so I'm gonna pivot a little bit so I've
had a lot of fans of The Vampire Diaries
in the originals they've been all up in
my ear because they are super excited
about the new show launching on the CW
17 because the centuries-old story is
still being told it's legacies and I had
a chance to sit down with stars Danielle
Rose Russell and Matthew Davis to talk
about their sequel to the sequel walk
with your hand I had it I would have to
say it
legacies hey thanks guys for hanging out
with me a little bit are you guys super
excited to continue the legacy super
excited yeah we just saw the first cut
of our first episode and it's good I
know you guys get to see it I just get a
teaser a little trend I'm excited
what have you seen I can't tell you what
sets legacies apart from the originals
and Vampire Diaries well we've got a
fresh young caster of super dynamic and
there's there's a delightful and
delicious sense of humor
that's intentionally woven into these
relationships which is really nice so
like with their serious moments there
they're there they're deeply empathetic
moments but then there's really sensed
your hilarious moments which really sets
it apart I think from the other the
other shows which is nice it gives it a
breath of fresh air we've also were sort
of unchained by the driving love
triangle that you kind of saw in vampire
diaries and I think the narrative engine
is built upon scribbling
these creatures that come to Mystic
Falls and battling them on a lot of
weekly basis and so we get play with
inventing new monsters an old school
effect kind of ways bringing them to to
the town every day or every episode
every week for the school to kind of
galvanize I figure out what do we do how
do we strategize how do we fight this
off and remain a family and then go back
to our love interest once that's been
taken care of so you don't have to watch
vampire
you don't have to have seen it or
watched the originals at all to get into
this at all which makes it really cool
now they say you can always go home you
guys are doing that because we're
returning to the world of Mystic Falls
and we're back in the Salvatore house
what's it like for you guys going back
and continuing the legacy yeah I mean I
know it's very different for Matt
because he's been here you know in this
world for so much longer but even being
on the originals for a year it feels so
different and we're on the same stages
that the originals filmed in and so I
kind of walk on set sometimes and I'm
like oh this is where the compound was
and we have a little bit of our compound
piece like just kind of sitting there
and say you kind of have that vibe from
that we are shooting in the original
stages where we have Vampire Diaries
sets that they've rebuilt in those days
and like all in our production offices
like it's basically a culmination of the
Vampire Diaries the originals like
history in one giant building what's it
like for you to have so much power cuz
you are like the triumvirate
trilogy yeah I think the writers
actually like they come and they come to
a problem because it's like we have
these monsters of the week but hope is
the most powerful creature you know you
can imagine and so they're like well how
come you do you know this you know the
struggle of hope you know fighting these
things without her seeing like she can
just conquer everything you know what I
mean yeah but um it is really fun
because she I get a lot of fun badass
moments to play so those are really cool
who are you prepared for the fight
scenes and all of that stuff well um
yeah I mean I think being on the
originals I got a taste for what the
show is and what the universe is because
I wasn't really prepared but we have
some really fun fights
doing this tie stick sequence like
really complex or like it looks really
really good but we were just like crying
cuz our brains were like this we try
that like okay not throw the whole scene
on top of the line so I was like like a
drummer who sings singing drummers like
I mean but we did it we did a fight
sequence in our very first episode and
we got to see it and it looks that's
great so good you know you can just be
my headmaster all this other stuff isn't
in the job description attempt to make
an actual friend here and we can
reevaluate this relationship legacy
so you've got mystery love triangles
action everything you could want
legacies premieres tonight on the CW 17
at 9:00 p.m. and while you're doing that
you might want to be dressed very well
so let's check in with Eden