'Once Upon a Time' Season 5 Spoilers: Does Hades Just Want Someone To Love 'Deep Down'? [VIDEO]
Does Hades (Greg Germann) secretly want companionship more than anything else on ABC's Once Upon a Time?
Love may just be the only thing missing in Hades' life on Once Upon a Time. This was addressed in a new interview with Germann for The Hollywood Reporter:
"The very first scene I shot was in the Underworld talking to Cora [Barbara Hershey], and I was getting a pedicure. I thought, 'I'm Hades. I can kind of have whatever I want,' but you're speaking to the one thing that Hades doesn't have. You're picking up on that," Germann said of love in Hades' life. "That's the thing that's great about the show is that as iconic as all these characters are, Adam [Horowitz] and Eddy [Kitsis] tap into that deep, deep down, they all want the same thing we all want. You could surmise that what's motivating Hades is like the same thing that's motivating Rumple or anybody is something that's a little bit more human than just two-dimensional power. Without saying too much, I'd answer your question 'yes.'"
Part of this is addressed in flashbacks with Hades and Zelena (Rebecca Mader) in the next episode. There is some indication that the evil pair had a relationship in the past, which presumably went sour.
"At first we seem like we're good adversaries, good equals, and then we see how we can use each other. It kind of grows from there," Germann teased. "We both have a similar path. The thing I love about this show is that even though it lives in the realm of fantasy, at its essence it's pretty human. When you meet somebody that has a past that you can identify with because of maybe the kind of pain they've suffered, you're drawn to that person. That's ultimately what Hades and Zelena find in common with one another."
Selena will ultimately show up again in the Underworld, where Emma (Jennifer Morrison), Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) and the rest of the heroes will need her help with something.
Once Upon a Time airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
Watch the promo for the next episode of Once Upon a Time here:
