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Once Upon A Time Cast at the Disney ABC Televison Group's 'TCA 2001 Summer Press Tour'
CITAZIONEBEVERLY HILLS, CA - AUGUST 07: Jared Gilmore, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Robert Carlyle and Jennifer Morrison arrive at the Disney ABC Televison Group's 'TCA 2001 Summer Press Tour' at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 7, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.
CITAZIONEActress Jennifer Morrison and creator and executive producer Adam Horowitz, on the new series "Once Upon A Time" speak during a panel sesssion at the ABC Summer TCA Press Tour in Beverly Hills , California August 7, 2011.
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ABC TCA talk: Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, EPs preview 'Once Upon A Time'
Danielle Turchiano, LA TV Insider Examiner
Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz have certainly learned from their time on LOST in that they know the audience wants answers, and they want them fast. Within the pilot of their new ABC fairytale drama Once Upon A Time, there are a lot of questions that immediately pop up, and both creators assure they are all things that will come to light very early on, even while focusing energy much more intently on the characters along the way.
"For us this show isn't about breaking the curse. That is obviously a part of it, [but] the show is really about these characters and exploring what they're going through," Horowitz admitted.
"It's oddly a little more self-contained in that way," Kitsis added, comparing his new program to his most recent one.
There are two separate worlds to Once Upon A Time: the world of Storybrooke in present day, a town where time as stood still for its inhabitants thanks to an age-old curse (Horowitz and Kitsis promise they will answer questions of whether or not characters can age within Storybrooke, and if they are even aware that time does not exist there, right off the bat after the pilot). The other world is the time from way back when, in the world in which that curse was first born. Instead of blending the two worlds or leaving the old-fashioned one behind after the pilot, Once Upon A Time will flit back and forth from week to week to get glimpses at its characters lives and what informs them in their new world. Doing so will also allow audiences to get glimpses at similarities between characters, proving the point that people are who they are, regardless of time or place or situation.
"Writing for both worlds...you're kind of exercising different muscles with each," Horowitz pointed out.
And such can be said for the actors themselves. For example, Lana Parrilla who plays the Evil Queen and Regina, the mayor of Storybrooke, sees a great difference right off the bat.
"The Queen is very powerful and puts everything out there, but Regina masks everything and is more complex," she offered. "As Regina I come from a place of love with Henry. She wants so desperately for him to love her, and he hates her. And we'll get into why down the road."
Each character in Storybrooke has a great void in their lives, and the curse, therefore, is not about the town being cosmetically dilapidated or physically falling apart. Instead the curse is what each character lacks. Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) doesn't know that she is really Snow White, and she doesn't even remember having a child, let alone the fact that her "Prince Charming" (Josh Dallas) is lying comatose in the hospital. Any maternal instincts she may have are purely subconscious, and perhaps even recognizing something pure in Emma (Jennifer Morrison) that comes from a familiar place.
Mary Margaret completely disarms Emma because she is a character who, according to Morrison, "had such a tough life in terms of being abandoned as a child and being raised in the foster system and all of these things that we'll discover over time, she has a really tough exterior." This means it will take a long time for her to come around and believe the things young Henry (Jared Gilmore) is telling her about Storybrooke. But eventually she'll have to come around, right?
"I think that it's been fun actually to have that perspective on things because I feel like someone has to comment on how ridculous it all seems. It's been fun to have that genuine response," Morrison shared.
By episode two we'll learn just how much Regina remembers from the curse, but it will take longer for Emma to get on-board, let alone other characters to "snap out of it."
"Mary Margaret is disarming [to Emma] because she's actually kind and has no ulterior motives," Morrison added, noting that her character usually expects everyone to want something from her, which is also why she is so unnerved by Henry's sweet and innocent presence.
"We're going to go as far as we can," Kitsis said of pushing his characters but also "mish-mashing" ones from different fairytales.
"Disney has actually been very supportive of allowing us to interpret characters. We had a meeting with brand management, but so far there isn't really anything they [said no to.] I think this is the first time anyone has ever shown Snow White with a sword...and she was pregnant, and they were cool with that."
Kitsis, however, may not be cool with incorporating some of the more modern Disney characters, like Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. Horowitz called him out for not liking her, and all he would say about that was "she didn't return my phone calls." Hmm, playing coy looks good on him.
The guys are staying true to their mysterious roots, though, and managing to slip in quite a few LOST references. In the pilot alone there were four visual call-outs, including a Geronimo Jack bumper sticker and the clock reading "1:08." Easter eggs are sure to pop up in future episodes, too, but more importantly a rich and deeply-woven character story will be prevalent in Once Upon A Time, ensuring that every episode is a must-see.
Once Upon A Time premieres on October 23rd at 8pm. Want a more in-depth preview? Stay tuned right here for our advance review of the pilot episode!
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CITAZIONESUMMER PRESS TOUR - August 7, 2011 - "Once Upon a Time" Session - Raphael Sbarge, Josh Dallas, Ginnifer Goodwin, Edward Kitsis (creator/executive producer), Adam Horowitz (creator/executive producer), Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla and Jared Gilmore at the Disney/ABC Television Group 2011 Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
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August 7, 2011 04:02 PM PDT Real Truths Behind ABC's Once Upon a Time (Including That Pesky Fables Comparison)
by Matt Webb Mitovich and Megan Masters
Few of this fall’s new shows are as anticipated as ABC’s Once Upon a Time, in which a curse cast by the Evil Queen sends Snow White and other amnesiac fairy tales characters into the real (if quietly charming) world of Storybrook, Maine, where they await the arrival of a possible savior (played by House‘s Jennifer Morrison). But with good buzz can also come scrutinizing questions, as the show’s cast and producers fielded at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Sunday.
FABLES ON THE TABLE | At the top of Once‘s TCA session, the ongoing question about similarities to Bill Willingham’s Fables comic-book series, which has twice before tried to make the leap to TV — most recently at ABC — came up. Executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, who on a previous occasion claimed unfamiliarity with Fables, acknowledged that they have since “read a couple issues,” but maintain that while the two projects play “in the same playground, we feel we’re telling a different story,” said Kitsis. The first difference, Katsis humbly said, is Willingham “is probably more talented than we are…. If we get a 10th of the people who liked that, we’d be very happy.”
EXTRA-SPECIAL EFFECTS | Kitsis said that because “ABC has given us a lot of support,” they have no concerns about keeping up the fantastical feel of the flashbacks scenes set on Storybook Lane. “We can’t show this pilot and then have a cheap show after it, so it’s our goal to maintain this level of production values throughout.”
YOU DON’T KNOW SNOW | Once presents familiar takes on its fairy tale denizens, while at the same time serving up the slightest tweaks — and thus far without any tsk-tsking from the suits at Disney-ABC brand management. “I think this is the first time anyone’s ever shown Snow White (Big Love‘s Ginnifer Goodwin) swinging a sword — and she’s pregnant! — and ABC was cool with that,” Kitsis reports. Adds Horowitz, “It’s about taking what we know about the character and using that as a jumping off point to show the things you don’t know.”
LOST EASTER EGGS FOUND | The town clock is stuck at 8:15. There’s a Geronimo Jackson bumper sticker. And those are but two Lost references in the pilot, purposely planted by Kitsis and Horowotz, who both wrote for Lost and have had Damon Lindelof’s ear as they bring Once Upon a Time to life. “Damon has been a godfather to us,” says Kitsis. “His name is not on the show, but he is in the DNA of it.”
BLASTS FROM THE PAST | The pilot toggles liberally between the world of Storybook Lane and Storybrook, Maine — a narrative device that will remain in play even after Snow, her prince et al are banished to our world. “Every week [there will be flashbacks],” says Katsis. “We love the idea of going back and forth and informing what the character is missing in their life.”
QUEEN OF MEAN | Whether Swingtown alum Lana Parilla’s Evil Queen — known here as Regina, the well-off mayor of Storybrook — lost her own memory as the result of her powerful curse she cast will be revealed in Episode 2. But as Horowitz hints, “She does seem to have the best life in Storybrook….”
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Once Upon A Time Producers: Damon Lindelof's DNA Runs Through Our Show
by Denise Martin
Executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz wrote the first draft of the upcoming fairy-tale drama Once Upon a Time eight years ago, but it didn't go anywhere. It wasn't until they found work as writers on Lost and a mentor in series mastermind Damon Lindelof that they resurrected the idea for a show blending the worlds of fairy-tale characters with the everyday.
"Damon has been a godfather to us," Kitsis said Sunday during ABC's fall TV preview. "When we first sold the show to ABC, they said do an outline ... and we immediately went to our coach."
"And started crying," Horowitz added.
Lindeloff was a consultant on the pilot episode, and Kitsis and Horowitz said they continue to go to him periodically for advice. "His name isn't on the show, but his DNA is in it," Horowitz said. "He helps when he can, and sometimes he gives us tough love," Kitsis continued.
In Once Upon a Time, a woman in the real world (Jennifer Morrison) learns her parents are Show White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas), who have been cursed by the Evil Witch (Lana Parrilla) and live not knowing who they really are.
The producers said they love the "mishmash" of writing scenes for the dual characters. For example, in the real world, Rumplestiltskin is Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle), the most powerful man in Storybrooke. The show will spend equal time in both the fantasy and real worlds.
Disney, which is producing the show, has been open to producers' reinterpretations of classic fairy-tale characters. "They've given us license," Kitnis said. "I could be wrong, but I think this is the first time anyone's shown Snow White with a sword, or pregnant."
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PRESS TOUR: Fairy tale characters come to life in 'Once Upon a Time'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "Once Upon a Time" may be the perfect show to appear on a Disney-owned broadcast channel. It's a series that's set both in a fairy tale world and in our reality and the pilot introduces these two worlds but skimps on the rules that explain how a curse by an evil queen impacts our reality.
"Once Upon a Time" (Oct. 23) stars Jennifer Morrison ("House") as a woman who may be the daughter of Snow White and the birth mother of a boy (Jared Gilmore) who finds her and shares the information about their relationship to storybook characters. (Gilmore said he was the sixth actor to play Bobby Draper on "Mad Men" and now that he has a new series, "Mad Men" has moved on to Bobby No. 7.)
I've gone back and forth on "Once Upon a Time." On paper, I loved the idea of it as something different and potentially ideal for family co-viewing. Then I saw clips and the fairy tale realm looked a lot like a terrible Robert Halmi miniseries. The pilot turned out to be better than that but on the show's press tour panel showrunners and former "Lost" writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz were light on explaining the rules of the show's universe, instead promising answers to come in future episodes.
"I wish we could show you the second episode but it's not done," Horowitz said. "If you could see what we're doing in the second and third episodes a lot of this stuff will hopefully make sense and if it doesn't I'm sure you'll tell us."
Producers said Damon Lindeof, one of the two "Lost" showrunners for its duration, has been a godfather to "Once Upon a Time."
"His name is not on the show but he's in the DNA of the it," Kitsis said. "He helps when he can and when necessary he gives us tough love."
The "Once Upon a Time" producers said something often heard from the "Lost" writers, which may or may not be a good thing.
"For us the show at its core is a character show," Kitsis said. "We're more interested in the characters than the mythology."
Character is where any great series begins but a lack of attention to mythology is what inevitably frustrated some "Lost" viewers who felt letdown by a finale that was long on character, short on satisfying answers to long-simmering questions.
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TCA Report: 'Once Upon a Time' Panel Talk Magic, Disney and Playing Two Roles
by Laura Prudom, posted Aug 7th 2011 7:15PM
While NBC's 'Grimm' focuses on the creepy side of fairytales, ABC's 'Once Upon a Time' is much more concerned with the whimsy of the fantastical stories we grew up with, and seems far more enchanting as a result.
Created by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis of 'Lost' (the pair called Damon Lindelof "the Godfather of 'Once Upon a Time'" on the panel -- promising!), the show blends characters from Disney, Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and more with the real world, offering a new take on familiar tales in a way ABC hopes will connect with audiences of all ages.
Horowitz and Kitsis first conceived of the idea for 'Once Upon a Time' eight years ago, right after they finished 'Felicity,' but it took them some time to ferment the concept into something worth developing.
A critic pointed out the inevitable similarities between 'Once' and Bill Willingham's comic book series 'Fables,' but Kitsis observed, "I think we have to accept that fairytale is a genre -- even though we're in the same playground, we think we're telling a different story and we have a different take on it. If we got a tenth of the people who like that [to like us], we'd be happy!"
Rather than simply inserting fairytales into the real world as 'Grimm' does, 'Once Upon a Time' presents two distinct worlds, that of the fantasy world, where Snow White and Prince Charming face a curse from an Evil Queen while Jiminy Cricket and Grumpy the Dwarf sit on their war council, and that of our reality, where magic doesn't exist (to our knowledge) and dreams don't come true. The producers promise that every week episodes will be split "between both worlds".
The concept is a little complex -- taking a page from the 'Fringe' playbook, most of the characters play two versions of themselves; the fairytale version of themselves, and the version that has forgotten their fantastical heritage after being trapped in our world by a curse. For example, Ginnifer Goodwin plays Snow White and her real world counterpart, Sister Mary Margaret, a woman who has no memory of her fated relationship with Prince Charming, thanks to the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla).
"It's magical and inspiring," Goodwin enthused. "It's a unique situation to try and craft two characters ... and what was really exciting was to take other characters' motivations into consideration with how you create a character, thinking 'what characteristics would the Evil Queen' have given her in this world?'"
With high-concept, high-budget shows like 'Terra Nova' dominating the Fall schedule, some critics expressed concern that 'Once' would start sacrificing its effects budget in favor of producing episodes rapidly.
"ABC has given us a lot of support," Kitsis said. "We feel like we can't show this pilot and then have the cheap show after it. It's our goal to maintain this level of production value throughout." Shooting in Vancouver also adds to the cinematic quality, in the producers' eyes, and the cast praised the ability to shoot on mountains in snowstorms and in evergreen forests rather than having to rely on green screen for all their backdrops.
In terms of sustaining the storyline for several seasons, the producers weren't concerned. "The show isn't about breaking the curse [that traps them in the wrong world]," Horowitz promised. "That's part of it, but the show is about these characters and their lives and what they're going for -- how long can we explore these characters and what they're going through? As long as people want us to."
Twelve episodes have currently been ordered, but the producers have an outline for several seasons prepared, and although many questions are raised in the pilot, Kitsis and Horowitz promise that many will be answered in the second episode, and that they have no intention of drawing things out into epic, 'Lost'-style mysteries.
Speaking of their previous project, Kitsis and Horowitz admitted "we can't help ourselves -- there are multiple 'Lost' references in the pilot'. Things to look out for: Geronimo Jackson sticker, door number 108, and a memorable shot on of an eye that hearkens back to the pilot and finale. "When we got this show, we immediately went to Damon's couch; his name is not on the show, but he's in the DNA of it. We speak to him all the time -- he helps when he can, and sometimes he gives us tough love," Kitsis laughed.
In terms of rules about which memorable characters they're able to use, Horowitz remarked that Disney have been surprisingly open about allowing them free rein with the properties: "The jumping off point was what is the iconography that we all share? These characters cross all cultures and countries "The fact is, we can start these stories at any point we want, and we can orient the audience from there, regardless of whether you're familiar with the characters or not."
"They've been quite supportive about letting us do our own intepretations of the characters," Kitsis agreed. "This is the first time anyone's shown Snow White with a sword or as pregnant, I think. We're going to try and go as far as we can ... it's kind of story specific. The reality is that we don't know yet, we love the mishmash, we love the ideas -- if we go past 12 episodes we want to show that there's more [characters and stories] out there."
'Once Upon a Time' premieres Sunday, Oct. 23 at 8PM on ABC.
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‘Lost’ Co-Creator ‘In The DNA’ Of ABC’s ‘Once Upon A Time’
By Jolie Lash
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. --
“Lost” co-creator and Executive Producer Damon Lindelof helped develop the pilot for the Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison and Robert Carlyle-fronted fairytale crossover series “Once Upon A Time” for ABC, but although he’s since departed the staff, producers say he is still involved in many ways.
“His name is not on the show, but he is in the DNA of it,” Executive Producer Edward Kitsis, who produced “Once Upon A Time” alongside fellow former “Lost” EP Adam Horowtiz, said on Sunday at the ABC panel to promote the show at the Television Critics Association Summer Session. “He’s really been like a godfather, helping us kind of realize our vision of the show. And he very much wants it to be our show, so he helps when he can and sometimes he gives us tough love.”
The producers revealed that there are a number of nods to “Lost” in the pilot, including a reference to Oceanic Flight 815, and a few others.
“We can’t help ourselves,” Horowitz said.
“Yeah, we can’t help ourselves. There’s actually two more ‘Lost’ references in the pilot,” Kitsis chimed in. “One is the Geronimo Jackson sticker on the back of Emma’s car and the other is the eye, the close on the eye.”
“And the other one is door No. 109,” Horowitz added.
Fans can look to spot the sly “Lost” references when “Once Upon A Time” – about Morrison’s character, Emma Swan, who at the age of 28, finds out her mom is Snow White (Goodwin) – when the show premieres on October 23 at 8 PM on ABC.
The show also stars “Stargate Universe’s” Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold, and former “Swingtown” actress Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen/Regina in the series, which has life in reality and in the fairytale world.
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About Once Upon a Time and Jennifer Morrison at ABC Summer TCA 2011 from twitter:
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ONCE UPON A TIME's Jennifer Morrison on HOUSE cast additions: "They've gone through a lot of women!"
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Really impressed by casts of #Revenge and #OnceUponATime. Fun to talk to and charming!
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OUAT's Jennifer Morrison is James T. Kirk's mom and Snow White's daughter. So Kirk's grandma is Snow White. Explains a lot. #tcas11
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From Emma's perspective, though, Jennifer Morrison says Mary Margaret is disarming b/c she's actually kind & has no ulterior motives.
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Pint-sized Once Upon a Time co-star Jared Gilmore begins answer w/phrase "When I was a kid..." Huge laugh. Jared wins #TCAs11
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Jennifer Morrison admits that her character has a tough exterior and will take a long time to come around and believe what is going on.
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"If I were faced with this, I would think it was ridiculous," says Jennifer Morrison, speaking my own mind on "Once Upon a Time." #ABC #TCAs
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'Once Upon a Time': 'Lost' Helped the Creators See the Fairy Tale Story Differently
Executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz on Damon Lindelof: He's "been like a godfather to us."
6:44 PM 8/7/2011 by Lesley Goldberg
Once Upon a Time creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz first had the idea to do pen a drama series set in the world of fairy tales eight years ago while they were on board Felicity, but it wasn’t until after their experience on ABC’s Lost that the idea became clear.
The duo, who were both executive producers on Lost alongside Damon Lindelof, immediately consulted the Lost co-creator after selling the show to ABC.
“He’s really been like a godfather to us, helping us realize it,” Kitsis said, noting that Lindelof, who served as an executive producer on the pilot, sometimes gives the duo “tough love.”
Once revolves around Snow White/Sister Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming/John Doe (Josh Dallas) and tells the story of how their long-lost daughter Emma (Jennifer Morrison) is brought from the “real world” to Storybrooke in an attempt to free the famed fairy tale characters from a curse from the Evil Queen/Regina (Lana Parrilla), that leaves trapped in time, unable to age and unaware of who they really are.
Producers said questions regarding the rules of the multiple worlds set up in the pilot – including why the Evil Queen hates Snow White – will be explained in subsequent episodes, but that the show is mostly about taking the famous fairy tale characters and depicting them in a way that’s never been done before.
“[Disney] has been quite supportive in letting us do our interpretation of the characters,” Kitsis said Sunday at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour in Beverly Hills. “This is the first time we’ve shown Snow White with a sword and pregnant.”
Horowitz and Kitsis noted that the series’ end game isn’t necessarily about freeing the beloved characters from the Queen’s curse and instead is more about who they are as individuals and the crises that each of the characters face.
“For us, the show isn’t about breaking the curse,” Horowitz said. “That’s part of it; the show is about these characters and what they’re going through.”
The producers noted that episodes of Once will also be self contained and that viewers who don’t necessarily know the stories of the fairy tale characters featured on the series won’t be at a loss.
“We’re more interested in why the Evil Queen hates Snow White; why Grumpy is Grumpy,” Kitsis said. “We love the idea of going back and forth [between the two universes] and informing what the character wants in life.”
As for the opportunity to incorporate other, more recent characters from the Disney universe, Kitsis is open to the concept.
“We love the mish-mash,” he said of scenes in which Geppetto interacts with Grumpy, etc. “We have plans if we’re lucky enough to go more than 12 episodes to show that there’s more out there than you realize.”
Once Upon a Time premieres Sunday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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Once Upon a Time Is Good For Harry Potter Fans
ABC's Once Upon a Time Brings Magic to the TCA and May Fill Your Harry Potter Void
Becky Kirsch / August 7, 2011 4:40 pm
Fairy tales come true on ABC's new drama Once Upon a Time, which follows the fictional characters we've all come to know and love (think Snow White, Prince Charming, Rumpelstiltskin), who have been cursed and forced to live as commoners with no recollection of their magical lives. Jennifer Morrison plays Emma, the abandoned daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, who holds the key to breaking the curse and finding her true family. Morrison joined her costars (like Ginnifer Goodwin) and showrunners at the TCA today to discuss their whimsical show.
* Each week, the series will go back and forth between the magical world and the current world, where the characters are leading regular lives in a town called Storybrooke. Goodwin, who plays Snow White/a teacher named Mary Margaret, called it "incredibly challenging and inspiring" to play two different sides to one character. She said that what was most exciting was not playing two characters, but playing Mary Margaret as a product of Snow White under the Evil Queen's spell.
* Lana Parrilla, who plays the Evil Queen and Mayor Regina, echoed that sentiment. She said, "I'm having a blast. Anytime an actor is handed a script where an actor gets to play two roles is pretty awesome. I've worked pretty hard to show the contrast between the two characters. Regina is a much more complex character."
* For her part, Morrison is enjoying playing the audience surrogate as the only outsider in Storybrooke. She said, "It's been fun to have that perspective on things, because someone has to comment on how ridiculous it all seems. It's fun to be able to have the freedom to have those reactions as Emma. She has a really tough exterior and for her to open herself to the idea of something like this out there and really embrace it is going to take some time."
* Though breaking the curse seems to be the driving force behind the premise, the showrunners urged that it's really a show about the characters and what makes them tick. We've come to know these characters, but Once Upon a Time will explore that "void" in their lives, like what makes Grumpy grumpy and what makes the Queen hate Snow White.
The showrunners said they plan on pulling fairy-tale characters from a number of realms, and that even characters made classic by Disney aren't off-limits. As for younger viewers who may not be as familiar with classic fairy tales, star Raphael Sbarge mentioned that his 8-year-old daughter loved the pilot, even though she's not well versed in all of the characters. She does, however, love Harry Potter, and most of the cast agreed that Once Upon a Time has a similar feeling to Harry Potter.
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TCA: 'Once Upon A Time' Creators Proud Of Being Part Of 'Lost' Generation
Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's coverage of TCA.
If viewers of the ABC fairy tale drama Once Upon a Time note certain unmistakable references to a certain iconic ABC show called Lost while watching the pilot, it won't be much of an accident, critics attending TCA were assured this afternoon during a Once Upon a Time panel. The co-creators and showrunners of the new series, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, were Lost staff writers who grew to become executive producers by that show's final two seasons. And they made no secret of packing the Time kickoff with homages to their former show. "We can't help ourselves," Horowitz admitted. Horowitz and Kitsis, who also wrote the feature Tron: Legacy, also employed their Lost boss Damon Lindelof as an adviser on the pilot. "Damon has been a godfather to us," Kitsis said. "He's one of our closest friends. And when we first kind of sold the show to ABC, and they said, 'Great, do an outline,' we were like, 'What do we do?' We immediately went to Damon's couch and started crying. So, I mean, his name is not on this show, but he's in the DNA of it. But he also really wants it to be our show, so sometimes he helps and sometimes he gives us tough love."
In addition to Lost, the Once Upon a Time team also faced the inevitable comparisons to Bill Willingham’s Fables comic-book series. Kitsis maintained that, while the two projects play “in the same playground, we feel we’re telling a different story.” First off, Willingham “is probably more talented than we are," he said. "If we get a 10th of the people who liked that, we’d be very happy.”
Later in the panel, 11-year-old star Jared Gilmore was asked about how familiar he was with the original fairy tales being fractured on Once Upon a Time. "I'm really familiar with fairy tales," the lad said. "When I was a kid ..." That's all Gilmore was able to get out before the room busted up in laughter. Frustrated, he quickly corrected, "No, no, I mean when I was younger I read a lot of them!"
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Interview to Jennifer Morrison by E!Online
www.eonline.com/videos/v168721_jenn...pon-a-time.htmlJennifer Morrison Spills on "Once Upon a Time"
http://youtu.be/tsauZQK-MQoCITAZIONEThe actress gives the scoop on her new upcoming series! Plus, is Jennifer considering coming back to "House"? Listen in.
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