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TV SERIES · 2018–2022 · USA

Legacies

Episodes
68

11 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026

Legacies, The Vampire Diaries and The Originals universe's 2018 spinoff, follows the next generation at the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.

11 Interesting Facts About Legacies

Interesting Facts (9)

  1. #001

    Josie's Japanese on the show originated with writer Penny Cox, who saw Bryant speaking Japanese on an Instagram Live and pitched the idea to Brett Matthews.

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  2. #002

    Jenny Boyd, who plays Lizzie Saltzman, took the same acting class as Candice King, the actress behind Lizzie's mother Caroline on The Vampire Diaries (2009). Once Boyd landed the role, she went up to King in class and told her, "I'm playing your daughter!"

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  3. #003

    Kaylee Bryant's first Legacies audition involved no script and a fake character name, so the process stayed under wraps.

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  4. #004

    Her second audition was a chemistry read that Jenny Boyd did not attend, and Bryant asked point-blank whether it was for the twins.

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  5. #005

    Which actress would play which twin stayed under wraps until Jenny Boyd had an appointment to dye her hair blonde.

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  6. #006

    A musical episode had been talked about since Season 1, and Bryant assumed the team was joking about Salvatore: The Musical! until the script arrived and she learned Josie would play Elena.

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  7. #007

    Crew members who had worked on The Vampire Diaries told Bryant it felt strange to see her in Elena's iconic outfit during the musical episode.

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  8. #008

    For Dark Josie, Bryant listens to a separate playlist that includes Billie Eilish's "Bury a Friend" and K/DA's "Villain," and puts on a wig to get into character.

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  9. #009

    Bryant's first television job was Kickin' It with Leo Howard, who later joined Legacies as Ethan, a turn she describes as full circle.

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Easter Eggs & References (2)

  1. #010

    Bryant first read for Josie, but during chemistry reads the team asked her to try Lizzie; at the final callback she and Jenny Boyd both read for both parts.

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  2. #011
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    Hope's necklace evolves over the series. In season 1, she wears the Mikaelson crest given to her by her aunt Rebekah in The Originals (2013). In season 2, back from Malivore and not wanting to be recognized, she swaps the crest for her mother Hayley's Crescent Wolf Pack necklace, a green stone bearing a moon. In both seasons she also wears a necklace with a bone charm, possibly a nod to her witch side. The three charms stand for Hope's tribrid nature: vampire (Mikaelson), werewolf (Crescent wolf) and witch (a New Orleans witch and relative of an Original Witch).

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Sources & editorial notes

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