JamesG
02-23-2016, 08:17 PM
"Once Upon a Time" Casts "Heroes Reborn" Baddie as Emma's Badass Mentor
by Matt Webb Mitovich
February 23, 2016
ABC’s "Once Upon a Time" will flash back an uncharted period in Emma Swan’s past, with the help of "Heroes Reborn" actress Rya Kihlstedt.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Kihlstedt will guest-star in Season 5, Episode 20 — titled 'Firebird' and written by Jane Espenson — as Cleo, a bail bondsperson and no-nonsense woman who has pulled herself out of a rough early life and trusts her instincts above all else.
The character is described as having “a tough exterior hides a strong nurturing side that isn’t often given a chance to come out.”
If that sounds a lot like a certain Savior when we first met her, that is because Cleo was a mentor of sorts to pre-Storybrooke Emma and thus embodies what she might have been had a storybook-toting tyke named Henry not come knocking.
ABC’s "Once Upon a Time" resumes Season 5 on Sunday, March 6.
http://tvline.com/2016/02/23/once-upon-a-time-season-5-cast-rya-kihlstedt/
by Matt Webb Mitovich
February 23, 2016
ABC’s "Once Upon a Time" will flash back an uncharted period in Emma Swan’s past, with the help of "Heroes Reborn" actress Rya Kihlstedt.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Kihlstedt will guest-star in Season 5, Episode 20 — titled 'Firebird' and written by Jane Espenson — as Cleo, a bail bondsperson and no-nonsense woman who has pulled herself out of a rough early life and trusts her instincts above all else.
The character is described as having “a tough exterior hides a strong nurturing side that isn’t often given a chance to come out.”
If that sounds a lot like a certain Savior when we first met her, that is because Cleo was a mentor of sorts to pre-Storybrooke Emma and thus embodies what she might have been had a storybook-toting tyke named Henry not come knocking.
ABC’s "Once Upon a Time" resumes Season 5 on Sunday, March 6.
http://tvline.com/2016/02/23/once-upon-a-time-season-5-cast-rya-kihlstedt/