For its first season, ABC's "Once Upon a Time" relied on Western fairy tales for its characters, but that appears to be changing for Season Two.
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that actress Jamie Chung has been cast as Mulan, a figure from Chinese legend and heroine of Disney's 1998 animated "Mulan" film.
Chung was Amber in "Sucker Punch" and also had a role in "The Hangover II." She will also be in the RZA's upcoming kung fu film, "The Man with the Iron Fists."
Mulan is a legendary character from the Chinese poem, "The Ballad of Mulan," which follows her as she disguises herself as a man and joins the army in place of her father.
According to the report, the character will have a recurring role during the series' second season.
"Once Upon a Time" tells the story of the small Maine town of Storybrooke, which is populated by fairy tale characters who were sent there by a dreadful curse, wiping their memories and giving them new identities. The first season follows Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison, "House"), who travels to the town to return her biology son to his adopted mother Regina (Lana Parrilla, "Miami Medical"), not knowing that she's really the evil queen who cast the curse. Her son Henry (Jared Gilmore, "Mad Men") is convinced she is the one destined to break the curse and return everyone home.
Created by "Lost" writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the series tells dual story lines each episode, dealing with the present day in Storybrooke and the characters' pasts in the fairy tale land.
It also stars Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Ginnifer Goodwin ("Big Love") as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard and Robert Carlyle ("Stargate Universe") as Mr. Gold, known in the fairy tale land as Rumpelstiltskin.
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Chung was Amber in "Sucker Punch" and also had a role in "The Hangover II." She will also be in the RZA's upcoming kung fu film, "The Man with the Iron Fists."
Mulan is a legendary character from the Chinese poem, "The Ballad of Mulan," which follows her as she disguises herself as a man and joins the army in place of her father.
According to the report, the character will have a recurring role during the series' second season.
"Once Upon a Time" tells the story of the small Maine town of Storybrooke, which is populated by fairy tale characters who were sent there by a dreadful curse, wiping their memories and giving them new identities. The first season follows Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison, "House"), who travels to the town to return her biology son to his adopted mother Regina (Lana Parrilla, "Miami Medical"), not knowing that she's really the evil queen who cast the curse. Her son Henry (Jared Gilmore, "Mad Men") is convinced she is the one destined to break the curse and return everyone home.
Created by "Lost" writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the series tells dual story lines each episode, dealing with the present day in Storybrooke and the characters' pasts in the fairy tale land.
It also stars Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Ginnifer Goodwin ("Big Love") as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard and Robert Carlyle ("Stargate Universe") as Mr. Gold, known in the fairy tale land as Rumpelstiltskin.
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