Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The first season had seven regular characters. As Thomas veronica lee 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. Despite often being in trouble with the law, Weevil helps Veronica solve many of her cases. He is wrongfully accused of fellow gang member Thumper’s murder and is arrested at his graduation. Capra reprises his role in the Veronica Mars film, in which Weevil is revealed to have since married a woman named Jade, with whom he has a daughter, Valentina. Enrico Colantoni played Veronica’s father Keith Mars, a private investigator and former Balboa County Sheriff. Veronica often helps him solve cases. Poitier was given series regular billing but appeared in only a total of four episodes.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier played Mallory Dent, Veronica’s journalism teacher at Neptune High, through the first half of the first season. Dent, as she was commonly referred to, was the only teacher who took Veronica at face value, not based on prejudices. Tessa Thompson portrayed Jackie Cook in the second season as Wallace’s romantic interest and the daughter of a famous baseball player. Fan reaction to the character was generally negative, particularly after Veronica witnessed Jackie talking to a guy while dating Wallace.
Ryan Hansen portrayed Richard “Dick” Casablancas Jr. 09er friend of Logan, a womanizer and former high-school bully turned frat boy. Dick was a recurring character in the first season but was upgraded to series regular in the second season. Kyle Gallner acted as Cassidy “Beaver” Casablancas, Dick’s introverted younger brother.
Cassidy was a recurring character in the first season, but was upgraded to series regular in the second season. Tina Majorino portrayed Cindy “Mac” Mackenzie, a computer expert befriended by Veronica. Mac was a recurring character in the first two seasons but was upgraded to series regular in the third. Julie Gonzalo portrayed Parker Lee, Mac’s extroverted roommate at Hearst College, described by Thomas as “everything that Mac is not. Parker was introduced in the third season as a series regular.
Chris Lowell played Stosh “Piz” Piznarski, Wallace’s roommate at Hearst College and a music lover with his campus radio show. Piz was introduced in the third season as a series regular and was named after the director of the pilot, Mark Piznarski. The character’s role was to have another male friend for Veronica, middle-class and not upper-class. Thomas used the radio show as a narrative device to capture the mood of the university. Piz reappears in the Veronica Mars film, where he is shown to have since relocated to New York City with Veronica. When she temporarily visits her hometown to help ex-boyfriend Logan find a lawyer, she gets dragged to her high-school reunion by Wallace and Mac.