Always and forever Although Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Claire HoltYou can find more cast members here The Originals have moved on from the CW drama, the feeling of family created on the show lives on — both in the lives of its stars and in the form of another series.
The OriginalsThe first spinoff of the highly-popular show, premiered October 2013, The Vampire Diaries. After introducing Mikaelson’s family to the Nina DobrevFans followed Elijah Gillies (Morgan) to New Orleans, where they met up with their friends and foes for more supernatural shenanigans.
While The OriginalsWhile the show had its fair share of casting changes over the years, the majority of the core cast remained intact until the August 2018 series finale. The show also introduced Klaus’ daughter, Hope (played by multiple actresses, culminating in a final season portrayal by Danielle Rose Russell), who landed her own spinoff titled LegaciesThe premiere of, which was broadcast in October 2018, was titled.
Morgan joked in May 2018 that he took “as much as [he]Could fit in [his] bag” when he finished filming the fifth and final season of The Originals. “Yeah, the henleys. As many henleys as I could carry,” he exclusively told Us Weeklyat the time. “And then actually we did one day in New Orleans at the very end and we did a couple of scenes and at the end it was wrapped. We made little speeches and gave hugs to each other. It was pretty emotional and then everybody packed up and left.”
As the show ended, the actor opened up about his conflicting feelings. “I remember sort of standing there feeling like everyone’s gone,” he recalled. “I’m just kind of standing in New Orleans unemployed and alone. Thank goodness, I had friends and my wife was also there. Some of the cast was also there, but it’s still amazing. That’s it, it’s done. It’s a joy and a sadness at once, is the only way I can describe it. It’s a plethora of feelings. … And then you pack up your stuff and I sort of took a last look at my dressing room that I’ve been in for five years and you think, ‘Is there anything else I can steal? No, I’ve got it all.’ And then you go. I took the nametag off the door. That’s probably worth something.”
Morgan described wrapping the show as “kind of overwhelming” and “so weird because we’ve been with a lot of these people for five years.”
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