They said that the show is where the Wicked Witch is sisters with The Evil Queen and they also know Cruella DeVil, so it would be a bummer if it has King Arthur and he never gets to meet Merida. They also added that there is a mash-up quality in what Merida’s going through, what is happening in Camelot, what is happening with King Arthur, and what is happening with all the characters of the show.
Kitsis and Horowitz also talked about the brewing bromance between Charming, played by Josh Dallas, and King Arthur, played by Liam Garrigan. Season 5 will feature how their relationship comes to be and that it would be as special as the relationship between Arthur and Guinevere.
Season 5 of “Once Upon a Time” will also see new characters as well as returning old ones. The returning ones include Sinqua Walls as Lancelot, Elliot Knight as Merlin, Joanna Metrass as Guinevere, Andrew Jenkins as Percival, Gabe Kouth as Sneezy/Tom Clark, and Lee Arenberg as Grumpy/Dreamy/Leroy.
Also returning are Beverly Elliot who plays Widow Lucas/Granny and Keegan Connor Tracy who plays the Blue Fairy and also doubles as Mother Superior.
“Once Upon a Time” takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, whose residents are characters from various fairy tales that were transported to the real world town and robbed of their memories by a powerful curse.
Episodes of the series typically feature a primary storyline in Storybrooke as well as a secondary storyline from another point in a character’s life before the curse was enacted.