We all know Keegan Connor Tracy as Once's Blue Fairy, but had things gone the way Once producers had initially hoped, Lady Gaga would have been playing the role. Honestly, I can't actually imagine it, but I suppose if it had happened, I would be used to it now. At the end of the day, Gaga's people apparently never returned the producers' call, so that's that.
do you know that? 'Once Upon A Time' Executive Producers Would Love to Have Lady Gaga on Their Show
NEW YORK - Hollywood's recent focus on fairy tale-themed projects fits in with people's need for stories that provide hope in difficult times, the creators and executive producers of ABC's upcoming Once Upon A Time, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (Lost, Tron: Legacy), said here Friday at New York Comic Con. They also discussed parallels of their new series, which debuts later this month, and hit show Lost, on which they previously worked as writers and co-executive producers, and said they would love Lady Gaga to appear on their new show. Kitsis said his team tried to get Lady Gaga to make an appearance in Once Upon A Time, but he said he wasn't sure if the request really reached her. "We'd be so happy to have her," he said. He didn't detail what role she could play. PHOTOS: Fall TV's 12 Most Anticipated Shows In Once Upon A Time, fairy tales and the modern world collide, and classic characters get reimagined. "There is something comforting about these stories," said Kitsis when asked about a recent slew of fairy tale-based Hollywood product, such as Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots and others. In these "difficult times," fairy tales "give people hope," he added. Kitsis also pointed out that Snow White and the Seven Dwarves originally came out in 1937 following the Great Depression.
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