In some later episodes, they find out exactly what’s going on.” I’m still trying to figure out who I am, Landon has no idea who he is at all. To me, it’s like everybody’s finding themselves. From what I’ve seen, that’s what the first season is about. “To be honest with you, they are on that journey as we speak. “I don’t think either of them knows anything right now,” Smith explained when considering Rafael and Landon’s mysterious backstories. As the audience will discover in the series pilot, Landon might be hiding his own mystical secrets. His “human” foster brother, Landon (Aria Shahghasemi ) also gets swept up in the supernatural as well. Rafael, for instance, does not arrive at the Salvatore School alone. While The Vampire Diaries was about love and The Originals was about family, Legacies is all about friendship and the ties that bond us with one another. The tone of the show will also set Legacies apart from its predecessors. It’s fun, but after six hours you’re like, ‘I’m done screaming.'” “One time with Danielle who plays Hope, I was sitting there, and I’m just screaming and yelling, scratching at the floor and she’s looking at me, and she was like, ‘The camera’s not on you.’ So, yes. Coming here I was like, ‘Okay, cool, can I expand myself as an actor?'”īecoming Rafael has not been without it’s more humbling moments, especially when it comes to Smith’s transformation scenes. “I was interested in playing this character because the last that I did was this rapper where so much was in a certain box. Even the scenes that I shot today were all over the place,” he says. “I’m on a rollercoaster right now with this role. Literally transforming himself into another being has been an exhilarating experience for Smith. “It was an eye-opening experience for me because, on the back end, I’ve been able to catch up on everything. “I’d seen a couple of episodes, but I wasn’t really familiar with the world at all,” he explained. After all, before becoming Rafael, he wasn’t uber-familiar with the franchise. We spoke with The Quad alum, Peyton Alex Smith, who stars as Rafael - a troubled young man just uncovering his true nature as a werewolf and Quincy Fouse, who plays M.G., a cheeky vampire trying to find his footing in the world.įor Smith, stepping into a world that was already 236 episodes deep with The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, wasn’t as intimidating as one would think. While Mystic Falls is no stranger to supernatural events, vampires, werewolves and witches, Legacies is set to unveil something fans of The Vampire Diaries universe have never seen before.Īhead of the series premiere, Shadow and Act traveled to Atlanta where Legacies is filmed. Fans of the original television dramas will also remember Josie (Kaylee Bryant) and Lizzie Saltzman (Jenny Boyd), Alaric’s twin daughters who have their own battles to face. The Originals alum, Danielle Rose Russell stars as Hope Mikaelson, the first ever vampire/werewolf/witch hybrid who witnessed her parents’ destruction during the final season of The Originals. Run by headmaster and TVD alum Alaric Saltzman (Matt Davis), the Salvatore student population also boasts a few familiar faces. Set in the distant future, Legacies follows a group of magical teens who all live in safe confines of the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted as they struggle to control both their magical and hormonal urges. Nearly a decade after The CW first introduced us to Mystic Falls’ bloodthirsty characters in The Vampire Diaries, and the New Orleans set- The Originals, executive producers Julie Plec and Brett Matthews are presenting the final installment of their supernatural saga, Legacies.
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