FAIRYTALES will come to life on Channel 5 this spring after the station snapped up a hit US drama.
Once Upon A Time, which stars Robert Carlyle as imp Rumpelstiltskin, follows the life of Emma Swan, who discovers she has links to the magical world of Grimm.
Emma (Jennifer Morrison, 32) is stunned to learn that she is the long-lost daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming.
According to an enchanted book of fairytales, they sent her away to protect her from the curse of the Evil Queen.
She was exiled to modern- day America, with no memory of her previous existence.
And she soon realises the town where she lives is more than it seems.
It’s a place where magic has been forgotten, where fairytale characters are alive and where the Evil Queen, known as Regina, is secretly plotting her revenge.
Robert, 50, says: “All the fairytale characters that you know and love now live in the real world but they don’t realise who they really are.
“I play Rumpelstiltskin, who in the real world is Mr Gold.
“He may know a little bit more than the others but most of them don’t under- stand where they have come from.
“Their fairytale happy ending has been taken away from them and they are now in the real world.
“It’s from the guys who wrote Lost, so that interest- ed me right away.
“Weirdly, Rumpelstiltskin was the first play I ever saw. I was about six and this travelling theatre came to Glasgow with their version.
“I always remembered the character, not the name, but I was fascinated by the way he was.
“So it’s strange that I am now playing him.”
Sounds like this could be good
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