2011
07.28

Will ABC’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Survive the Paula Marshall Curse?

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Paula Marshall, the pretty and unlucky star of such failed TV shows as “Gary Unmarried,” “Hidden Hills,” “Snoops,” “Cupid,” “Wild Oats,”and so-on-and-so-on, has been cast as wicked fairy godmother Malificent on ABC’s new fairy tale themed series “Once Upon a Time.” Uh-oh.

Created by “LOST” executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the show follows Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), daughter of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas), as she’s beckoned to the small New England town of Storybrooke to help free it from an Evil Queen’s (Lana Parilla) curse.

Marshall has guest starred on a few successful shows, namely “Californication,” “House,” “Nip/Tuck,” and “Veronica Mars.”  Her genre creds include the Lindsay Lohan vehicle I Know Who Killed Me, 1993’s Warlock: The Armageddon, and 1992’s surprisingly good Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, for which she went topless (just saying).

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  1. WTH? Paula´s been in a lot of succesful shows why keep people mentioning those which failed? Why don´t you talk about the Jennifer Morrison effect instead? Look at what happened to How I met your mother last season because of her.
    Paula deserves some credit. She is a good actress not an actress who makes the shows fail.

  2. I’ve been a Paula fan since my teens. I even watched and enjoyed ‘Cupid’ and ‘Snoops.’ She’s always a great addition to any cast. I just find it funny that all her shows get canned. Kinda like Eliza Dushku. Both do great work and are hot, yet can’t seem to get on a successful show.

    ‘Once Upon a Time’ looks beyond cheesy to me, but I’ll check it out now that Paul’s in it.

    I’ve only recently started watching ‘HIMYM’ and it’s pretty hilarious. I’m curious to see what went wrong with the last season. People really hated it.