‘Once Upon A Time’ Casting For ‘Frozen’s’ Elsa Revealed, ‘Fringe’ Actress Georgina Haig Gets Part
The internet was buzzing at the end of Season Three of Once Upon A Time when it was teased that Elsa, from Disney’s hit movie Frozen, may be making her way into casting. This morning, it was revealed that actress Georgina Haig will play the much beloved ice queen. You can see the teaser that sent Frozen and Once Upon A Time fans into a tizzy below:
Frozen characters will be nine of the 22 episodes of Season 4. Elsa will appear in all nine, while Anna and Kristoff will each appear in six of the episodes. Many have speculated at who would be cast for the prized Elsa role. A 19-year-old Daytona Beach girl,Anna Faith Carlson, who thought she had a striking resemblance to Elsa was vying for the part through a social media campaign. However, the campaign didn’t secure her the Elsa role in Once Upon A Time.
Instead, casting directors chose seasoned actress Georgina Haig to portray the icy queen in the show. Georgina Haig is most widely known for her role on the hit series Fringe as Etta Bishop. She is also currently appearing in CBS’ summer series Reckless. According to E! News, Haig joins previously announced Scott Michael Foster as Kristoff and newcomer Elizabeth Lail as Anna.
The writer’s for the show have said that they will not change the Frozen story line. So no need for Frozen fans across the country to get upset. Instead, they plan to incorporate the story line of the movie into the show. Once Upon a Time co-creator Adam Horowitz spoke withE! News after the finale and said they loved Frozen and wanted to incorporate it from the time they saw it in theaters:
“Well, you know it’s funny. Eddy and I saw the movie when it came out last year and we loved it. It was our favorite movie of the year and when we saw it we thought, ‘Wow, this really feels like something that we would love to do.’ It’s funny because people will immediately assume that oh we got a call from Disney and they told us, ‘You need to use our new property.” But it was actually the reverse. It’s not easy to get property from franchises and this was out of really our love for the story.”
The creators aren’t giving away all the details though noting:
“What we are going to do, we’re not ready to tell you. But what we can say is we’re very aware of what we think makes this character from Frozenso special and we want to honor that and make sure that what we do is in the universe of everyone fell in love with this past year.”
What do you think of the addition of Frozen to the Once Upon A Time character lineup? Do you think Georgina Haig looks the part?
