THIS POST CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR "ONCE UPON A TIME" SEASON 7 & SERIES FINALE TITLED "LEAVING STORYBROOKE". IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS EPISODE YET, AND DO NOT WANT TO SEE OR READ POSSIBLE SPOILERS, DO NOT CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE BELOW OR VIEWING THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM.
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I caught up with the Once Upon A Time cast and crew in Steveston last week.


When I have more time this week, there will be more blog posts about this weeks final scenes being shot in Steveston. But till then.... here is the first of the last sets of Once Upon A Time.

In this shoot, there was a little mixture of season 1 to 6 recurring cast, along with some season 7 cast.

We find a variety of the frequent recurring season 1 to 6 cast outside Granny's Diner in Storybrooke. Raphael Sbarge as Dr. Archie Hopper with Pongo, Beverley Elliott as Granny, Lee Arenberg as Leroy, Faustino Di Bauda as Walter & David Paul Grove as Doc are out there. Eventually we see Leroy step off the curb and a few moments later, he drops a tray of bagged lunches as season 7 cast members Rose Reynolds as Allice / Tilly and Tiera Skovbye as Margot / Robin show up in a food truck and hastily jump out to check and see if Leroy is okay. He replies with a line about how his lunches arent as he angrily yells at the two young girls. A little while later, after some lengthy dialogue, we see the girls shriek and run away around the side of the truck, as the dwarves all chase them around the truck.

After filming that scene, some of the cast joined Rebecca Mader and Lana Parrilla outside the shell of the Mr. Golds shop they put up for filming since the original Mr. Golds refused to allow them to use it anymore a couple years ago (but still likes cashing in on the tourism of it by using a Mr. Gold stand up poster outside it....sleazy) with the Mayor of Richmond, and a few others to officially call it "Once Upon A Time Day" in Richmond. Lana gave a wave to the fans before leaving, telling them she would be back later.... which she absolutely was (if you havent seen the thank you video I posted earlier... that was from later on in this day, you can see it HERE).

Unfortunately, I lost an entire days worth of shots, as well as a handful of photos on this day. But I still have photos, so I still have some posts to do..... as well, there will be a couple video clips coming up too  But here is the first set of photos form the finale shoot of Once Upon A Time.

Once Upon A Time is airing the final season on ABC right now, every Friday night till the series finale on May 18, 2018.

You can see my other Behind The Scene shots from OUAT over the years HERE
You can see my Once Upon A Time autographs gallery HERE.

Once Upon A Time season 5 started filming last month. The small village of Steveston in South Richmond was again transformed into Storybrooke for a day of filming for episode 1.

The first scene I came across in downtown Steveston for the 1st day of shooting for Once Upon A Time season 5 in the town involved an odd sight.

Granny's diner had been transformed into a beer garden. whether this is a temporary situation, or permanent was not yet known. More off, was Gabe Khouth as Sneezy wearing an Emma Swan style red jacket & driving the Sheriffs car. He shows up to what appears to be a ribbon cutting ceremony with several other dwarves in attendance including Faustino DiBauda, Mig Macario and maybe others.. I couldn't see the whole scene from where I was, but there was at least 3 or 4 of the dwarves there. Most notably missing was Lee Arenberg.

After that scene, the production moved 1/2 block down to an intersection. In the intersection they set up a scene with several cast members including Rebecca Mader, Sean Maguire, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Ginnifer Goodwin, Colin O'Donoghue, Emilie de Ravin and Jared Gilmore.

In the scene, we see Lana as Regina Mills marching towards Rebecca and Sean as Zelena and Robin Hood. Regina is flanked by several of the locals, Hook, Mary & Dacid, Belle and Henry all follow her to the middle of the street.

It seems that Zelena has robin captive somehow and demands a wand from Regina for the release of Robin. Regina does whats asked of her, and gives Zelana a wand. Robin is then let go & instantly taken in by Regina to their side of the battle.

Zelena proudly waves the wand around, attempting perhaps to create magic or a spell? But its appears to be a fake. Zelena realizes it wont work, but before she can react, Regina moves in & puts a cuff around her arm and seemingly stops Zelena dead in her tracks.

Once the cast did a couple rehearsals of it, they went back to their trailers & got into wardrobe for the actual filming.

A little while later, the group returned to film the scene in their full wardrobes for the day. By that point, the crowds swelled well over 150 and at times, over 200 people, as the combination of the 1st shoot of the season and nice weather drew a larger than usual crowd. No surprise with the size of the crowd, none of the main cast came over to meet any fans at all this day. while the main cast is becoming less & less receptive of coming over in the past year or so, its rare that NONE of them do. Guess the absurdly large crowd was just too much for any of them to consider.

While they were shooting this scene, my battery on my camera died so I left while they were still shooting. so I don't know if more happened in this scene afterwards, but the amount of times they shot this, I doubt it.

you can follow the stars of Once Upon A Time on Social Media sites
Once Upon A Time Twitter Facebook
Lana Parrilla Twitter Facebook
Sean Maguire Twitter
Rebecca Mader Twitter Facebook
Colin O'Donoghue Twitter Facebook
Josh Dallas Twitter
Ginnifer Goodwin Twitter Facebook
Emilie de Ravin Twitter
Gabe Khouth Twitter
Jared Gilmore Twitter
Faustino Di Bauda Twitter
Mig Macario Twitter

Once Upon A Time returns for season 5 on ABC in the U.S. and on CTV in Canada starting Oct  2015

A few weeks later, back in Steveston, the arrival of another Frozen character was seen as Elizabeth Mitchell shot scenes. Her character is The Snow Queen, who we first see filming scenes as the proprietor of a sundae shop called "Any Given Sundae" while Lee Arenberg, Beverley Elliott and Raphael Sbarge go storming by her. My next trip out to Steveston a week later after seeing her dressed as a shop owner, we see her, in full Snow Queen garb being chased thru the streets and alleys of Storybrooke by the towns Sheriff, and former bounty hunter Emma.

Once Upon A Time will run with the Frozen theme for 9 episodes to start season 4, then it will be gone. The 1st of these episodes airs tomorrow night September 28, 2014 on ABC in the U.S. and on CTV in Canada.

You can follow

Georgona Haig on TWITTER
Jennifer Morrison on TWITTER and Facebook
Colin O'Donoghue on TWITTER
Lee Arenberg on TWITTER
Josh Dallas on TWITTER
Faustino Di Bauda on TWITTER
Elizabeth Lail on TWITTER
Scott Michael Foster on TWITTER
Beverley Elliott on TWITTER
Raphael Sbarge on TWITTER

You can follow Josh Dallas on Twitter.
You can follow Ginnifer Goodwin on Facebook
You can follow Colin O'Donoghue on Twitter
You can follow Jennifer Morrison on Twitter or on Facebook
You can follow Lee Arenberg on Twitter. or on Facebook
You can follow Faustino Di Bauda on Twitter.
You can follow Lana Parrilla on Twitter.
You can follow Sean Maguire on Twitter.
You can follow Christie Laing on Twitter.
You can follow Jared Gilmore on Twitter.

Once Upon A Time will return for season 4 on ABC in the U.S. and on CTV in Canada starting September 28, 2014


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On the second day of filming in Steveston, BC. The Storybrooke residents were dealing with the aftermath of the fallout of season 1.

The streets of Storybrooke looked like a hurricane had ripped thru the small fictional Maine town.

A couple scenes were seen being filmed while I was there. First up Josh Dallas (David/Charming) chased Sebatstian Stan (Jefferson/Mad Hatter) thru the street as Meghan Ory (Ruby/Red Riding Hood) stops him to tell him that Regina is at the root of all the problems there are right now (I am hiding a spoiler that was said in the scene as a courtesy to the show who did state they are displeased with how many big spoilers seem to spill out).

Later, a scene at the hardware store saw the 7 dwarves saw Lee Arenberg (Leroy/Grumpy), David Paul-Grove (Doc), another actor (Happy), Faustina Di Bauda (Sleepy), Mig Macario (Bashful), Jeffrey Kaiser (Dopey) leave the hardware store with a variety of construction materials, as they cross paths with Gabe Khouth (Mr. Clark/Sneezy) who seemed to be not partaking in the groups plan. the group of 6 dwarves goes 1 way as Sneezy stands on a corner watching them head off to work.

Several cast members thru the day came over & met with fans. the biggest being when Josh Dallas and Meghan Ory did a meet & greet in the garage area.
As well, Raphael Sbarge (Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Hopper) also was seen meeting fans, including the wiener dog from the day before that Josh Dallas met, Emma. Emma, an avid licker of faces, decided to take a taste of the doc, Raphael was a terrific sport about it. I caught it frame by frame below. Quite entertaining.

Below are some pics of the set, filming, and of course interactions with the fans... including, my 1st pics of Sebastian Stan on set.