The Originals - Daniel Gillies Interview

The Orginals - Cast Teasers

1. Witches’ Revenge:
“Klaus needs Sophie. She’s going to start practicing magic, which she hasn’t been able to do for the the longest time and I think I can protect myself. Witches aren’t nearly as powerful as vampires, but they are essential.” – Daniella Pineda

2. Power struggles:
“Klaus and Marcel are going to be butt heads, definitely. There’s that friction there. I just really want to see Marcel evolve. I want to see different sides of him open up. That’s definitely going to happen I think with how competitive and ambitious they both are.” – Charles Michael Davis

3. New friendships:
“I hope that Klaus gets Cami as a friend. Because Cami believes that everyone is truly good and I hope that Klaus has someone in his life that believes he’s a good person.” – Leah Pipes

4. Sibling rivalry:
“It’s just going to be that ultimate dynamic of Elijah in pursuit of making certain that the family is reinstated as they once were, which is sort of this pursuit of a fantasy, almost. And Klaus is a lot more malevolently in pursuit of power. It’s no less of a fantasy. And it’s sort of watching those two dynamics intersect.” – Daniel Gillies

“We ended the backdoor pilot in a good place, moving forward together, a tentative partnership between us. But as things complicate, as the series pans out, there’s room for throwing that up in the air. As far as the baby is concerned, I can’t imagine that we both have identical plans of how this child should be raised. So I imagine we’re going to have a conflict of interest.” – Joseph Morgan

5. More Surprises:
“I don’t think they know how it’s exactly going to play out either yet, so I think that’s what is going to keep it really fresh. But there are a lot of other surprises beside the baby. I think that’s really the cliffhanger, but it’s all going to be really exciting.” – Danielle Campbell

“I didn’t for the life of me see [the baby surprise] coming and I’m so happy with the potential it gives us for exploring these characters. The Originals have always revolved around this idea of family and I think the baby storyline really gives us a chance for that to escalate, way beyond what it would have done just keeping it the three of us.” – Joseph Morgan

Daniel Gillies Talks Originals Spin-off Dreams

Fans were thrilled when it was announced Elijah would be returning tonight. First, what's it like to have created a character people are passionate about?
I'm completely bewildered by it, to be honest. I feel immensely grateful, obviously, but I don't know how you make sense of that kind of passionate adoration. It's immensely gratifying and really humbling.

What brings him back to Mystic Falls?
It's his brother -- it always is [laughs]. Elijah can maintain a low profile for only so long, and he's spent the better part of a millennium in pursuit of his brother and tidying up his little disasters. This is no exception. This race/contest for the cure necessitates his presence in Mystic Falls.

As a character, do you find him easy to segue in and out of?
It's always difficult to get back into the groove of a character. Elijah is very specific and I made some really distinctive choices in creating him because there was no real guidelines at the outset, so it's a little bit of a gearshift to slide back into Elijah. Honestly, it takes me 2 or 3 episodes in a row to be firing on all cylinders, but I've been doing this job for long enough that I won't let anybody see behind the curtain, as it were.

What was your reaction to getting the spin-off phonecall?
The idea has sort of been ruminating for some time. It's been two years since I started hearing Julie Plec's quiet aspirations, which then became overtures to the network, which then became a full-on assault [laughs]. There's always a sense of disbelief. Even when I was filming the pilot, I didn't quite believe it. We're so blessed to do this. I mean, it's enormous. The show already has such a built-in following. This opportunity is huge.

Did you feel more pressure filming this show than you did any other pilot you've made?
I won't lie to you, there were a lot of voices when we shot the pilot. As there should be. It's expensive and everyone wants to do it right. I felt more pressure filming that episode than I've felt filming anything else. I can understand that pressure, but that crew is so good about supporting your creativity that I'm excited to see what could happen next.

Did you guys have fun filming in New Orleans?
That was a strange concept. You're in the most decadent place on earth, but you're doing something that requires all your professional fortitude [laughs]. Luckily, this was the fourth time I'd been in New Orleans this year -- I went for New Year's with my wife, for the Super Bowl, which was extraordinary, courtesy of Beyonce and then a third time, so I'd done my share of bacchanalian nonsense and by the time I got to set, I was already in my third episode of The Vampire Diaries, so I had a good stride. But it's distracting. That town has this frequency of mischief that is wonderful -- not only visually for the pilot, but it penetrates everything.

Tonally, how does the show compare to The Vampire Diaries?
It doesn't feel like another episode of The Vampire Diaries. You're taken to another world with another mythology, another web of trouble and danger. Julie did a lovely thing by book-ending the episode with our heroes in Mystic Falls, so fans won't be left feeling insulted. She wasn't irreverent, but she had to take us away from there in order to introduce this whole other element. I think she did it really beautifully, poetically, successfully and sexily.

What excites you about the spin-off's potential?
The advantage the show carries is that, because Klaus, Rebekah and Elijah have been alive for a millennium, we can bounce all over time. Different timelines mean different things in different regions of the world. Because they're invulnerable, it makes everything kind of fun -- if people are falling in the streets because of the Bubonic Plague, it's awful, but they're resilient. Or if you take them to the time when Jack the Ripper is threatening the streets, that could be kind of amazing. I would love to see them as they develop their powers, I'd love to take them to Asia. I would love to see what they could do in The Middle East or among The Vikings -- although I might regret some of these answers when we're placed on a ship for two months traveling to these places, but it's all so exciting.

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Daniel Gillies On Elijah's Return

In next week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries, Elijah is back. “There’s been a lot of talk about what I’m returning for and to do,” Daniel Gillies says. The episode’s synopsis simply states that Elena has a “surprising encounter” with Elijah in Pennsylvania, where she and Rebekah are headed in their search for Katherine and the cure. “All I can say is tune in,” Gillies says, “because Elijah’s gonna shock and possibly even horrify a few. In fact, I’ll say he’s gonna horrify many. But franky, I don’t care. I think what he’s doing is wonderful.”

Exec producer Julie Plec is even more vague: “The first glimpse of Elijah, your heart explodes, you’re so happy to see him. And he is quintessential Elijah, dressed in his beautiful suit with his lovely demeanor, and, as always, trying to find ways to keep Klaus in his place and keep his family together.” (That’s also what Elijah will be doing in the April 25 episode, which serves as the backdoor pilot for the Originals spinoff.)

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Elijah To Return In 4x18

Fans of Daniel Gillies' ever-honorable Original vamp Elijah were thrilled to learn that Gillies has signed on to be a series regular cast member on "The Originals," the potential "Vampire Diaries" spin-off series. The backdoor pilot for the new show will air on April 25, as an episode of "TVD." In addition to Gillies, fans can expect to see Joseph Morgan, Claire Holt, and Phoebe Tonkin in that episode.

But the news just keeps on getting better! Zap2it has confirmed that Gillies will be making his return to Mystic Falls even earlier than that, in Episode 418. We previously learned that Elijah was so ashamed of his warring siblings that he wanted nothing to do with them, but it looks like something will change his mind.

The question is, will he come to town to repair his relationship with his siblings, or is he more interested in the ever-elusive cure? One thing is for sure -- both Klaus and Rebekah could use a little of Elijah's wisdom at this point.

Daniel Gillies And The Originals Spin-Off

As fans know, writer-producer Julie Plec’s upcoming backdoor-pilot episode of Vampire Diaries will serve as the launch pad for a potential spin-off series and will be set in the present day. But if greenlit to series, she also hopes to include regular flashbacks going back decades or even centuries, possibly quite like the flagship show. “It will be about both the contemporary story — where we are now and what we are up to — and also will flash back to show what the f–k happened to us to bring us to this moment,” said co-star Daniel Gillies on the red carpet for EW’s annual SAG party in Los Angeles last weekend.

Sources close to the show say Plec’s current plan is to use flashbacks to explore New Orleans up through the early 20th Century when Klaus and his family left the city behind. It’s yet not clear, however, how frequent those flashbacks will be and whether the storytelling style will ultimately be different than Vampire Diaries. For instance, The CW’s Arrow flashes back to Oliver Queen’s five years spent marooned on an island in each episode, while TVD semi-regularly uses flashbacks, including to tell the origin story of The Original Family in the show’s third season.

“Julie Plec has been talking about this for a little while and to be honest with you, I never thought it was going to become a reality,” Gillies added about the spinoff. “I just thought it was a cool idea she threw around and I did not dare to dream that it would come to fruition. I knew that if it did, we would be a part of it, but I didn’t want to get ahead of myself. But I feel very blessed that it is closer to becoming a reality now.”
Gillies also joked about the number of times his character Elijah has gotten staked on the show. “Four times I got staked so far,” he said. “I was always like, “What the f–k? Why do you keep staking me? What’s wrong with Elijah? Is it his jackets?” Hopefully in the spinoff there will be no more staking for Elijah.”

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Daniel Gillies To Join Originals In Spin Off Show

More Originals are coming to The Vampire Diaries spin-off!
Daniel Gillies is set to reprise his role as Elijah, one of the Original family members in The Originals, TVGuide.com has learned.

The upcoming April 25 episode of Diaries will serve as a backdoor pilot for a potential spin-off series that would focus on the Original family. The pilot will follow Klaus (Joseph Morgan) back to the supernatural melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans — a town he helped build centuries ago — where he's reunited with his diabolical former protégé Marcel. Elijah, intent on helping his self-destructive brother find redemption, must side with Marcel's enemies in order to keep Klaus in line.
The potential series would be in second position for Gillies, who is a series regular on Saving Hope, the Canadian series that NBC yanked before its first season ended when it aired last summer. However, CTV announced a second season for summer 2013 in Canada.

Should the episode prove successful, a spin-off of Diaries would be in consideration for next season that would be written and executive-produced by Julie Plec, alongside Alloy's Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo. Phoebe Tonkin, who plays werewolf Hayley on Diaries, would also star on the series.

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Short Interview With Daniel Gillies - Video

Daniel Gillies Teases His Return To Season 4

Things are going to get a bit crazy when "The Vampire Diaries" returns for its fourth season on October 11. There's the fact that you know who became a vampire, a certain someone has possessed another certain someone, and Elena has seemingly picked one Salvatore brother over the other.

But while we're interested in the resolution of all of those plot points, we're also curious what the status of the Original Family is now that everyone thinks Klaus is dead (like it ever would be that easy). We recently had the chance to catch up with Daniel Gillies, the actor who plays brother Elijah, and asked him what we can expect from the Original vampire siblings in the coming season. Consider this your cue to stop reading if you aren't caught up on "The Vampire Diaries."

Daniel revealed that he had just come back from "The Vampire Diaries" set where he filmed a flashback scene set in the 11th century. He wouldn't dish what it was about, but he did say fans should "buckle up and get ready for wigs."

"I've had so many numerous haircuts on this thing. I feel like an accessory sometimes," he joked. "I feel like the Potato Head-vampire. I think this was my fifth hairstyle? And as we venture further through history, we're only going to find more absurdities upon my crown. The second to last one I had I adored, because I sort of looked somewhere between a Viking and an elf. This last one I looked like a roadie for the Grateful Dead in the 11th century."

Though Daniel is balancing his time on "The Vampire Diaries" with his other show "Saving Hope," he doesn't think Elijah will be going anywhere any time soon. Writer and executive producer Julie Plec has made it clear to Daniel that there's a role for him on "The Vampire Diaries" as long as he's around.

"Julie's been very generous, and I'm sure, as often as they can use me, they will," he said. "As long as there's 'Vampire Diaries,' there has to be Elijah. He's too woven into the fabric of it now. One cannot exist without the other."

When we mentioned that other characters have seemed to have the same sort of security—like, say, Elena's Aunt Jenna or our favorite vampire hunter Alaric—Daniel seemed to imply that he still wouldn't get the boot any time soon. And if he does, he just won't speak to Julie any time soon (his words, not ours).

"Elijah is going to be back, and what role do we expect him to play? I think Elijah brings order. Whenever he returns, shit gets done," Daniel explained. "He's sort of the stabilizer. There's always a shift in the equilibrium. I think he's the only one who can truly sort of restrain his brother. I think he's the only one with the dignity/lucidity to be able to strategize a way out of Mystic Falls and into some sort of sanctuary for their family. I'm not saying that's what he's going to do, I'm saying that's what he's capable of. I think if the family listened to Elijah, they'd be in an excellent place to position themselves in this very contemporary world that wants them all gone."

Klaus has been the main villain of "The Vampire Diaries" for more than a season and a half now, and it doesn't look like that will change any time soon. Now that he has possessed Tyler (and no one other than Bonnie knows about it), there's a good deal more drama that needs to be sorted out before Klaus can be defeated for good (if he ever can). But does that necessarily mean that a new villain won't step in to fill his shoes?

"A rising thing is a passing thing. So I mean, you're always in some sort of transition," Daniel said. "I think it would be arrogant and sort of naïve to assume that there won't be something else that would come to sort of eclipse the Originals in terms of this threat, because there's always a new menace— there has to be—to maintain an audience's interest. But I don't think the Originals are going to go anywhere for a little while."

Maybe that villain could be the new vampire hunter Julie said is coming to town, but it also could be the newly minted vampire version of Elena. Daniel teased that things have changed a lot on set ever since Nina Dobrev got her fangs.

"Nina Dobrev has become vicious. She's become a vicious, horrible diva. I can't even describe it," Daniel dead-panned. "She's driven to set even when it's indoors... Nobody's allowed to look at her. You have to look at the ground between takes... We end up doing most of our work to a green screen or to a tennis ball held in one of the assistant's hands. It's become nightmarish."

All joking aside, Daniel admitted that there is an air of confidence on the set of "The Vampire Diaries" that hadn't been there before.

"It's an interesting thing, walking back on the set and watching people entering back into the fourth season of something," he said. "I entered halfway through the second when it was still in a little bit of a capricious zone because it still could have fallen away at that point. There are no certainties in this business. But I feel like there is a degree of certainty with people coming back for a fourth season, and it's nice to see the sort of confidence radiating from people."

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Daniel Gillies Says 'He Has Not Entirely Left The Vampire Diaries'

While at NBCUniversal Summer Press Day 2012 yesterday, The Vampire Diaries actor Daniel Gillies hinted that he’s not completely done with The Vampire Diaries even though his character Elijah Mikaelson had left town at the end of “All My Children” and he is also starring in the new NBC medical drama Saving Hope debuting on June 7.

“I have not entirely left The Vampire Diaries,” says Gillies. “Fortunately we film at different times during the year. I’m deeply indebted to what The Vampire Diaries has given me, but this show (Saving Hope) takes precedence. I love TVD executive producers Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson. I’d do anything for them in a instance. I can’t speak about anything further on the show, or I probably will be fired.”

Daniel Gillies Talks Elijah - Taking Elena Hostage Was The Ultimate Disgrace

When The Vampire Diaries' Elijah was introduced in Season 2, he wasn't supposed to stick around long. More than a year after his arrival the character remains one of the most popular in the show's history.

"In the beginning I was a very old vampire who was going to live like two episodes," Daniel Gillies explains to TVGuide.com. "They didn't know I was going to be a brother, I just was a henchman." But Elijah has transformed from being terrifyingly powerful in his knowledge and skills, to a still powerful vampire, but one with a distinct moral compass and compassion for Elena who Gillies calls a warrior.  

Fans can't get enough of the Original, despite the immense threat he poses to the Salvatore Brothers, among others. Gillies has his own theories as to his character's popularity. "When Elijah shows his face you know things are going to happen," he says. "When he turns up he's exposition and movement and the story is taking flight — or maybe fans just like his multiple haircuts."

While Elijah prides himself on not being driven by impulsive rage like his brother Klaus, Gillies says that his actions towards Elena in last week's episode were so terrifying that it's the reason he fled town at the end. 

"Elena came quite close to peril and closer to peril than he ever thought she would and there's a disgrace in that," Gillies says. "He can be vicious and can be strategic, but he's never reckless and this was one of the few times on the show we've seen him be absolutely reckless in order to get what he needed. Sure, it was his life and the life of his brothers and sister, but placing Elena in the position of being a hostage was probably something he would change if he could go back or at least make certain she wasn't in true danger."

Despite Elijah's upcoming absence (which we hope and assume will be temporary), Gillies has quite a few ideas as to who he'd like to work with in the future.

"I really enjoy my scenes with Ian Somerhalder. There's something very funny about those two in a scene together — they're sort of an odd couple," Gillies says. "Elijah is the sadistic, quiet, calm zinger- type comedy, whereas Damon is this snarky, sometimes bitchy and tempestuous vampire. Of course, if I could team up with anybody, I just feel like if Klaus and Elijah could ever solve their differences the world would be theirs."


See the video below for telephone interview with Daniel:

Daniel Gillies Talks Elijah's Attraction To Elena And An Originals Spin-Off

During last week's "Vampire Diaries," Mystic Fall's mother of the year Esther devised a clever scheme to kill her devilish son Klaus: She bound all of the Original siblings together with a spell, so that if one of them were to die, they would all die. But if there's one Original sibling that's proven that death is never permanent, it's Elijah.

As actor Daniel Gillies reminds HuffPost TV, he's already died -- and been resurrected -- four times.

In Thursday night's all-new episode, "All in the Family," Elijah will ultimately give Damon and Stefan a dangerous ultimatum where the price is Elena's life. If they want to save Elena, then they have to help Elijah stop his mother from going through with her plan. "Elijah can be a decent master of ceremonies when things need to happen," Gillies said. "He's a bit of a DJ at the forthcoming party."

When it comes to Elijah, we never really know what side he's on, but he does seem to have a blossoming friendship with Elena. Could his fascination with Elena stem from her being one of the Petrova doppelgangers?

"I hate the word doppelganger," explained Gillies. "Don't you find it to be the most unattractive word that you've ever heard? It almost sounds like porn position or something. I don't know what it is about it, but it's the most hideous name that they could have chosen for the show. It's just repulsive. That doesn't mean Elena is at all repulsive! She's gorgeous."

All digressions with the word "doppelganger" aside, Gillies believes that Elijah's immediate attraction to Elena may have stemmed from Elena's likeness to Tatia, the Original Petrova, but it certainly doesn't end there.

"I think that his feelings for Elena are unique to the situation that has arisen," said Gillies. "He's run into this person who demonstrates a kind of triumphant spirit. In the beginning when we met Elijah, she was just an instrument to his immediate desires and nothing more, but I think he prides his courage over all other qualities and the valor of being true to oneself, so the more that he got to know her, the more he adored those qualities in her. She's more noble than anybody."

Wait, does this mean that Elena now has another incredibly good looking guy in love with her? Watch out Delena and Stelena fans, it looks like Gillies is throwing down a few fighting words. (Team Elijana, anyone?)

"He feels something for her more purely than Damon or Stefan ever could because I think their attraction to her was more immediately physical," said Gillies. "Elijah has a deeply spiritual attraction to Elena. I think that they mutually do."

That's not to say, however, that Elena didn't betray his trust when she gave her blood to the Original Witch to complete her binding spell. "There's going to be some hell to pay," said Gillies, and judging from next week's promo, it looks like Barbie Klaus Rebekah is ready to rip Elena's head off.

But for those of you hoping that Esther's spell would somehow backfire, Gillies has some unfortunate news for you: "She's a rather effective witch, so I'm going to guess that she was successful in her endeavor."

She may have been successful casting the spell, but that doesn't mean it will get carried out accordingly. Now that the Original siblings are all bound together, they might just have to learn to play nice.

"There's a considerable degree of tension and distrust between the Original family," said Gillies. "It's a period of great trepidation for everyone involved. If the last trilogy of episodes could have a name it would be called 'The Original Minefield.' If you place your foot in the wrong spot, you're doomed. Proceed with caution is all I'll say."

However, if they plan to take out mommy dearest Esther, they'll have to somehow work together. "It doesn't really make sense for them to be completely in harmony with one another, but that doesn't mean that they can't work toward a common goal," teased the actor.

In fact, Gillies is well aware of the fans’ pleas for an Originals spin-off and said that he already has an entire -- and much more adult -- premise mapped out in his head.

"Lots of people have been talking about a potential spin-off, which we'd all love to do. Claire Holt, Joseph Morgan and I have talked about it. This family is so uniquely creepy, and the writers are slowly starting to humanize them and make them into truly compelling characters. I've always said that it would be neat to watch an R-rated version of this family, kind of like 'The Sopranos.' I see them as gangsters living in some sort of corporate vampire world, living in New York. There would be swearing and violence and all sorts of mischief. Forget 'True Blood,' this would be the best show ever."

Daniel Gillies Dishes on the Originals, Elijah & Elena and More!

The accent. The hair. The honor. The inability to stay dead.
These are just a few of our favorite things about The Vampire Diaries' Original vampire Elijah, he who is so masterfully played by Daniel Gillies. Seriously, he turned a character who was meant to be the standard three-episode villain into one of the series' most beloved characters, with fans promising to boycott the show should he be killed yet again. (That would be death No. 5 on the show, thankyouverymuch!)

Siblings vs. Mommy Dearest:


While Gillies was coy about what's going down in tonight's episode, in which his mother is attempting to kill Elijah and his siblings (and you thought your mom was bad!), he does tell us, "I would say so!" when we ask if the Originals will be facing off against each other. And though Klaus (Joseph Morgan) has killed and betrayed him, Gillies says the brothers will put their differences aside. "Now they seem like they'll have a common foe, though, in their mother. They're going to need to unite to overcome any adversaries." 
Gillies says he's been enjoying the scenes involving all of the Original siblings together, despite the fact that there hasn't been many of them...and there might not be much more to come.
"How long all of us survive is up to Julie Plec and her ruthless pen," he teases. As for Elena's betrayal, Gillies teases, "I can imagine that if he were to find out that Elena had betrayed him, he wouldn't be too happy." Understatement of the century much?


Wishful Thinking: 


Esther (Alice Evans) wants to kill her family. Klaus wants to reunite the family. Rebekah (Claire Holt) just wants to be a high school cheerleader and date the quarterback. But what does Elijah want? "That's such a good question. I think Elijah wants some kind of unity with the family," Gillies says. "He probably sees the potential of what they could be in the world being immortals. He would want to harness that. He's certainly not hungry for power. I think he'd be hungry to use the opportunity of immortality."


Elejah?!


 Gillies is well aware that there are a lot of fans rooting for an Elena and Elijah romance on the show, but he says, "I don't see it happening from a writer's perspective. Do I see its potential for it happening? Absolutely. I can definitely see Elena and Elijah having some sort of romantic thing, but I've got to get in a line about five miles deep."
He's also well aware of the shippers who would like to see him with some of the other ladies in town. "People are always angry at me as an actor, saying that, to me, [Elena] seems like the most likely candidate. I'm saying that also because, not only does she represent this nobility, she's also the only one of that group that he knows," Gillies explains. "He doesn't really socialize with any of the other creatures. He's got a narrow window of options. A lot of the fans are looking at the show and thinking, Aren't there any other girls in this town? Why is everybody falling in love with this girl? I think it's the whole point. It's kind of Shakespearean like that."


Pulling a Felicity:


Sure, fans were thrilled to see Elijah finally return on the show, but that didn't stop them from complaining about his new haircut. And yes, Gillies has read all of your tweets about his hair and wants to set the record straight: "The reason I got a haircut was because I didn't know when I was coming back to the show. For all intents and purposes I was unemployed and I had a terrible haircut, so I changed it." While he hated the haircut, he says, "I chose it for Elijah. I did it deliberately. I wanted him to look nothing like the other boys on the show. I wanted him to look like he came from another time."
He also tells us people really hated his Elijah hair when he first joined the show. "I got, 'You look like a young Republican. It looks sort of like a choir boy. This is the year 2012, it's not 1993. What the f--k is wrong with you?' And then suddenly because he was just so malevolent, they did a 180 on it."

Daniel Gillies talks The Vampire Diaries

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Daniel Gillies on Elijah's 'Terrifying' Fate and 'Hell to Pay' With Elena

On The Vampire Diaries last week, witchy Esther set in motion a clever scheme to take down her dastardly son, Klaus: She bound all of the Original siblings together with a spell, so that if one of them were to be taken out, they would all die. This sort of mass annihilation would send panic into the heart of any fan of the CW series, but Elijah’s portrayer, Daniel Gillies, says he’s “never concerned” about his job security.“At this stage, I’m a veteran of death,” he quips. “I’ve died four time on this show alone.”

Mind you, that doesn’t mean Elijah is just going to lie down and give up. “Obviously, he’s not going to be terribly happy about” the spell, previews Gillies. “They’re now bonded in potential death. It’s going to be pretty terrifying.”

So much so that, if there’s one thing the usually moral vampire knows, it’s that now “Esther needs to be taken out,” continues the actor. Easier said than done, with a sorceress that powerful! But the Michaelson brothers – Elijah, Klaus, Kol and Finn – and sis Rebekah might be able to get the upper hand on Mom if they join forces. “When a collective of people know they could potentially die, it makes them powerful,” explains Gillies.

“I’m really eager to look at that kind of unity between them, because it’s exciting for me when I watch the Originals working together,” he adds. “They look like a new television show.” (Yes, he’s aware of the fans’ pleas for an Originals spin-off and says he’ll do “whatever they tell me. I’d love to be a part of something new like that.”)

As for Elijah and Elena’s blossoming friendship, “there’s going to be some hell to pay there,” teases Gillies. After all, she handed over her blood for the spell, which “led him to the gallows in a sense. She really didn’t hesitate to betray him.”

But perhaps the biggest threat to Elijah’s life is Gillies’ new TV project, Saving Hope, which “starts filming in a month or so,” says the actor. When we voiced our concern about what the potential new series means for his Diaries alter ego, he assured us that he could do both shows. “When I’m shooting Saving Hope, it’s in the off season of The Vampire Diaries,” he explains, adding, “And I can always come back. … Wild horses couldn’t drag me away from The Vampire Diaries.”

Vampire Diaries - Elijah Is In Love With Elena

Daniel Gillies has said that Elijah is in love with Elena on The Vampire Diaries.

The 35-year-old revealed that he hopes the Original vampire will express his feelings for Elena (Nina Dobrev) at some point on the CW series.

"I know it's a little obvious in the world of Vampire Diaries, where everyone falls in love with Elena, but I agree that Elijah sees something beautiful in her," Gillies said.

"I would love for him to express that to her before he goes," he continued. "I feel like Elijah would be most drawn to her because she's living a better life than people who've lived for centuries longer.

"I think that's the sort of thing he's attracted to," Gillies insisted. "Even it was just a moment, I'd love to see them share something - but I think it should be more."

Gillies recently returned to the CW series after he was resurrected by Damon (Ian Somerhalder).

Joseph Morgan, who plays Klaus, said in December that he would love to see a battle between his character and Elijah.

Daniel Gillies Interview

Interview from theinsider.com

Were you surprised that the reveal of Elijah's return stayed secret until the episode actually aired?
I was – especially with today's online media. We filmed so much in the studio, but one day Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, Joseph Morgan and myself filmed a scene in the middle of an alley and there were crowds of people watching. They all saw me. There was no hiding it. At one point, the director even screamed "Elijah go back to first position!" It's incredible to me that those people didn’t Tweet about it. I thought it would be ruined for sure.

Given the way he was put in the coffin, how is Elijah feeling towards Klaus at the start of tonight's episode?
He's pretty pissed off coming out of that coffin. Incredibly pissed off. Where he takes us is actually a very important storyline for the show that I can't blow the cover off of. But there's a good degree of apprehension and fear in how he proceeds with Klaus. Elijah doesn't feel like he can trust anyone – and I feel for him. He's experienced this whole kaleidoscope of betrayal. He doesn't enjoy what the family has become; they're a distortion of their former selves. They've become monstrous. And he seems to be looking for purity or attempting to uphold some sort of code, which seems strange to me given that everyone in this family is so corrupt.

What about the flipside -- Elijah went back on his word to Elena and Stefan the last he saw them. How do they feel about Elijah's return?
What's interesting is that I feel like that choice was congruent with the creature that Julie Plec is ultimately trying to create. There's betrayal and then there's betrayal. There's loyalty and there's loyalty. You're talking about Elijah's 1,000 year quest versus this short-term objective he pledged himself to. There was a degree of dishonor in him turning a cheek on that commitment but I think that the holy grail for Elijah at that point was his family.

Which will obviously come into play with tonight's episode -- what can you tease about Bringing Out the Dead?
Oh man. The lines are drawn in the sand tonight. Essentially this episode is going to precipitate the events of the next several episodes because of the way in which The Salvatores & The Originals figure out how their relationships will transpire. Essentially, as anyone can guess, the rules that Klaus might throw down are not really going to work for anybody. The genius and the genesis of that is at the dinner party.

The mortality of anyone in Mystic Falls is constantly in question -- so what do you as Daniel hope to do with Elijah before he is killed off the show, if he ever is?
I'd really like him to be an instrument in the destruction of Klaus. I don't see that happening without considerable damage or the complete loss of his own life. I think it will be one of those classic stories where a dark person takes down an even darker entity but take themselves out at the same time. Think of Darth Vader and the Emperor in Return of the Jedi. The only way The Emperor could be gone was for Darth to sacrifice his own life in the process, which makes it redemptive. Although, that said, I want to stick around as long as possible [laughs].

What about Elena? I still maintain that there's an unusual connection between those two.
I know it's a little obvious in the world of Vampire Diaries, where everyone falls in love with Elena, but I agree that Elijah sees something beautiful in her. I would love for him to express that to her before he goes. I feel like Elijah would be most drawn to her because she's living a better life than people who've lived for centuries longer. I think that's the sort of thing he's attracted to. Even it was just a moment, I'd love to see them share something -- but I think it should be more.

Elena vs. Katerina -- go!
It's funny because I know a lot of fans want Elijah with Katerina, but he's attracted to who a person is in their soul and Katerina is nowhere near the person Elena is. I think Elijah came to town thinking he'd deal with all this doppelganger business quickly and be done with it. But things got complicated when he saw this girl – I think Elijah fell for Elena harder than he ever fell for Katerina. In my opinion.

Do you think Elijah could take Damon in the fight for Elena's heart?
I mean, there's no question if we're talking about a physical fight – that's a joke. Elijah all the way. But romantically, I don't know. I also don't think Stefan is out of the picture really. Both Elijah and Daniel think Stefan is still the biggest romantic threat for Elena's heart.

Daniel Gillies on his TVD Return, Reunion and Upcoming Episode

TV Fanatic tried to get Daniel Gillies to spill some details on whether or not the newly revived Original would soon be reunited with all three brothers and his sister - but he just laughed and kept making the same point when the topic arose "It's the season of the Originals, like Julie Plec said a while back. I'm just gonna hide behind that"

For a while now, Gillies said he was "pretty confident" he'd return to Mystic Falls, expressing shock and gratitude for the fans' reaction to Elijah.

"The character just grew in popularity, more so than I ever expected him to. I've died four times and been resurrected four times. It's great"

So now that Elijah is back in the suspense-filled picture, what can we expect from him? How does he view the brother who recently placed him, once again, in "the big sleep" as Gillies referred to his dormant state?

"They're gonna have to put aside their differences. Let's face it, both of us have betrayed the other in some way, Klaus obviously more prolifically than Elijah, but Elijah has done his fair share, as well"

Referring specifically to Thursday's "Bringing Out the Dead" Gillies teased the episode will "dictate the course" of the next several installments, with "terms and parameters" getting laid out for various characters.

Gillies explains Elijah's relationship with Klaus as having been "appallingly adversarial for hundreds of years" and said if there's any love at all on his character's end, it was "suppressed" a long time ago.

At this point, Elijah has one item on his agenda: getting his family back together.

The actor doesn't know (or perhaps just can't say) how long he'll be around for this time, but he couldn't stop gushing about the cast and crew on The Vampire Diaries.

"I can't tell you how much I love my job with these guys. And I really, really love Julie Plec. She's the most considerate boss I've ever had... just so diplomatic and so careful to really listen to you when you have an issue"

That really is very nice to hear, but getting back to Klaus and Rebekah and Finn and Kol and...

"It's the season of the Originals" Gillies said again.

Update on Insurgence 4

Since we havent spoke about the upcoming TVD convention in Birmingham, UK for a while. Lets have an update.

The event takes place on the weekend of 22-24 June 2012 at the Hilton Bimingham Metropole Hotel.

Guests of Honour so far include:

Ian Somerhalder  (Damon Salvatore)
Paul Wesley (Stefan Salvatore)
Daniel Gillies (Elijah)
Steven R McQueen (Jeremy Gilbert)*

* - Bonus guest

Emerald Tickets for the Event are as follows:
Adult - £95
Child - £50


A standard Emerald weekend package includes;
A Souvenir Booklet
A Convention Badge
1 Autograph per guest (excluding bonus or sponsored guests)
Access to all Stage Talks
Themed Parties/Discos
Access to Vendors Room

To purchase a ticket please click here

Upgrades are available. These must be bought on top of your Emerald Ticket. These are as follows:

Diamond Upgrade - £345
Ruby Upgrade - £225
Sapphire Upgrade - £155

To find out what these upgrades include and/or to buy please visit Rogue Events

Finally, photo tickets are available to buy right now! Prices are as follows:

Ian Somerhalder - £40
Paul Wesley - £35
Daniel Gillies - £20
Steven R McQueen - £25

Please remember, Steven is a bonus guest and will not be included in any of the upgrade packages! You will have to buy his shoot seperately if you wish to have one.

To buy photo tickets, please visit here

Themes for the Friday and Saturday night parties have also been announced! They will be as follows:

Friday Night - Night out at Glorias - 1920's theme
Saturday Night - Masquerade


Approximate Timings of the Weekend

Friday Registration from 1pm
Friday Night Disco from 8pm to 12pm

Saturday Registration from 7.30am
Saturday Opening Ceremony at 9am
Saturday Events Starts 9.15am & Finishes at 5.15pm
Saturday Entertainment Starts 7.30pm & Finishes at 2am

Sunday Opening Notes at 9am
Sunday Events Starts 9.15am & Finishes at 5.15pm
Sunday Closing Ceremony 5.30pm to 6pm
Sunday Entertainment Starts 7.30pm & Finishes at 11pm

If you have any questions, feel free to comment and I will reply if I know the answer!