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Not only is Cora dead, but Snow White killed her. What is going to become of our beloved Snow, who always has been so good?

Ginnifer Goodwin has already teased that what Snow did is “going to shake her self-identity, her self-definition ... she doesn't know who she is. I think that actually opens a lot up for her. She can get in touch with a more evolved way of protecting herself and her family.”

We cannot wait to see the fall-out from Snow -- Regina is going to be on the warpath. 

Speaking of Regina, "The Miller's Daughter" gave us all a glimpse into young Cora's life before the birth of her daughter, beautifully demonstrated by guest star Rose McGowan.

We had to ask McGowan -- was Cora truly in love with Rumpelstiltskin?

“I think so. Yeah, I do,” says Rose. And did he love Cora back? “ es. Could be ego speaking, but I think so.”

McGowan adds that her one request in doing the show was to act opposite Robert Carlyle. 

“When the creators approached me, I requested that my scenes be with Robert Carlyle ... the scene that we have where we're kind of ending things, it was a marvelous scene. Very emotional,” says McGowan. “ t was everything that I wanted to do with him as an actor, which was great.”

In the episode, it is implied that Cora and Rumple will never have any children together and that Regina is Prince Henry's daughter. But the way the family tree has been shaping upon this show, we wonder if Regina is actually Rumple's daughter. 

“It's possible. Anything is possible in that world,” says McGowan. “I think it does leave it open-ended, I think you're very canny.”

What do you think, "OUAT" fans? Is Rumpelstiltskin both Henry's real grandfather on one side and adopted grandfather on the other?

Source: Zap2It.com

ETonline: Were you previously a fan of the show?

Rose McGowan: I had seen the show, but not been able to follow it because of traveling. Ginnifer Goodwin owns my old house, so we've always been friendly -- then the creators, invited me into their office and asked if I'd ever consider doing something on their show, and I wanted to ... as long as I could play some high level acting tennis with Robert Carlyle. We had a tremendous time. He's an amazingly talented actor and anytime you get to play act with someone of that caliber, you jump at it.

ETonline: Considering you're playing a younger version of a pre-existing character, did you watch Barbara Hershey did to inform your performance?

McGowan: I did watch quite a bit of her stuff, and then I threw it all away. I let it sink in and land where it was going to in my pea brain, but then I forgot about it. I didn't try to match her at all, so if it's there, that's just a result of my previous research.

ETonline: I also have to say, the costumes you get to wear are kind of next level.

McGowan: Oh, he kills me. Eduardo Castro is the costume designer, and he actually costumed me when I played Ann-Margret in the Elvis miniseries, so I'd already met him and what they serve up on that show is spectacular. It's like doing Marie Antoinette back in the golden days of film.

ETonline: It's been 7 years since Charmed ended, and 7 years since you did anything on TV. Are those two things correlated?

McGowan: It took me a long time to want to set foot back on another TV set because Charmed was such a special and long experience for me. I had a great time making the show, but there's no balance in your life. You're so tied down doing a TV series; I didn't see my friends, I didn't see my family or really do anything but work for five years, practically. So after it ended, I started traipsing around the world and not caring that much about being tied down to Los Angeles. But everyone on [the OUAT] set is so amazing, I'm ready to do another TV show as a result of the experience.

ETonline: Like Charmed, Once Upon A Time features a lot of greenscreen work....

McGowan: [laughs] Yeah, so have a lot of my movies. I've done some of my best work to a tennis ball that's hanging off of a metal clip. Literally sobbing my heart out to a green tennis ball. For some reason, that's how it shook out for me.

ETonline: Is it hard to re-adjust to that kind of acting after 7 years?

McGowan: Yes, but also, there are little things -- like Rumple has to get a contract to appear, so you freeze, the prop guy comes in, gives him the contract, and you resume action. I already knew all those little details because of Charmed. Whereas when I started on Charmed, no one explained to me what was going on. They'd say, "And now you orb." I was like, "What?!?!" [laughs] No one ever really told me what all those words meant.

ETonline: You joined Charmed halfway through its run, so you already knew it was a popular show, but has the audience's enduring love for it surprised you?

McGowan: Oh my God, completely. I think it really became people's family more than anything. I've met people who have named their babies Paige -- which is such an honor. It's interesting when you go out into the world and see which of your roles have affected people. There are some movies that I absolutely hate but someone else loves -- people love things for different reasons, but I think people loved Charmed because it felt like a family. And like with Once Upon A Time, they love that battle between good and evil!

Once Upon A Time airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on ABC.

Source: ETOnline.com

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