

"They mourned the loss individually, so they are both trying to figure out what life together is supposed to be," he said. Scott Wolf, who plays Nancy's father, Carson, talked about the father-daughter dynamic in the wake of the death of Nancy's mother.

Nancy Drew | Hidden Staircase Teaser | The CW There's a deep-rooted resentment between her and Nancy." She continued, "She's had a lot on her plate since she was very young, and there's a lot more layers to her that I am excited for all of you to see." Many of the things on her plate stem from her alcoholic mother, who Landau confirmed we would meet within the series, along with more of the kids' parents. Lewis talked about how there is more to George than the tough exterior she portrays in the pilot: "She is a bit of a sarcastic Debbie Downer who does not like Nancy. She's so unafraid to do what it takes to right wrongs. McMann discussed how this was the perfect role for her: "It was exactly the Nancy I've always pretended to be. The panel moved to the cast and their characters.
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"We thought it would be cool to put actual ghosts into the show." Hsu-Taylor added that they originally had a less subtle way to show the focus of the series: "The original title of the series was The Haunting of Nancy Drew, so we had this idea from the beginning." "The original books had a lot of hints of the supernatural, but it was always people in masks," she said. Landau discussed the way the series is going to embrace the supernatural. On hand were cast members McMann, Tunji Kasim (Nick), Alex Saxon (Ace), Leah Lewis (George), Maddison Jaizani (Bess), and Scott Wolf (Carson), along with executive producers Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Noga Landau, and Melinda Hsu Taylor.įollowing the screening of the pilot, the team took the stage for the panel discussion. SYFY WIRE was at the show's New York Comic Con panel today, where the cast and crew held a pilot screening before an in-depth discussion. When she and her friends become suspects in a murder investigation, it's up to Nancy to discover the truth, even if the answer is not of this plane of existence. Kennedy McMann stars as Nancy, who has put her college plans on hold after a family tragedy. The tradition continues this fall when the new series premieres on The CW. Regardless of the time period, one thing is certain when it comes to Nancy Drew: She's always the smartest person in the room.
