How many characters did you thunk about adding to the roster of PC before cutting them from the script?

When PC started, only the three original CMCs were casted as the main characters.

Somewhere along the way, Rumble, Pipsqueak, and Dinky were added to the roster (to provide an equal earth-unicorn-pegasus ratio, just like the Mane Six). So PC did have 6 stars at one point.

Pip’s role was scrapped when I saw that he really didn’t fit in with a story revision. Thus the cast dropped to 5, and has remained that way.

I have no plans to change that number. Other secondary characters might play a larger part (Ruby, Babs, etc), but the main cast will remain 5.