Jamie Chung On Once Upon A Time: ‘I Would Go Back In A Heartbeat’
Caption Jamie Chung has a new primetime drama for NBC, but don’t count her out of future episodes of ABC’s “Once Upon A Time.”
“I think it would be really disappointing to leave the audience with this giant question mark,” Jamie told AccessHollywood.com,
following the NBC “Believe” panel (her new show) at the Television
Critics Association Winter Tour on Sunday. “I would go back in a
heartbeat. I am committed to this show, but I don’t think that door is
shut, so I’m hoping that there is something we can do to kind of answer
more questions.”
Jamie plays Mulan
on “Once,” and in recent episodes, her feelings for another, female
character – Aurora (played by Sarah Bolger) – were alluded to.
The actress said she had an inkling that her character had feelings for Aurora earlier in the season.
“It was like an ongoing inside joke between Sarah Bolger and I… ‘I secretly really care about you,’” Jamie said.
“For
the audience as well, there was like this conspiracy online, like,
‘Mulan loves Aurora!’” Jamie continued. “I’m really glad that the
writers listened, because I really do think that that’s what they
planned from the beginning. They’re all about twists and you know, why
not? It felt so natural to begin with.”
Things
for Mulan were left on a bit of an unresolved note, as the crushed
fairytale character (after seeing Aurora pregnant, and happy with her
prince) decided to join Robin Hood’s Merry Men. If it works out with the
scheduling of her new J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron executive produced
series, “Believe,” Jamie would love a return to Fairytale Land. The
actress said she would also be open to seeing a romance happen to Mulan
and another character, should the writers be interested in crafting
one.
“I would love something to sink my teeth into with that character,” she added.
“Believe” premieres March 10 at 10 PM ET/PT on NBC. “Once Upon a Time” airs Sunday nights at 8 PM
