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Comic-Con 2013 Once Upon a Time and Once in Wonderland presentations

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OUAT Season 3 promos

On the pirate ship with a blood-stained globe, from the "Join Forces" Season 3 promo

On the pirate ship with a blood-stained globe, from the “Join Forces” Season 3 promo

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Naveen Andrews joins Once:Wonderland to play a character with a dark and twisted agenda

Jafar in Disney's Aladdin

Jafar in Disney’s Aladdin

Another LOST alumni joins the OUAT family of shows. Naveen Andrews, the British actor who played Sayid in LOST, will be joining Once:Wonderland from its very first episode, airing Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 8 pm. This is his first role on U.S. television since LOST.

He will play Jafar, who was the villain in Disney’s 1992 film Aladdin. In the interview in the video below, which took place at ComicCon, Naveen says that Jafar has a “rather dark and twisted agenda that will affect all the characters in the show.” The interviewer asks, “But maybe a soft side?” Naveen answers, “That remains to be seen.”

I never saw Disney’s Aladdin, but I found a 10-minute clip on YouTube, which I’ve posted below. I think Naveen Andrews is perfect for the part — I can absolutely see him playing this character.

So now we know that Once:Wonderland, just like Once:Original, is going to be creating mashups of characters taken from different stories and films. Much as I’m glad to know that Naveen Andrews will be back on our TVs, and as fantastic as I think he will be in this role, I’m not so sure I want to see extraneous Disney characters brought into the Alice stories. I guess the spinoff will be more like the original show, at least in that respect, than I had expected.

Unless I’m forgetting someone, the LOST alumni count at this point including Naveen is five. In the original OUAT, there’s Alan Dale (Charles Widmore/King George), Jorge Garcia (Hurley/Anton the Giant), Lana Parrilla (guest role as an Other in LOST Season 3/Regina), and Emilie de Ravin (Claire/Belle).

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OUAT and OUAT-Wonderland at Comic-Con 2013 on July 20

Comic Con 2013 souvenir book coverCast members and producers from both Once Upon a Time and the new spin-off, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, will be holding panel discussions and press interviews on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Specific times and locations haven’t been announced yet, so stay tuned.