Julie Plec Teases ‘Crazy-Ass Sherriff’ Matt Donovan’s Role on ‘Legacies’
Mystic Falls lives on. Julie Plec , the boss behind The Vampire Diaries and The Originals , is taking on her next project, another spinoff based on the supernatural kids in town – Alaric and Caroline’s twins and Klaus and Hayley’s daughter. Additionally, the show will feature the return of a few familiar faces, including Matt Donovan, played by Zach Roerig . Stars at 2018 Comic-Con “Sherriff Donovan gets reference in the first episode as the crazy local conspiracy theorist, the crazy loon in town that thinks monsters are real. That’s kinda a fun role,” Plec told Us Weekly exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con . “Mystic falls has recovered. They don’t know that they have a boarding school for supernatural kids or that they have a 200-year history of vampire violence so this crazy-ass sheriff. We like to think he’s a little bit like Hopper from Stranger Things , he’s just trying to protect his small town. He knows that all the monsters are real and they have no idea.” One character who...