The Secret to Crosby Fitzgerald and Luke Bracey’s Chemistry in Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie
Stacey Coles
Mon, September 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM UTC
The chemistry between Crosby Fitzgerald and Luke Bracey‘s "Little House on the Prairie" characters, Charles and Caroline Ingalls, is a standout feature of the Netflix reboot. This wasn’t an accident; it was cultivated before they even met on set.
"Before Luke and I met, we talked on the phone a little bit, and then we started putting together a playlist for Charles and Caroline," Fitzgerald revealed to BuzzFeed. "We put on different songs that we were either introducing to each other, that we both really liked, or that we thought exemplified the couple’s goals for their family. It was a fun way to get to know each other from afar."
When it came time to don their period-accurate costumes, the cast formed an even tighter bond.
Once on set, Fitzgerald and Bracey agreed that their on-screen daughters, Alice (who played Laura) and Skywalker (who played Mary), made their jobs easier with their welcoming energy and leadership.
"Alice and Skywalker are wonderful young people," Bracey added. "As Crosby said, when you get to work with wonderful people, it makes it easy. They’re just so effervescent and smart and funny, and we’re forever thankful for that."
Bracey also confirmed that he knew early on that Fitzgerald was the perfect choice to be the matriarch of the Ingalls family.
