Claire Holt In ‘Aquarius’ — ‘Originals’ Actress Joins NBC Drama | TVLine 

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The actress, who famously pulled out of her series regular gig on 

during its first season, has snagged a series regular role on NBC’s upcoming Charles Manson-themed event series 

Holt will play tough-skinned police officer Charmain Tully.

Of course, this doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of Holt’s 

character Rebekah Mikaelson. Not only does she appear in the trailer for the CW drama’s upcoming second season, but executive producer Julie Plec has repeatedly stated that Holt is always welcome to visit “New Orleans.”

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TVLine’s sister site Deadline was among the first to report the casting.

Ugh! WTF! Stupid Julie Plec. I bet it’s all her fault.

I bet Claire didn’t like where the story was going on the Originals. She probably hated that whole Rebekah/Marcel thing too. Yeah…

Sounds like a great gig though. And if I were her, I’d rather be playing a strong character like this one, rather than another one of Plec’s Elenas over on one of her shows, which is exactly what Rebekah would have ended up becoming.

I’m excited to hear her pull off a tough cop – sounding voice and American accent too.

Hmm. Filming location is more appealing I guess (assuming L.A.)? She’s definitely missed on The Originals, so I hope she can/will make multiple guest appearances.

Great news for Claire!!! The actors on this series are amazing and Tully sound great! I hope that the show do great when air

I didn’t like the storyline Plec gave to Claire.

Also, can everyone stop bashing Julie Plec and blaming her for everything. I don’t love everything that happens on TVD or the Originals, but there is a hell of a lot I do love. And she plays as much apart of the good as the bad. She deserves some credit for all of her hard work.

Since it is a 13 episode event series, that still leaves a pretty wide open door for her to return to either The Originals or The Vampire Diaries at any time. It really is a win-win for her!

Interesting. Didnt she say she left The Originals because she wanted more free time to spend with her family? She’s definitely missed on that show… But I love Claire Holt and wish her the best in whatever she does. I had no desire to really watch this before but I’ll check it out now.

I just get the feeling she felt her character was always gonna be second or third tier. So rather than meander through most episodes in the b or c storylines she pops up in half of the episodes with only meaty storylines.

LOL she is such a mess. She leaves everything she works on before the shows finish.

She’s literally been on four television shows. H20, PLL, Vampire Diaries, and The Originals. She left H20 in order to film a movie (and probably because she felt like she was aging out of that type of material, which is a valid concern), she was on four episodes of PLL as a minor character, she left The Vampire Diaries to do its spin-off, and she left Originals for reasons I don’t know if we’ll ever know for sure.

Nothing to do with Julie or the Originals.. Claire wants to be a star. That’s why she leaves shows so quickly. She will star in this show and move on to a bigger role and then movies. Daniel Gillies and Joseph Morgan know the Originals are the best they will have but Claire is young beautiful and crazy talented. Makes no sense to stagnate her career for the CW.

I think its smart. Shes gotten enough exposure to grab some peoples attention, show her talent/skills on national TV, but not so much exposure that like say some others on Vampire Diaries, she wont be forever connected to the show. If they continue to spend year after year of their prime 20’s-30’s on this one role by the time the show is done they will most likely have missed out on multiple great roles in movies/TV. They will also be in a different bracket of casting, going from being in their mid twenties to potentially 30, and the guys going from mid thirties to almost forty. Now im not saying thats a guarantee theres NOTHING out there or that its a fact they missed out on stuff, but i imagine shooting in Atlanta for what? 6+ months a year…that cuts you out of the running for a LOT of big roles.

So, Claire got out, shes got great “reel” for casting directors, shes still fairly unknown and can truly break out big time if she got a big role…which with her accent/talent/looks its not hard to imagine. With Gal Gadot getting Wonder Woman, who knows Claire Holt could audition for and get Captain Marvel.

Spot on. The more likely scenario will be that she will get bigger role offers, either on an established show, or something upcoming on a bigger network. It wouldn’t surprise me if we see her on a CBS, or ABC series at some point.

Daniel and Joseph are both fine actors. I understand why you would praise Claire, as she is terrific, but there’s no need to hit below the belt.

Obviously, with TO basically being “The annoying Klaus and Hayley” show I expect Daniel to leave soon as well…the best characters always go first because the annoying ones take center stage

Great news. So happy for her. She is so much better than the CW.

No!!!!! Come back Rebekah! I mean these days NBC’s new shows don’t get that great of ratings so hopefully hers will! David Duchovny might help, maybe. On a side note, does anyone else dislike Michaela McManus? I have never liked her. Even when she was in One Tree Hill and after that L&O:SVU for a few episodes.

Awesome news, she deserves better than The originals.

Will be checking out this show now, hope its good.

Damn it! Now I have to watch this! LOVE Claire Holt! Although, I wish she’d get a headlining role. One of the most talented actresses out there.

Maybe she can’t stand Phoebe Tonkin and that’s why she decided this.

She really was fantastic as Rebekah, and I have definitely missed her on the Originals. I will never forget how shocked I was at her exit, and even though I think Joseph and Daniel are great the show was never the same for me without her. I have actually been watching some of the summer reruns because of her.

Well, as sad as I am that she will probably never go back to the Originals as a series regular,

I will definitely check out this new show now that she is in it. Can’t wait to see her in such a different role. I am sure she will be amazing.

“the male-dominated world of the LAPD in 1967″ ~ You MUST be joking!! Who makes this import junk, “Australians” and “Jews”??!!?? Oh, yes, so it is. Both subsidiaries of the same brits behind the ruinous Manson, the reason why California changed the execution laws to keep the little limey mole alive, and the knock-off so-called ‘british invasion” which was always more of a bust that never made it to the 1980s. I’m sure Manson will be watching… something… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8O

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