‘Once Upon a Time’ season 5 spoilers: Rumpelstiltskin’s mom victim of great trickery

Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad in the world of TV. When it comes to “Once Upon a Time” today, we are talking mostly about the fact that while we are adding Merida as a character on the upcoming fifth season of the show, at the same time we are also losing Rumpelstiltskin’s mother.

As it turns out, it was never even the intention in the first place to have Rumple’s mother on board the series early on. Why claim that this is a possibility, then? It was all a way to throw people off the scent of what the producers and the folks in casting were really doing. Executive producer Edward Kitsis tells Entertainment Weekly that this was in the end a successful ploy:

“The only way to throw the press off and our fans off of this being Merida was to say we’re casting Rumple’s mother … It honestly worked because for once, this was not spoiled.”

The good news that we can offer up for those who still want Rumple’s mom on the show is this: We do think in due time that we will see her turn up. This is probably not going to be the last season of the show, so there may be a sentiment that there is still a little bit of time left to introduce a character like this.

For now, just embrace the fact that we have Amy Manson as Merida, and she is joining the likes of many Camelot characters on the show for season 5.

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