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Deniz Akdeniz works on a scene with Jennifer Morrison for the upcoming season of Once Upon A Time on Thursday (September 8) in Vancouver, Canada.

The 26-year-old Aussie actor will star as Aladdin in the upcoming season, opposite Karen David as Jasmine and Oded Fehr as Jafar.

“We talked about using these characters pretty much since the first season, internally,” showrunners Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis shared about the Agrabah storyline introduction. “It was always about the right time and when it would fit into the storytelling the way we wanted to.”

They added about the love story between Jasmine and Aladdin, “I think that their love story is such a central part of their story that we want to honor that. I think that we’re going to open up a new avenue for Aladdin and Jasmine in our little cul-de-sac.”

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Deniz Akdeniz will take on the role of Aladdin on Once Upon A Time, it was revealed at 2016 San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday (July 23).

The 26-year-old actor, who you might recognize from Jessie (he charmed Debby Ryan in Rome), will play the street rat turned prince on the fantasy program, along with Oded Fehr as Jafar. We hope this means that Jasmine is on her way, too!

The upcoming season is “not going to be ‘Hyde comes to town, we fight with him for 10 episodes, and then the winter finale he dies, we move on.’ We kind of changed around what we’re doing this year… going back to that season 1 mentality, with small town stories and smaller arcs. We’re planning a 22 episode story, as oppose to just kind of breaking it up into 2 parts,” creator/EP Edward Kitsis shared at ATX earlier in the year.

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