Before Olivia Swann started playing NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey on NCIS: Sydney, which just premiered its third season on the 2025 TV schedule, she was best known for playing Astra Logue in Legends of Tomorrow. Unfortunately, the Arrowverse series was canceled after seven seasons despite the Season 7 finale ending on a major cliffhanger. Needless to say this hurt the Legends cast, but three years later, Swann told CinemaBlend what helped soften the blow of this disappointing news.
After discussing NCIS: Sydney topics like how the show should cross over with the main NCIS and fans shipping Mackey and Todd Lasance’s JD, I wrapped up my recent interview with Olivia Swann by asking how she reacted back in 2022 when she learned that back in 2022 that Legends of Tomorrow Season 8 wasn’t happening. She first shared with me that the news didn’t come entirely as a shock to her, saying:
