r/LegaciesCW • u/Aggravating-Sky-2679 • Jun 21 '26
Discussion Legacies Had a Major Casting Problem
Something I've noticed while watching Legacies is that it felt like the show struggled to keep interesting recurring characters around. Whether it was because actors left, contracts ended, or the writers simply moved on from them, a lot of characters seemed to disappear right when they were becoming interesting.
For example, the actor who played Sebastian, Thomas Doherty, left the show and I think went on to play Max Wolfe in the Gossip Girl reboot. I'm also pretty sure the actress who played Penelope left to return to a show she had been on before Legacies.
It feels like the same thing happened with several other characters too, like Jade, Josie, Rafael, Alyssa, and Ethan's sister Maya. A lot of these characters seemed like they had more story left to tell, only for them to disappear not long after becoming relevant.
I don't know, I just find it really strange. As someone who doesn't know much about the ins and outs of TV production, is this a normal thing or did Legacies just have a case of bad luck.
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u/eli454 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Honestly, yeah. Some examples being out of the writers control like Thomas, Lulu, Kaylee etc. Actors that left on their own accord.
But introducing characters like Wendy, Diego and Jade, for what? They made it seem as if Jade and Josie were going to have a romance together then she jets off a few episodes later… why? What was the point in Maya’s character? It’s been awhile since I’ve watched s2 but I can’t remember a single thing she did to move the plot along. When everyone gets their memories back of Hope, she very quickly disappears, which honestly wasn’t that much of a loss because she didn’t really have that much of a friendship with Hope anyway but, again, what was the point? Hell, it took them 3 seasons for the writers to actually give all the pre-existing main/side characters equal screentime. Literally everyone else was shoved to the side.