Once Upon A Time Casts Tinker Bell - With Whom Does She Have A Surprising Connection?

By Matt Webb Mitovich
GINNIFER GOODWIN, JOSH DALLAS, MICHAEL RAYMOND-JAMES, JENNIFER MORRISON ONCE UPON A TIME - "Lacey" - Mr. Gold enlists the aid of David to help him try to jog Belle's now cursed memories and get her to love him again; and when it is revealed that the magic beans Anton (Jorge Garcia, "Lost") and the dwarves have been harvesting have begun to grow and could possibly transport everybody home, Emma is torn over whether she would want to live in fairytale land or stay in our world. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Rumplestiltskin forces Belle to accompany him on a hunt to kill a thief, whom she had freed in the name of mercy, on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, APRIL 21 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Jack Rowand) GINNIFER GOODWIN, JOSH DALLAS, MICHAEL RAYMOND-JAMES, JENNIFER MORRISON

Once Upon a Time Cast Tinker BellABC's Once Upon a Time has cast a fairy iconic role for Season 3 — that of Tinker Bell.

New Zealand-born actress Rose McIver will play the flitting character in multiple episodes, EW.com reports.

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As revealed by series cocreator Adam Horowitz at Comic-Con last weekend, the ABC drama will be "taking the [Tinker Bell] icon and putting our spin on it. How we introduce her and who she is [will] hopefully be surprising."

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Horowitz also teased, "We're going to find that she has a surprising connection to someone at this table" – the Comic-Con dais was populated by Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Emilie De Ravin, Colin O'Donoghue, Michael Raymond-James, Josh Dallas, Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Morrison — though the EP ruled out the obvious guess, Captain Hook.

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McIver's credits include a February 2012 CSI appearance, the Kiwi sitcom Super City, Power Rangers R.P.M. and The Lovely Bones.

Once opens its third season on Sunday, Sept. 29.

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