“Because Rumple has quite an animated face, the make-up cracks a lot and has to be filled in and repaired. I might be the almighty powerful Rumple but I can’t really move very well,” he laughs, continuing, “I love that I have, what appear from the outside to be two parts, Rumplestiltskin and Mr Gold, but of course they are the same person, opposite sides of the same coin. That makes them even more interesting to play. Gold tends to be very calm, quiet and intimidating whereas Rumplestiltskin is a box of frogs, he’s all over the place. The wonderful thing about Rumple is getting to play theatrically on film. I’ve never done it before. I’ve never been this big in front of a camera”
“a box of frogs” is a magnificent descriptor.
It really, really is. :D