Richard Schiff has signed up to appear on Once Upon a Time. He will play King Leopold, the father of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and a denizen of the Enchanted Forest. The character will first appear in the show’s 11th episode.

Emilie de Ravin has joined the cast of Once Upon a Time. She will play Beauty and the Beast’s Belle, according to TV Line.

Belle’s egotistical suitor Gaston will also appear in the series, with both characters having links to Rumplestiltskin.

Her Once Upon a Time debut is expected to air in early 2012.

In the last episode of ABC’s awesome new drama Once Upon a Time, Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother got killed off. Sources confirm that there will be a death you’d never expect, before Once Upon a Time reaches episode 10. The source doesn’t say who it is, but let’s us know it’s someone whose full intentions and motivations have not yet been revealed. According to sources, we may possibly see this actor in flashbacks, but they will no longer live in present-day Storybrooke.

Who do you think will die?

Dr. Whale is another Storybrooke character whose fairytale counterpart is unknown, but E! Online has reported that it won’t be much longer before that is revealed. He’s obviously working for Regina in Storybrooke, as he called her after catching Mary in David’s room. He also went on that bad first date with Mary to begin “Snow Falls.” So who could Dr. Whale end up being in Fairytale land?

Fans of ABC’s new hit drama, “Once Upon a Time,” will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses from actor Raphael Sbarge (Jiminy Cricket/Archie Hopper), who will be up on Twitter at @raphaelsbarge, during the East Coast broadcast of the show on SUNDAY, NOV. 27 from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET. Sbarge will also offer commentary and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about working on the show.

Stories from the fairy tales we all know so well continue being re-defined on ABC’s Once Upon a Time, and this week the show is tackling the tale of Jiminy Cricket. Subsequently, in Once‘s Storybrook realm, we will also find ourselves getting to know the enigmatic Archie (Raphael Sbarge) better after he embarks on an adventure into a mysterious sinkhole with his patient young Henry.

“Henry figures out that this is a place that he needs to go explore, and it’s a link to the other world somehow,” explains Sbarge. “I get involved in that with him as his therapist. Archie is — for Henry, who has no dad — sort of a surrogate father figure. So, he’s there to help him transition and deal with being adopted and now having two moms in his life. So we sort of go on these parallel journeys.”

In fairy tale world, meanwhile, viewers will learn the story of Jiminy Cricket, which will, like all the fairy tale interpretations on the show, have a twist. “The writers use [Storybrook] as a springboard into the story of how Jiminy Cricket came to be, which is so delightful because it gives us such imaginative ways of re-examining who these people are,” the actor says. “You’ll have to see how it affects you, but it knocked me out. Frankly, it made me weep because what they came up with is so lovely and magical and delightful.”