Actress Jennifer Morrison and actor Robert Carlyle who plays both Rumplestiltskin and Mr. Gold, on the new series "Once Upon A Time" speak during a panel session at the ABC Summer TCA Press Tour in Beverly Hills , California August 7, 2011.
Actress Jennifer Morrison and actor Robert Carlyle who plays both Rumplestiltskin and Mr. Gold, on the new series "Once Upon A Time" speak during a panel session at the ABC Summer TCA Press Tour in Beverly Hills , California August 7, 2011. Reuters/Fred Prouser

There is a new Dark One in town and she needs help in controlling and using her powers in the upcoming “Once Upon a Time” (“OUAT”) Season 5. The latest spoiler reports tease that the previous Dark One, Rumplestiltskin, played by Robert Carlyle, will be training Emma Swan, played by Jennifer Morrison, as the new Dark One in the upcoming new season. “Once Upon a Time” Season 5, episode 1 titled “The Dark Swan” premieres on Sunday night, Sept. 27, at 8/7c on ABC.

Spoiler Alert: This feature contains major “Once Upon a Time” spoilers.

Entertainment Weekly (EW) has an exclusive first look of the new and previous Dark One from the upcoming season’s premiere episode. In the photo, it looks like Rumplestiltskin is trying to help Emma in controlling her new powers as the Dark One. Click here to see photo.

“If you’re going to be the Dark One, gotta learn from the best,” “OUAT” executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz teased in the EW report. The past seasons of the show revealed that the Dark One also trained the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, played by Lana Parrilla.

According to another report from EW, Robert Carlyle teased about an interesting story twist for Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). Carlyle explained that Mr. Gold is in a coma but not Rumplestiltskin.

“Gold’s got a white heart, Rumple doesn’t. It’s a different thing,” Carlyle added in the EW report.

Aside from Mr. Gold’s situation in the ABC series, Carlyle also talked about his character’s relationship with Belle, played by Emilie de Ravin. Carlyle teased that the “OUAT” fans will be seeing the Rumplestiltskin-Belle or “Rumbelle” storyline in the second half of the new season.

“It's pretty hard to communicate because he's in a coma,” co-star Emilie de Ravin joked about Mr. Gold’s situation in a Popsugar interview at the 2015 Comic-Con. Meanwhile, Carlyle also admitted in the Popsugar interview that he would be surprised if the writers let the “Rumbelle” relationship go given that the couple’s marriage has been on the rocks because of Rumplestiltskin’s love for power in “Once Upon a Time” Season 4.

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