a normal life without the threat of a curse every five minutes.
I think another problem is that a musical episode came way too late in the show’s run. Had it happened when the show was still considered pretty successful, perhaps it would have fared better. But let’s face it, a significant chunk of the general public has clearly moved on from this show, and they weren’t going to be swayed back that easily.
