Danielle Rose Russell and Matt Davis were matching in blue at the 2018 CW Network Upfront held at The London Hotel on Thursday morning (May 17) in New York City.
The two actors will be starring in the upcoming third TVD series, Legacies, which is a spinoff from The Originals, that will be ending with it’s fifth season.
The series will be centered on teenage Hope in Mystic Falls at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted.
In addition to Danielle and Matt, Legacies will also star Aria Shahghasemi as Landon, and three new actors – Quincy Fouse, Jenny Boyd and Kaylee Bryant.
10+ pics inside of Danielle Rose Russell and Matt Davis…
The Originals star stepped out for Entertainment Weekly & PEOPLE’s New York Upfronts Celebration held at The Bowery Hotel on Monday night (May 14) in New York City.
Hope and Klaus are reunited tonight on The Originals – and it’s going to be an awkward reunion.
Both stars – Joseph Morgan and Danielle Rose Russell – opened up about the father/daughter dynamic between the two after having not seen each other for seven long years.
“There’s still some resentment there and a lot of sort of anger and upset there,” Joseph shared with TV Guide of the tense feelings. “She still feels certainly abandoned by her dad, and he feels this tremendous sense of guilt.”
He adds that Klaus “sort of covers for that by telling himself the lie that, ‘She’s better off without me.’ But it becomes quickly apparent that she is not, and she’s going down a path where he needs to step in and help and be a parent… It’s turbulent to say the least, their relationship.”
Danielle spoke with EW about the same situation, telling the glossy that the reunion is “a little emotional.”
“They really begin to navigate their new relationship for the first time in a very long time, and it’s really emotional to do that,” she adds. “If you hadn’t spoken to your father in seven or eight years, or since you were a young child and now you’re a teenager, you’ve changed a lot.”
“I think Hope really has come to terms with who Klaus is, so it’s a really interesting dynamic that this season will begin to explore.”
Danielle Rose Russell might be playing Hope Mikaelson for a while longer — Deadline reports that there are plans for a potential new spinoff series, like it was predicted.
The series will star Danielle, as well as Matt Davis as Alaric, Aria Shahghasemi as Landon, and three new actors – Quincy Fouse, Jenny Boyd and Kaylee Bryant.
The potential new show won’t have a “backdoor pilot”, but instead a “short video presentation, largely compiled from scenes in the final 13-episode season of The Originals, which has been designed to lead to the potential offshoot.”
The Hope spinoff will vy for one of the pilot spots for the CW’s 2018-19 schedule.
“Thanks for the laughs the tears the silly the weird and for welcoming me into your world… it’s been fun…peace,” Christina, who plays Keelin, wrote on Instagram.
Danielle added, “love these beautiful people.”
PA Tory Fay Wells also shared a sweet goodbye to the set, writing, “Leaving our stages for the last time tonight. Farewell Originals family, I hope our paths cross again someday.”
“Last day working on @cworiginals today…it’s been so much fun,” Danielle wrote on Twitter. “I’m beyond excited for the world to meet the new Hope Mikaelson.”
Riley, who plays Freya, shared a touching message on her Instagram stories that you can watch below.
If you missed it, check out Joseph and Daniel‘s funny goodbye too, and stay tuned for more messages from the cast!
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the actress who plays teenage Hope in the upcoming final season, shared a pic on her Instagram Stories with fans, writing that she had “finished the last episode of the Mikaelson journey”.
That’s not to say that Danielle won’t return as Hope Mikaelson…maybe in that spinoff? We’ll have to wait and see.
In the meantime, check out all the episode titles that were released:
In order they are “One Wrong Turn On Bourbon”, “Ne Me Quitte Pas,” “Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea”, “Don’t It Just Break Your Heart”, “What, Will, I, Have, Left”, “God’s Gonna Trouble The Water”, “The Kindness Of Strangers”, “We Have Not Long To Live”, “There In The Disappearing Light”, “Til The Day I Die”, “The Tale of Two Wolves” and “When The Saints Go Marching In”.
The premiere episode title still has yet to be unveiled.
