‘Once Upon a Time’ season 4 spoilers: Lana Parrilla teases more Maleficent backstory

It has already been confirmed many times over that Kristin Bauer van Straten is going to be returning as Maleficent on “Once Upon a Time” season 4. Not only that, but it has also been confirmed that she will be back on the show come Sunday in some interesting shape or form.

So in going beyond that for a minute, how will the character resurface? It is an interesting question, and something that the series seems to be very keen to explore. Speaking in a new interview with TV Guide, series star Lana Parrilla passed along that we’re going to be diving into the past at some point, and find out a little more information all about the sort of history that these two characters share:

“Regina and Maleficent have a really interesting history. You’ll see how they met and how they became friends.”

Given the past that is there for these two, don’t you think that this will initially lead to fireworks if they meet up again in the present? We definitely do, but the sort of added twist to this here is mostly that last we saw of the latter character, it seemed as though she was no more. Has something different happened to her, or did executives at Disney realize that Angelina Jolie made the character worthy of a revival?

We imagine that some information will be handed down Sunday. As for the rest, we’ll have to wait until next year to find out.

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