Zelena (Once Upon a Time)
In December 2013, Rebecca Mader was cast as the Wicked Witch of the West. She made multiple appearances during the second half of season three and was promoted to a series regular for the show's fifth season. The role of the Wicked Witch of the West was written specifically for Rebecca Mader. It was announced that the writers had chosen not to continue with Zelena's storyline and Mader would not be returning for the seventh season of the show. However, Mader later revealed that she would be returning for multiple season seven episodes.
Josh Dallas
In 2011, he began starring in the ABC series "Once Upon a Time" as Prince Charming. Dallas did not reprise his role in the due to his commitments in "Once Upon a Time". Zachary Levi replaced him in the film. After six seasons, Dallas exited the series in 2017. He would, however, return for its series finale the following year. For 2018-19, he was cast as Ben Stone, the male lead, in the NBC mystery/drama series "Manifest". The network is promoting the series on-air as "The #1 new show of the season."