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Rumpelstiltskin behind the scenes, Episode 8 “Desperate Souls”

Robert Carlyle and Michael Waxman Episode 8 Once Upon a TimeI just came across this photo of Robert Carlyle sharing a laugh with Michael Waxman, the episode’s director. This picture is wonderful — Rumpelstiltskin, as the newly-hatched Dark One, looks so otherworldy, and yet there he is, plopped into our world of baseball caps, sunglass, and parkas. Carlyle’s smile is ghastly. He looks as if he is trying to grin, but has too much makeup to freely move the parts of his face. Plus the broken teeth are frightening. I’d love to find out how the make-up people get his teeth to look like that. Continue reading

Writer Jane Espenson talks about Episode 8, “Desperate Souls”

Jane Espenson, Once Upon a Time writer

Jane Espenson

Jane Espenson, who wrote the Jiminy-Cricket-centric Episode 5 That Still Small Voice and Episode 8 Desperate Souls, which airs this Sunday, January 12, spoke to blogcritics.org a few weeks ago.

What she said is very slightly spoilery, so I’ll continue after the jump. Continue reading