Marilyn Manson Joins The Cast Of ‘Once Upon A Time’

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Posted by: Trent on October 19, 2013|

The ABC fantasy series Once Upon A Time is back with a new season that is set in Neverland (not to be confused with the spinoff series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland which will crossover with the 3rd season of the Neverland-set Once Upon A Time), which was set up in the season finale of the show back in the Spring. In that season finale episode, an villainous character called Shadow was introduced. Today we learn that shockrocker Marilyn Manson has been cast in the role of Shadow on the show. MM will only be providing the voice for Shadow since the character is computer generated but it seems significant to me that Manson was cast on the show at all. Read on to learn more.

Once Upon a Time’s journey into the dark recesses of Neverland has gotten pretty scary already, what with an evil Peter Pan running around. Now it’s about to get a whole lot creepier: ABC has confirmed exclusively to Rolling Stone that rocker Marilyn Manson will be joining the cast of the show in November. Manson will voice Shadow, a character whose voice will give life to the very essence of Neverland. “We’ve always been enormous fans of Marilyn Manson,” show creators and executive producers Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz told Rolling Stone. “We wanted to cast someone with the vocal ability to make our skin crawl.” This season on Once Upon a Time follows Emma, Rumpelstiltskin, Regina, Captain Hook and the rest of the Fairytale Avengers in Neverland as they look for Henry while battling the evil Peter Pan. The Shadow has appeared a few times already this season, and he’s not quite the mischievous, fun-loving character who appeared in the classic Peter Pan tales. This version of Shadow is more interested in kidnapping and soul-stealing – and with Manson’s voice added to the mix, he should become a skin-crawling part of Neverland.

I’m one of the only people I know that watches Once Upon a Time (mainly because I invested so much time in Season 1 and that loyalty carried over to Season 2) so, as a viewer, I’m very intrigued by Manson‘s casting. I’ve been an MM fan from the start so I’m glad to see that he’s getting new work these days. I know he has a guest starring stint on the HBO series Eastbound and Down and now with this casting in Once Upon A Time, it looks like MM is much more interested in pursuing a career in acting rather than in music. Once is one of those shows that I DVR and watch when I have nothing else to watch … so I have the new eps of Season 3 recorded, I just haven’t watched them yet. Now that I know MM will voice a character on the show, I guess I have to catch up so I can see how well he does on the show. Do any of y’all watch the show? If so, are you looking forward to hearing MM on the show?

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