Ariel in ''Once Upon A Time"

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Ariel will be in the new season of hit Abc series "Once Upon a Time".

Ariel will be a regular character in the season 3.

From InsideTvEW:

'Once Upon a Time' Comic-Con panel: The Little Mermaid to appear in season 3

Footage Screened: A short clip that kicked off with Grumpy/Leroy whistling the “High Ho” song as he took a lunch break, a nice little touch in itself. He opened his lunch box, and looked out over the sea. Suddenly, a thin, pale hand reached into his lunch box and stole his fork! He followed the footprints to a blue dress draped over some driftwood, and, lamenting the loss of his fork, peered into the waves. A head of magnificent red hair rose to the surface, clutching the fork in victory, and then the girl dove under the water, exposing a delightfully shiny blue tail.
There was also a quick “commercial break” – a morning show called “Good Morning Storybrooke,” hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown and Paul Scheer featuring dating advice from Dr. Whale and a low budget commercial for Mr. Gold’s pawn shop. “If you lived it, I have it!” Robert Carlyle narrated in the clip – noting that all the significant magical objects from the show have found their way into his hands. (The full episode of “Good Morning Storybrooke” will be available on the season 2 DVD.)
Snap Judgement: Although Horiwitz and Kitsis were tight-lipped about the actual plot of the upcoming season, they emphasized that anything can happen in Neverland.

The cast riffed about the different ‘ships – notably the one that pairs Emma and Hook. Collin O’Donoghue and Michael Raymond James, who were seated next to each other, offered to fight it out onstage. When O’Donoghue mused that perhaps it was time for Hook to get over Mila, Josh Dallas responded by saying “not with my daughter!” So it remains to be seen how the relationships will shift, but Kitsis and Horowitz assured us that Snow and Charming were solid. Asked about the possibility of a seperation, Jennifer Morrison jumped in, “We all just started suffering, thinking about that.” “I won’t stop trying,” Lana Parilla intoned.
As for the mysterious Peter Pan, Horizitz and Kitsis promised he will be non-traditional, and maybe a little frightening. They said the Neverland on “Once” will be recognizable, but with a few special twists. For example, Tinkerbell will have an unlikely connection to one of the characters – and meeting her will reveal some surprises.
The Big Revelations: Ariel! The Little Mermaid will definitely make an appearance, and hopefully be a regular character on the upcoming season. Also, season 3 will run in two sets of 11 episodes each — one block in the fall and one in the spring.

Most Incisive Audience Question: A fan asked the cast where they you think their characters belong – Storybrooke or Fairy Tale Land? After looking around at each other, they all sort of spoke at once that their characters need to be in their land of origin. Robert Carlyle said they’re all trying to get back there, because that is home.
The group who sailed off to Neverland in the finale of season 2, when asked about the time spent on The Jolly Roger, responded that they still feel like the earth is moving under their feel. O’Donoghue looked around incredulously at his fellow cast mates and said he loved it! He’s a sea captain through and through.

Here the teaser:



Pic of Ariel:

[Eric]

So Exited, Can't wait!

[Jerry533482]

I might just start watching this series because of this. XD

[princessariel96]

I don't seem to know about this but now that Ariel's there, I'll definitely not miss the new season!!!!

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Joanna Garcia will be Ariel in Once Upon a Time.

From TvGuide:

Keck's Exclusives: Once Upon a Time Casts JoAnna Garcia As Its Little Mermaid

Once Upon a Time's sixth episode of the new season will be titled "Ariel" and introduces Reba fave JoAnna Garcia as the finned Disney princess from under the sea. Besides Reba, Garcia recently appeared on Royal Pains and last season's short-lived NBC sitcom Animal Practice.

Producers promise a compelling back-story and twist for their Little Mermaid, while retaining the beloved character's "wide-eyed" charm and ambitions we came to know in Disney's 1989 animated classic. And as is the norm with Once characters, she'll most likely have ties to a character we know.

Could Ariel's witchy octopus nemesis Ursula the sea witch be far behind? "Ursula could appear this season, absolutely," teases executive producer Eddy Kitsis. "But on our show you never know what that might mean."

[solarlunarxiii]

So excited. This is my favorite show on TV right now.

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All Ariel fans are excited for the arrival of the most popular mermaid! This season with Ariel will be the best!

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Gil McKinney will be Prince Eric in Once Upon a Time:

From HollywoodLife and TvLine:

‘Once Upon A Time’ Season 3: Gil McKinney Cast As Ariel’s Prince Eric

Gil will romance JoAnna Garcia’s Ariel for several episodes this fall.
The search for the most perfect prince in all the land has finally come to an end; Gil McKinney has been cast as Prince Eric on the upcoming third season of Once Upon A Time, HollywoodLife.com‘s sister site TVLine is reporting.

Largely regarded as the handsomest prince in the Walt Disney universe, Eric will make his Once debut on the sixth episode of the show’s third season, appropriately titled “Ariel.”

Ariel, meanwhile, will be played by JoAnna Garcia, who recently tweeted her excitement over getting to slip on the little mermaid’s iconic fins:

Excited 2 finally be able to share that I will be swimming into @onceabc as ‘Ariel’! So honored 2 be able to play such a beloved character! … Totally overwhelmed by this love! I have been an enormous fan of @onceabc 4 so long! Grateful 2 have the support of all of its beloved fans!

If Gil’s phenomenal mug looks familiar to you, then you’ve probably caught one of his many guest appearances. To name just a few shows, Gil has been featured on The CW’s Supernatural, TNT’s Perception and NBC’s Friday Night Lights.

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Article about Ariel:




First Ariel photo:

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Article:




Ariel with Grumpy:

[des]

I am going to have to record it.

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[yougottaloveariel]

You gotta love the internet


No less after the 75th anniversary of War of the Worlds
(did your grandparents believe it?) Rumors on Once Upon a Time at IMDB claim at some point Ariel is gonna be killed off.................................

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Article from Access Hollywood:

Once Upon A Time Q&A: JoAnna Garcia Swisher Talks Playing Ariel

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Joanna Garcia Swisher as Ariel in ‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 3CaptionJoAnna Garcia Swisher is about to go under the sea, and on land, playing Ariel, aka The Little Mermaid, this Sunday on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.”

On Wednesday morning, the “Reba” alum opened up to AccessHollywood.com about playing the character who fans have been clamoring to see on the fairytale show.

AccessHollywood.com: Tell me about your connection to this character. You had to have been a huge fan of the movie, ‘The Little Mermaid,’ right?

JoAnna Garcia Swisher: No doubt. Not only was I a huge fan of the movie, I was a huge fan of the show and [that’s] something that Eddy [Kitsis] and Adam [Horowitz, the show’s executive producers] knew from Day 1. And Jen Morrison [Emma Swan] is one of my dearest girlfriends, so I have watched the show religiously and was really excited about the idea of one day being able to do it and it just worked out that they brought Ariel in at a time where I was able to go and do it. It was really exciting.

Access: Were they always going to cast you as Ariel?

JoAnna: I had talked about doing the show in the first season —another character, and I think that it was always sort of out there that this is idea and when the time came that they figured out a way to bring Ariel into the story, it was just awesome that I was able to be able to do it. I was still pretty fresh off of having a baby. I was a little nervous, but it was a great moment.

Access: It seems like your husband (Nick Swisher) is really into this. The Tweeting you two are doing about this episode is hilarious. How into it is he?

JoAnna: He’s a very enthusiastic person in general, and also just pretty much excited about anything that excites me, which is very sweet, but he’s very into this idea. He loves long mermaid hair and tails. He fancies the idea of being married to a Disney princess, so I’m glad that I could finally come through for him (laughs).

Access: Prince Eric is really named ‘Prince Nick,’ for you.

JoAnna: Yes! Absolutely. There’s no doubt about it. Anybody that knows me, probably even people that don’t know me, know that he is pretty much the apple of my eye.

Access: I love to hear people talking glowingly about their spouses. Here’s someone else talking glowingly about you – Ginnifer Goodwin. I went on a set visit and this is what she said about you, she said Joanna brings ‘this layer of emotional intelligence to it that I didn’t really foresee that I found super impressive.’

JoAnna: That is so sweet. We had a pretty instant love affair when we met and there’s a connection that Ginny and I have that is I just, I feel really blessed. She’s actually probably… one of my favorite people that I’ve ever worked with. I feel really lucky to have been a part of this with her and also too, it was my first job back after having a baby and I was really nervous about being in a seashell bikini post-baby and she just sort of held my hand and made me feel really special and loved and I felt very blessed to be her partner in this… not just for the fact that Snow and Ariel have a special bond, but just… actress to actress and girl to girl, it was very special.

Access: So Snow and Ariel come together because of a near fatal experience. What can you hint at about that particular incident?

JoAnna: Obviously Snow is on the run. She is being chased by her Evil Queen and I think that near death experiences happen all the time and it just so happens that Ariel — I was in the right place at the right time to help save her when she is trying to escape another moment of being captured by this queen.

Access: And apparently Snow repays the favor by helping Ariel find the love of her life, Prince Eric, and there’s a ball. What can you tell me about this ball?

JoAnna: It’s funny because I had to actually ballroom dance, which I think will probably be the comedic relief of the whole episode. But, by the magic television, I’m sure they edited it that I would be pretty graceful. But it’s a really beautiful storybook moment and that’s the one thing I really love, why I fell in love with the show, and why I think Eddy and Adam are so brilliant is they’ve managed to tug on your heartstrings with this incredible nostalgia that you have with all of these characters, but they’ve also been able to weave it in this modern way that just — it’s like exciting and you just can’t wait to see how these characters are connected. And it’s so cool that they all know each other and all this stuff. But the one thing that I really do love about my character is it is pretty true to the story — to the original story. This is a girl that lives under the sea, that has fallen madly in love with this beautiful prince and will go to the ends of the earth to be with him and… it’s a really romantic notion and I just loved the idea of it and so the ball, while it’s kind of fun and quirky and just really kind of out there, [it] is really romantic. It has that incredible storybook moment where their eyes meet and it’s instant.

Access: Will we get any Sebastian or Flounder or references to them [in the show]?

JoAnna: Yes, you do. References.

Access: Will you be singing at all?

JoAnna: No. They wanted the show to stay on the air (laughs). … That’s not one of my strong suits, but I think it won’t disappoint and I know that Ariel is such a special character to the incredible fans of ‘Once Upon a Time.’ And what I love about this is they have just honored her in the most perfect way.

Access: Tell me about Lana Parrilla as Ursula.

JoAnna: Ah! She’s so good!

Access: Is she the Evil Queen as Ursula or just Ursula?

JoAnna: She’s Ursula! Obviously, Lana, she’s an incredible actress, but it was so fun to watch her create this character and wanting so much to honor Ursula, but to also [wanting] to put her own spin on it. It was so cool to watch because she really loves the character of Ursula, so it was so cool to watch the whole process take place. It was really fun and she’s so fantastic… I’ve described her as ‘devilishly delicious.’

Access: Let me just conclude with this — is there a chance you could come back? Obviously the gang is in Neverland now and there were some evil mermaids in Neverland (at the start of the season).

JoAnna: Well, I do stick around for a minute. In fact, I just got back from Canada, so that’s probably all I should say. … It’s been really fun and it’s been a great experience.

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I just saw this episode, I loooved it. Can't wait to see more of Ariel.

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Me too. I want to see more of Ariel! She is the best!