Legends WonderCon Press Room

During WonderCon MuseLed Blog attended the press room for the upcoming TNT TV show Legends. Creator David Wilcox gave some insights to just what a "legend" is, and the premise of the show. He was cast: Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings), Ali Larter (Heroes), Morris Chestnut (American Horror Story, Nurse Jackie), and Tina Majorino (Grey's Anatomy, True Blood).

Sean was asked about his character, and death toll on film, Ali about her badassery, Morris really didn't know too much about his character and Tina about some differences between her character in Legends and another of her well known characters.

Legends – New Series Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 9 p.m.(ET/PT)

Screen Actors Guild Award® winner Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings) stars in Legends, TNT's new, suspense-filled drama based on the award-winning book by master spy novelist Robert Littell. Bean plays Martin Odum, an undercover agent working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations (DCO) division. Martin has the uncanny ability to transform himself into a completely different person for each job. But he begins to question his own identity when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn't the man he believes himself to be. Legends also stars Ali Larter (Heroes) as Crystal Quest, a fellow operative who has a history with Martin; Morris Chestnut(American Horror Story, Nurse Jackie) as Tony Cimarro, a smart, quick-witted and charming DCO agent; Tina Majorino (Grey's Anatomy, True Blood) as Maggie Harris, the newest member of the DCO team; Steve Harris (The Practice, Awake) as Nelson Gates, the director of the DCO Task Force; and Amber Valletta(Revenge) as Sonya Odum, Martin's ex-wife; and Mason Cook (The Lone Ranger) as Martin's pre-teen son, Aiden.Legends is being produced by Fox 21, with Howard Gordon (Homeland, 24), Alexander Cary (Homeland, Lie to Me) andJonathan Levin (Charmed) and Brad Turner (24) serving as executive producers, along with showrunner David Wilcox(Fringe). The Legends pilot was written by Jeffrey Nachmanoff (Traitor), who developed the story with Mark Gordon(Criminal Minds) and Mark Bomback (The Wolverine). The pilot was directed by David Semel (American Horror Story).