Michael Socha is no longer a series regular
He got paid a lot of money to stand around and do nothing for a year.
He got paid a lot of money to stand around and do nothing for a year.
Once Upon A Time Season 4
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I'm disappointed, too. I liked that Wonderland series, despite its many problems and was hoping for a bit of closure.
The actress playing Ruby AKA Red Riding Hood AKA Meghan Ory, got the co-lead in another series, "Intelligence" that premiered Jan 2014 so it must have filmed summer/fall 2013, that's why we didn't see her much in that season of OUaT.
Once the other series was canceled, Ory did come back briefly in the latter half of season 3, but by then the writers had either gotten used to not writing for Ruby or feared building much onto her character. Perhaps they feared the actress might leave again since they couldn't guarantee a certain number of eps to lock her into a contract, in case their muses led them away from the character.
Similar things happened with Sidney Glass and Mulan.
Sidney Glass AKA Giancarlo Esposito left after season 1 to do 2 seasons/42 eps of "Revolution" and 7 eps of "Allegiance" in 2015. Sure, he came back in season 5's "Frozen" arc, but only briefly before escaping Regina's control.
Mulan AKA Jamie Chung did 11 eps in season 2 of OUaT in 2012-2013 then went to do 13 eps of "Believe" in 2014 and 7 of "Resident Advisers" in 2015. I wonder if with Mulan, the writers were warned away from the storyline they introduced, or if they felt they were writing themselves into a corner and so abandoned the gay storyline.
Once the other series was canceled, Ory did come back briefly in the latter half of season 3, but by then the writers had either gotten used to not writing for Ruby or feared building much onto her character. Perhaps they feared the actress might leave again since they couldn't guarantee a certain number of eps to lock her into a contract, in case their muses led them away from the character.
Similar things happened with Sidney Glass and Mulan.
Sidney Glass AKA Giancarlo Esposito left after season 1 to do 2 seasons/42 eps of "Revolution" and 7 eps of "Allegiance" in 2015. Sure, he came back in season 5's "Frozen" arc, but only briefly before escaping Regina's control.
Mulan AKA Jamie Chung did 11 eps in season 2 of OUaT in 2012-2013 then went to do 13 eps of "Believe" in 2014 and 7 of "Resident Advisers" in 2015. I wonder if with Mulan, the writers were warned away from the storyline they introduced, or if they felt they were writing themselves into a corner and so abandoned the gay storyline.
The Meghan Ory situation was an anomaly that hasn't been repeated.
What happened there was this: ABC asked Adam and Eddy to accelerate their narrative timetable and bring Snow and Emma back from Misthaven sooner than they had originally been planning, resulting in an excision of a planned story arc for Ory's character, and in the process of shifting things around and the organized chaos of shooting, letting Ory know about her storyline being cut fell by the wayside until she spoke out about the situation online, thus resulting in A&E magnanimously releasing her from her contract and allowing her to find work elsewhere.
This Michael Socha situation is in no wise similar, and his 'demotion' to Recurring status really has no bearing on how much he'll be used.
What happened there was this: ABC asked Adam and Eddy to accelerate their narrative timetable and bring Snow and Emma back from Misthaven sooner than they had originally been planning, resulting in an excision of a planned story arc for Ory's character, and in the process of shifting things around and the organized chaos of shooting, letting Ory know about her storyline being cut fell by the wayside until she spoke out about the situation online, thus resulting in A&E magnanimously releasing her from her contract and allowing her to find work elsewhere.
This Michael Socha situation is in no wise similar, and his 'demotion' to Recurring status really has no bearing on how much he'll be used.
Shame, I would've loved to see more of Ruby.
Is that photo of Emma holding the dagger a "spoiler" or just a dramatic publicity photo?
The two pictures of Emma as The Dark Swan are promotional photos only.
I do remember the son, I just didn't realize that was him. He did give a good performance there.
Hard to recognize him after Jack Bauer threw him out a window several stories up.
He played the evil son of Michelle Fairley's character. He was pretty good in the role.
I can't wait to see OUaT's take on Arthurian mythology. I wonder if they'll take anything from The Sword in the Stone or do a completely new version?
Looks like Hook is going to have some competition in the hunk department. 
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