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Once Upon a Time star talks "heartbreaking" finale

Photo credit: Jack Rowand
Photo credit: Jack Rowand

From Digital Spy

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Once Upon a Time finale

Once Upon a Time star Colin O'Donoghue has opened up about the heartbreaking finale.

The actor, who played Wish Hook on the recently ended series, saw his character near death before the actions of an unlikely hero gave him a happily ever after.

In the finale, Wish Rumple (Robert Carlyle) enacted his final plan, which caused portals to open up which would suck each fairy-tale character into their own isolated story. When Alice (Rose Reynolds) nearly got pulled into her portal, Wish Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) reached out to save her, leaving him at death's door.

In an unlikely but super-satisfying turn of events, the real Rumple then ripped his heart out and put it in Hook's body, causing Wish Rumple to disappear for good and Hook to at last reunite with his daughter.

And actor Colin O'Donoghue agrees it was "heartbreaking".

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"When I found out that Rumple was going to give his heart to Hook to save him, or essentially allow him and Alice to be together, I remember thinking it was just such an amazing way for this relationship that Bobby and I have invested in over six seasons, that's been so integral to both of our characters, to end," O'Donoghue told Entertainment Weekly.

"I thought it was a really beautiful moment and very, very important to me, as an actor, for them [to get this moment] and for that to be the happy ending for Hook.

"Not to be some sort of magical thing, but for Rumplestiltskin to sacrifice everything to help, as he puts it, 'my only friend,' you know? I thought it was kind of heartbreaking."


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