When Tumblr Casting Comes True... First Look at JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Ariel on OUAT

September 23rd, 2013, 06:45 pm

When Tumblr Casting Comes True... First Look at JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Ariel on OUAT

Once Upon a Time goes under the sea on its Nov. 3 episode with the introduction of Ariel (aka the Little Mermaid), her strapping beau Prince Eric and Ursula the wicked sea witch.

The story finds Ariel (JoAnna Garcia Swisher, who will appear in a handful of episodes) rescuing one of the ABC fantasy's regular characters before experiencing her own adventure, which incorporates elements from the 1989 animated Disney classic. "Once we realized we were going to Neverland, it felt like the perfect place to see Ariel," says executive producer Edward Kitsis. Fans should look for winks at some of the movie's iconic moments, such as a gag with a fork that nods to the clumsy dinner scene, says executive producer Adam Horowitz.

As for speculation that Lana Parrilla's Evil Queen will transform into Ariel's eight-legged nemesis, Kitsis hints, "In a world where our crocodile turns out to be Rumplestiltskin, you never know what might happen." Holy mackerel!

More pics from Ginny Goodwin's Twitter:

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I want to see more pictures of Prince Eric.

mte

I'm sure she'll do a fine job, but I don't trust these writers after the mess that was season 2.

who

i have a tumblr, i've casted augustus prew as the march hare, when are they going to make that a reality??

is that Gil McKinney?

yep

i get the appeal of this show but like

the parts i saw of it were so bad...

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therealycats

Yeah she doesn't exactly scream Ariel to me but this show is awful with 99% of its dressing of iconic characters so not surprised at all.

Please let her and Eric be true love pls pls pls

And no to Regina being Ursula. Still pissed Rumple was Fairy Godmother, Beast, and the Crocodile.

i don't mind her being ursula, especially since it was pretty much determined since season one. i had time to accept it.

True. I shouldn't really be surprised at all tbh. Especially since Lancelot episode. Wasn't it very strongly hinted at in that one?

Honestly, I'm not crazy about most of the people they cast for the iconic characters. I think they just cast based on hair color and go from there.

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missedith Expand

i feel like i should be more excited for this season, but the last one let me down. i'm basically just watching for robert carlyle.

Same here.

Rumple is the ONLY reason I watch this show. Hook is bonus eye-candy.

same

ugh NHF Regina being Ursula. Ursula is 10x more awesome than that insufferable murderer/rapist/whiner.

only here for the Belle/Ariel BFF-ness that's going to happen this season :)

i wanted someone slightly younger, but i like joanna and i think she's gorgeous so i'm cool with it. i'm hoping eric looks better in motion because the pics i've seen of gil are not good.

ginny and jen keep posting instagram photos of joanna as ariel and they're really cute so i'm excited.

but not too excited because i have negative faith in the writers.

and lol if this were tumblr casting then ariel would be played by holland roden.

Edited at 2013-09-23 10:55 pm (UTC)

Didn't know they were tweeting pics of Ariel. Adding these to the post. Thanks, bb!

Edited at 2013-09-23 11:00 pm (UTC)

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or they're total flops like maleficent

maleficent had potential if the writers had actually tried.

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She was so wonderfully cast, but then.... such failure.

ugh kristin bauer would've slayed if the writers had given her the chance

Man, that was so disappointing. Maleficent is the Disney villain and they didn't do shit with her in this show.

Regina and Rumple should've been the Big Bad for Season 1, Maleficent should've been Season 2.

exactly. lazy writing is what it is (also why everyone on the show is ~related to everyone else)

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zyuranger

I'm so fucking excited for this! I've been pulling for JoAnna as Ariel for three years.

And rolling my eyes at the complete fucking overreaction (mostly from the Swan Queen fandom) to Ginny's countdown picture. I don't even ship Hook/Emma and I know she was joking. Calm the fuck down. Telling her to eat a poison apple is crossing the line.

Edited at 2013-09-23 10:58 pm (UTC)

the one from today? i laughed at the hashtag jennyjennjenn tbh

Yup, and same!

"Swan Queen" stans (but really, they're Regina stans) are the absolute worst in the fandom, followed by Hook/Emma and then Belle/Rumple shippers. so embarrassing.

I just saw that, and I just don't even know how these people function irl being that fucking stupid. It's like, jfc, get a life.

I want to get into this, because I think the concept is neat, but I watched the first few episodes and it couldn't hold my interest, but I knew I needed to watch them to get to the better stuff and know what the fuck is going on.... so, now I'm just putting it on hold for a week when I have better bud or something.

is this show good? I'm fucking obsessed with disney but I've never seen this

it's awful

If you love Disney, you'll probably like it, but no, it's not great. I basically keep watching because I love Disney, and I love the concept of this show so I keep naively hoping they'll turn it around and pull it out. So far, they haven't, really. :(

it's one of the worst shows ive ever seen

I loved season one, and season two seemed promising, but it struggled. Is it the greatest show you'll ever watch? No. But if you're especially a Disney fan, I imagine you might like it and it definitely has its moments.

I love Disney but this show gets fucking ridiculous pretty quick. If you have a high tolerance for ridiculous, you'll like it.

Shitty writing and horrible plot continuity, but a charming concept with several very attractive actors (male and female). And one really annoying child.

I think so. But this community has a serious hate-on for it. Honestly, watch it and see what YOU think. Some people love it, some people hate it, some people are meh about it.

This show should have been a slam dunk, but it just got too awful and I had to stop watching.

Like, I fucking love disney nostalgia and i love intertwining stories but it was a damn fucking mess.

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