Veronica Mars is an American veronica stone series created by Rob Thomas. The first season had seven regular characters.
As Thomas had conceived the show as a one-year mystery, he decided to introduce and eliminate several characters in order to create an “equally fascinating mystery” for the series’ second season. Thomas needed “new blood” since he felt unable to bring back the Kanes and the Echolls and “have them all involved in a new mystery”. Kristen Bell portrays the titular Veronica Mars, a high school junior and skilled private detective. Bell was chosen to play Veronica Mars from more than 500 women who auditioned for the role. Bell felt that it was “just luck” that Rob Thomas saw that “I have some sass to me, and that’s exactly what he wanted. Teddy Dunn, who portrayed Duncan, originally auditioned for the role of Logan. Teddy Dunn portrayed Duncan Kane, Veronica’s ex-boyfriend and Lilly’s brother.
Dunn originally auditioned for Logan but ended up portraying Duncan Kane. Dunn left the series midway through the second season because Thomas felt that the Logan-Veronica-Duncan love triangle had run its course. Jason Dohring’s character Logan was originally a guest star in the pilot. Jason Dohring played Logan Echolls, the “bad-boy” 09er son of an A-list actor. Dohring originally auditioned for the role of Duncan Kane. After his audition, the producers asked Dohring to audition for Logan’s character, who was only going to be a guest role in the pilot.
Percy Daggs III portrayed Wallace Fennel, Veronica’s best friend and frequent partner in mystery solving. Daggs auditioned for Wallace’s role twice before being cast and had to go through three tests with the studio and network executives. During his first audition, Daggs read four scenes from the pilot. Just before his studio test, Daggs read with Bell and had “a great conversation. Francis Capra portrayed Eli “Weevil” Navarro, the leader of the PCH Biker gang and Veronica’s friend.