Emilie de Ravin Joins Once Upon a Time

TV Guide is reporting Lost‘s Emilie de Ravin has joined the cast of ABC’s fairy tale drama Once Upon a Time. de Ravin will play Belle from Beauty and the Beast, with her character first appearing in episode 12 according to TV Guide.
 
Once Upon a Time was created by Lost writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. The show premiered last month to solid numbers, with ABC showing faith in the new series by already giving the go-ahead for the writers to work on nine additional episodes.
 
TV Guide also reports that ABC hasn’t confirmed whether ‘Beast’ will pop up on Once Upon a Time, however ‘Gaston’ will be a character in the show.