I thought I was moving to Vancouver for
six months tops and that's only because
the script was so great and I knew that
the first few episodes were gonna be so
great that it was for sure to get
cancelled it's usually everything that's
so good ends up not going very far at
least but it's been my experience so I
knew that I was a part of something
special but I didn't know how successful
it was going to be until the second
episode aired and then we got the back
nine and that's when I thought okay this
is going to go for at least seven years
I'm going to miss our entire crew and
cast
I'm going to miss Kai who dresses me and
cam who wires me and Kris who does my
makeup and Deb who does my hair and I'm
I'm going to miss all those faces that
I've seen every morning and every night
I'm going to miss playing Regina Ronny
Evil Queen in all versions of her
getting dressed up playing with Eduardo
in the wardrobe department I'm going to
miss the chaos that happens on a
day-to-day basis that people don't get
to see but there's so much that happens
behind the scenes I'm going to miss that
it's emotional I mean it's very
emotional I think there's a part of me
that's in denial as well you know all
good things come to an end at some point
but you wish that it didn't so it's it's
it's hard I'm just really trying to
savor every moment and hug the people I
love deeply and spend as much time with
them as possible and be here as much as
I possibly can even when I'm not working
that day or in the scene
the message of hope and family love and
you know that good can come from broken
that's a really sort of hopeful message
to put out there in the world a lot of
people feel broken and a lot of our
characters are broken and that's what
makes you know human complexities so
interesting I think that that really
resonates with people the friendships
the relationships being magical is fun
that fantastical sort of life and you
can escape when you watch our show
the past couple of days have been like a
dream world high school or Union where
half of the people are people I know so
intimately so well and love so much and
then half the faces are brand new and
I'm sure equally would become would
equally become dear friends but are are
full of the the newness that is the new
life of once upon a time so it's been
wild it's also been a much more
emotional couple of days than I expected
you never know what's going to be
phenomenon I knew it would be excellent
it the script the pilot script was that
good and I believed in the boys of whom
I'd already been fans the boys being the
creators that much and then the cast
that they assembled and stepping onto
set and working with Mark my lad who
directed the pilot I knew that it was
going to be extremely special but you
never know what's going to hit with
audiences
when I saw the trailer all edited
together I knew that we were probably
going to find more people like me out
there that would be addicted to the show
and the deciding factor for me and
siding on was I would regret if I didn't
I knew that I would be a 1 sir and that
I would kick myself forever if I weren't
part of it
I think there's so much about the show
that resonates these characters are
ironically really real for being
fairytale characters they're a mess and
they change and they grow and they make
huge mistakes but they're always given
second chances and third chances and
fourth chances and that's that's all of
us we all find ourselves in one or two
or 15 characters in the show and these
these characters lead extraordinary
lives full of magic but and it might be
a form of magic that we don't
necessarily see in our real world but
there is there are all kinds of magics
all around us and I think that the show
really tapped into hope and it really
tapped into those chances
to me the finale is the quintessential
once upon a time episode and it's very
nostalgic which i think is part of why
I've been so weed since we've been
filming it and I believe that we achieve
the show's overall objective
once upon a time for me will always be a
great thrill in my life that I'm forever
grateful for and forever grateful for
this character and to be able to come
back and see the gang and get the band
together one last time to play one last
song is so exciting and it just it feels
good it feels like coming home
I had no idea once my time would turn
into what it has I don't think you ever
go into any project thinking that it's
going to be something like it's become I
would just never be that presumptuous
about something but I knew that I loved
it and I knew that everybody that was on
it loved it and I think what we did was
try to tell the story the best way that
we could and it hit it resonated with
people and I've been so grateful for the
fandom of once upon a time once errs
because they're so passionate they're so
willing to go along on the ride with us
and that's been the best of all
I knew the moment the show was hitting
with people that it was catching on when
we turned up at an event and there was
somebody dressed like me I knew
immediately that we're on to something
I think the reason that once resonated
with people and the reason why it's
become what it's become is because the
overall story and theme is hope and
everybody needs hope everybody wants a
second chance or once to know that a
second chance is possible and once
offers that and it shows you that that
is possible depending on the choices
that you make
it isn't true once upon a time fashion
the final series finale of Once Upon a
Time is in keeping with what it's always
been
and that's adventurous exciting
emotional and it sends a message not
only to us as characters but to our fans
that we love them and it's it's a it's a
great farewell
it's a fairy tale you know it's a dream
control they give you're part of reading
these stories when I was young it's one
of the first things that I ever did I
didn't even have television growing up
so for me was one of the first forms of
entertainment that I had so to be asked
to audition even was a big deal and then
to actually be a part of the show has
been just a great journey and it's you
know every part of it has been a a
discovery of something brand-new and
it's been magical it's a show that's
been loved for six seasons and to come
in in the final season and think like
okay maybe this could go in a different
direction and maybe this is a different
story and it's been a really incredible
journey to be able to take a character
and take it's three-dimensional
and all the way through
you know it's bittersweet because you
know coming in where you're part of a
season that didn't really have to do too
much with any other other season so
especially the season finale has felt
like a really big family reunion and so
if you ever been joined a part of it to
be a part of a family that has existed
before you you just become in and so the
final supper and you meet everybody that
you haven't met and it's been really
really great I feel like it's one of the
best episodes that we filmed not because
individually the characters have gone
there through a whole course of their
journey but also because you're really
getting to know these characters that
you've grown to love by watching the all
the episodes from Season one to season
seven
it's been incredible and it's something
that didn't really hit home until we
went to Storybrooke last week or this
week rather and to see all of the old
kind of cast and to meet them Pinocchio
Archie all of these people has been
incredible and seeing Storybrooke in its
prime so you've got going Gold's pawn
shop and you've got and you've got all
of those kind of iconic places and
seeing the fans as well being there in
their hordes and going okay so this this
place is kind of a big deal and you
understand why just being there you get
a sense of the history of the place
I don't think you're ever too old for
fairy tales ever I don't mean you grow
out of that
and you shouldn't there's something in
every single fairy tale that is
relatable and it's timeless and it's
universal so I think I think that's what
people take away from fairy tales and
what they take away from Once Upon a
Time is that anyone can be a princess
anyone can be a villain anyone can be
good witch bad witch anything like that
so there's there's parts of all of these
characters in every single person which
is super cool
it's been really happy it feels like it
feels but kind of bittersweet it feels
like everybody is acknowledging that
it's coming to an end they're sad to see
it come to an end but there's there's
something really joyous about it
especially with these old characters
returning and it's it's like family is
coming back together and that's really
infectious that energy of kind of of
love it's it's feel it's feeling like a
week of love actually and yes we're new
kind of season 7 we're new but it feels
like we're still part of the family
well for me it's actually interesting
cuz once upon a time has kind of been a
part of my life for a while my sister
was in season 2 she played grace the Mad
Hatter's daughter so I've kind of you
know watched the show followed the show
because she was a part of it and when I
got the audition for this initially I
had no idea what my character was they
were dummy sides I didn't know what I
was doing and then to find out that my
character was actually you know a pretty
big character in two plays Elena's
daughter was like in a play you know
female Robin Hood Robin Hood's daughter
I was just blown away and like so happy
to be a part of something that was been
on for so long and so great
I think what makes it so special is that
it's something that you know anybody can
find something in it to relate to
anybody can find something in it to
inspire them that you can watch it with
your families you can watch it alone and
it's like it's one of those shows that
Minh spiring and optimistic but it's
also very it's honest it's you know
there there is loss and there is
heartbreak but it's a it shows you that
new people come in your life and teach
you new things and show you new things
and I think that's what makes it so
beautiful and so special and unique for
a show
running through my mind is how sad I am
had a Sofer and that you know like I
came in midway through this season and
I'm like no it's not enough
but shooting this last episode with some
of the people who have were you know
when the pilot is just like ridiculous
it's so cool it's so exciting I never
would have thought that like I would be
here in the very final episode of such
an iconic show with all of the iconic
characters it's like kind of a little
surreal for me I'm still like pinching
myself
well I've been watching the show since I
was five years old so I kind of grew up
with the show and when I got the
audition I was really psyched
the show has been amazing it has been
just everyone in the show is so nice so
kind and they automatically open up to
you as if you were on the show for like
the past six years so being on the show
has meant a lot to me
it gives them hope and it gives them
love and it lets them slip away from the
world the real world and into a world of
imagination where your imagination runs
loose you can imagine anything you want
and it's there in a second and it just
makes you feel as if you were actually
in involved and if you were actually a
character that was living through
you