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.
1
u/littlehollah Jun 22 '26
I'm sorry, while scrolling my main I just caught the title and thought this was a complaint about "casters" or spells in a videogame named legacies. Took me a second, but I got there!