As we know, Rose McGowan guest stars as a young Cora in the March 10 episode of ABC’s Once Upon a Time. The network has now released an official description for the episode.
Rose McGowan (Charmed) Guest Stars as Younger Cora
The Miller’s Daughter – Cora’s desire to rid herself of Rumplestiltskin in order to take his place as The Dark One takes one step closer to becoming reality as she and Regina try to overpower a dying Mr. Gold, and Mary Margaret is once again tempted by dark magic. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Rumplestiltskin agrees to offer his services to a younger Cora – for a price – when the king calls her bluff and orders her to actually follow through on her boast of being able to spin straw into gold, on Once Upon a Time, Sunday, March 10 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Once Upon a Time stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O’Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby, and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.
Guest starring are Barbara Hershey as Cora, Michael Raymond-James as Neal Cassidy, Rose McGowan as younger Cora, Gerry Rousseau as father, Joaquim de Almeida as King Xavier, Eva Allan as Princess Eva, Zak Santiago as Prince Henry and Sonequa Martin-Green as Tamara.
The Miller’s Daughter was written by Jane Espenson and directed by Ralph Hemecker.
Very exciting news on this beautiful morning! According to E! Online’s Watch with Kristin, Rose McGowan might be back on Once Upon a Time for the show’s next season!
Read on for details – but beware for some potential spoilers.
Nicole F.: Can you tell me anything else about Rose McGowan’s character on Once? I’ve been obsessed with her since Charmed!
That’s a great question, which is why we posed it to McGowan herself. We already know she’s playing a younger version of Cora in an origin episode airing next month, but did you also know she’s part of a love story? “I fall madly in love, and then it ends tragically,” she tells us. “Most of my stuff is with Rumple. And it was an amazing experience and I’ll see them again next season.” Next season? Does this mean we’ll see her character again? “It’s in the works,” McGowan tells us coyly.
According to IMDb, John La Tier’s The Tell-Tale Heart will see its North American release on October 15, 2013. Keep in mind that this has not been confirmed by official sources as of it so take it with a grain of salt. But fingers crossed we’ll see the film this year!
In other movie related news, the Chris Ekstein directed Last of the Duanes has been renamed Rise of the Lonestar Ranger and it will open March 6, 2014 in USA.
Last but not least, Rose’s Once Upon a Time episode, titled The Miller’s Daughter, will air on March 6, 2013 on ABC!
ABC’s Once Upon a Time regularly goes back in time to Storybrook residents’ former lives in fairytale land. Now the show will jump even further back in the past with an origin episode that will explore the backstory of Regina’s own Evil Queen’s evil mom. According to Deadline, Rose McGowan has been tapped to guest star as a younger version of the evil mom Cora (Barbara Hershey) in a flashback.
The gallery has been updated with 1,500+ Blu-ray screencaptures of Rose McGowan as Dr. Sonny Blake in Rosewood Lane (2011). Although not my favorite Rose film by any means, I do think it marks one of her more mature performances along with The Pastor’s Wife and hence makes me even more excited to see what the actress has in store for us next!
Don’t forget to pick up your copy of Rosewood Lane if you’re in North America as it is available on both Blu-ray and DVD.
Many thanks to Dale for his helping in sorting out the screencaptures!
