Emilie de Ravin To Guest on "Once Upon a Time"

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Exclusive: "Once Upon a Time" Casts "Lost's" Emilie de Ravin As Belle
Nov 8, 2011
by Natalie Abrams


"Once Upon a Time" has landed another "Lost" alum.

Emilie de Ravin, who played Australian castaway Claire on the ABC island mystery series, has been cast as Belle, as in Beauty and the Beast's Belle, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.



Details of her role are scarce, but we hear "Once's" Belle will have a connection to Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle).

No word on whether the titular Beast will appear, but Gaston is slated to pop up as well.

She will first appear in Episode 12, slated to air early next year.

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Keck's Exclusives: First Look at Emilie de Ravin as "Once Upon a Time's" Belle
Nov 28, 2011
by William Keck


Emilie de Ravin is getting lost in a whole new fantasy world.

On the Valentine's Day episode of ABC's "Once Upon a Time", tentatively scheduled for February 12, the former "Lost" star steps into the slippers of Beauty and the Beast's Belle.

"Emilie projects a very natural strength and warmth, which are characteristics we wanted to explore with Belle," explains Adam Horowitz, who, along with writing and producing partner Edward Kitsis, kicked off a six-year stint on "Lost" writing a Claire scene.





While this take on Beauty will veer from the traditional tale as old as time, Edward says Belle will interact with her father, crazy old Maurice, the brutish Gaston and, of course, the Beast.

(Alas, no singing dinnerware.)

"We have a fun spin on it," he says.


Later this season, expect visits from Aladdin and his genie!

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