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The Originals - More Cross Over Details About Tatia

Nina Dobrev heads to The Originals in the Nov. 3 episode as original doppelganger, Tatia, who will be seen in Vikings-era flashbacks. A character previously mentioned during the 13th episode of The Vampire Diaries season three, "Bringing Out the Dead," she will be interacting with Joseph Morgan's Klaus and Daniel Gillies' Elijah. How did the opportunity to have her on The Originals present itself? As the season was being realized, The Originals writers came up with an arc that almost required Dobrev's presence — and it would have likely been scrapped had the Vampire Diaries star not been able to do it.

"We want to have these crossovers take place from a point of story. What makes the most sense for our story? "There's no possible way to tell the story if we didn't get Nina Dobrev," co-executive producer Michael Narducci told a handful of reporters at a recent screening. "We basically got on our knees and begged her."

"She was, to her credit, wonderful," added Narducci. "We tell a story that will make you understand Tatia's fate, what happened to her, her relationship with both brothers, and why what happened between her and the two brothers is so beautiful and also tragic."

The writers spent significant time making sure Elijah's dinner scene in Vampire Diaries,when Tatia is first referenced (Elijah called her "an exquisite beauty"), remained intact. "We studied every word of that to make sure we were honoring that and I think we do," Narducci assured.

In fielding obligatory questions about future Originals-Vampire Diaries crossovers, Narducci admitted, "That's a little bit above my pay grade." The likelihood of stories in Mystic Falls and New Orleans converging, specifically in reference to Klaus and Caroline's courtship, seemed slim. "It doesn't feel like there's an easy way to make people drop what they're doing in Mystic Falls and come to New Orleans, and certainly once our story lines get rolling, it's going to be very obvious that it'll be very impossible for our characters to take a vacation and go to Mystic Falls," he explained. "If anything, the last thing Klaus would want is to involve someone else in that. There's a lot of dirty family business to deal with first."

As for Dobrev, Tatia represented a contrast to the other doppelgangers (see: Elena, Katherine, Amara) she's played over the years.

"She's the very first doppelganger so she doesn't have the history of all the other doppelgangers behind her. She is the purest of them all, she's the most unaffected, she's the most regular — almost like how Elena was before all this shit happened," the actress tells The Hollywood Reporter, laughing at the thought of what has since transpired on Vampire Diaries. "But it definitely catches up to her as any character on this show affected by all these supernatural beings are. It doesn't really go well for her. It's all about love and happiness until everything goes wrong."

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The Originals - Season 2 Scoop From Julie Plec & Michael Narducci

HAYLIJAH | Unfortunately, it sounds like Hayley and Elijah’s relationship will be taking a step back in Season 2. “Hayley and Klaus are the only two hybrids in existence now, so Elijah will inevitably wonder, ‘Is there a connection between my brother and Hayley that I could never surpass?’” Narducci explained. “There’s going to be some interesting friction. Ultimately, Elijah is going to have to decide, ‘Do I want to help this girl?’”

KLAUS: THE EARLY YEARS | Season 2, Narducci explained, is “all about confronting the sins of the past. We’re very much defined by our parents, but as we become adults, we begin to choose our own paths. … Klaus is very much a product of his abusive father, and very much a product of his mother.” In going deeper into Klaus’ moral origins, we’ll see “flashbacks to when he was a child,” as well as “right before he became a vampire.” All of this will “examine what his relationship was with his mother, and the sense of betrayal that he felt when she came back from the dead and judged him as an abomination.”

A WITCH’S CONFLICT | Davina’s agenda, Narducci explained, is going to unfold in an interesting way this fall: “She has Mikael under her control, and she wants Klaus to suffer — but she also loves Josh and Marcel, and she knows they’re connected to Klaus. She’s going to have to be smart about what she ultimately decides to do with Mikael.” As for which of Klaus and Elijah’s brothers Esther brought back with her, the EPs are remaining tight-lipped for now.

WHAT’S IN A NAME? | The explanation behind the season premiere’s title, “Rebirth,” is two-fold, according to Plec. Not only is it indicative of the episode’s theme — the loss of Klaus’ baby, the start of his new life, etc. — but it also has a special meaning for the show, itself. “Every title we use, we try to make it a song title from New Orleans or an artist from New Orleans,” Plec said. “Rebirth is one of the best brass bands in New Orleans, and they were in our pilot. We’ve been waiting to use that title for 22 episodes.”

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The Originals - Julie Plec & Michael Narducci Interview

Marcel has a lot to deal with where Klaus is concerned.

JULIE: The first level of suspicion has been raised. And he clearly knows that this person who’s been buddying up to him all along isn’t necessarily on the up. So it’s just the beginning of this next stretch of Marcel trying to figure out what Klaus’s game is and where he fits into all of it and so we shall see what he chooses to do about that.

But there’s something else Marcel might have to tackle first.

JULIE: First and foremost what’s important to him is the fact that he’s very clearly got a Judas in his midst. So he’s got to deal with that. But, overall, his vampire community has the hold on the quarter that they have because they can completely control the witches and so as long as Davina is still in that attic, and is able to sense who’s doing magic and what ’til that Harvest window passes, he’s not gonna let the cat out of the bag.

Cami has compulsion issues that make her not too happy with Klaus. 

JULIE: She’s pissed and interestingly enough, and though she’s compelled by Klaus to forget these things as he separates from her, she consciously won’t remember any of this until she’s back in Klaus’s presence. But she’s not going to let him off the hook from it. And she’s going to continue to do anything and everything she can to break free of this sort of bond that he’s created between the two of them that is controlling her. And she’s not a weak little lilting flower. So she’s probably gonna have a little success at it.

MICHAEL: Yeah, she very smartly…when she is with him with all her psychological training and background she is able to very astutely categorize what his problems are and call him on some of his stuff in a way that no one really has and I think that’s what makes her such a great foil to him and a character in her own right. And his reaction to that will be very interesting. You know, someone else calls Klaus out he might just snap the neck and be done with it but he feels something, some kinship towards her that keeps him from doing that.

Rebekah has some decisions to make. Will she be able to get what she wants?

JULIE:  Well, Rebekah’s predicament is that she honestly believes that everything she wants is outside of the family and, you know, in terms of peace, harmony, happiness, sanctity. As much as she loves Elijah and as much as she loves and hates and loathes and despises but still loves Klaus, she really believes that ‘if I could just break free of this I can have all I’ve ever wanted which is a life that I am in complete control of.’ And what she’s gonna have to come to terms with is the fact that you can’t escape this group. No matter what you do the pull of family — it’s always going to be stronger than your own…I mean, she’s on her way out of town. Hayley’s missing. We’ll see what choice she makes. I mean, this is her opportunity for freedom. She could hit the road and be gone. Here it is, a family member in jeopardy. So what is she going to do? Is she gonna turn around and come home or not? And given what we know about Rebekah, I would safely guess this is not the last we see of her. But I think that what she’s going to have to work through in her own life — it is to reconcile this belief that the power of this family is consuming her in a bad way and figure out how she can fit within this family dynamic in a way that makes her happy…or if she can.

After what we saw in “Fruit of the Poisoned Tree,” there are sparks between Hayley and Elijah that can’t be denied. But will those sparks lead to anything?

JULIE: Well, there’s definitely something. I think that Elijah, as we know, is a good protector and tends to be drawn to people just in spite of himself. And I think that when you have a situation like that where he clearly, I think, he believes he cares deeply about that child that she’s carrying and maybe is starting to have his own level of concern that it’s more than just the child that he is protecting and caring for. It’s definitely not a good thing. It’s fun to watch…

MICHAEL: In Vampire Diaries episode 4×20 when Elijah realized that this woman was carrying his brother’s child he thought, ‘Wow, this could change everything.’ A baby being born into Klaus, this monster’s life might introduce some feelings of humanity. It might make his heart break. He might start to care. He might feel things, emotions he has never felt, especially as an abused child. He will be able to be a father to someone else and be able to right some of the wrongs that he’s never been able to right. ‘All I need to do is protect this woman and her baby. That’s great.’ And then, ‘Wow, crap.”

JULIE: ‘She slapped me!’

MICHAEL: ‘Yeah and I felt something about it. Now my drive of protecting this woman and having this child be a part of redeeming my brother — that drive comes into conflict with these emotions. And I don’t even know where they’re coming from or how to feel about them or what to do.’ And so that’s going to be a little of Elijah’s journey. For Hayley, Hayley was given up for adoption. She spent some time in a foster home. She was raised by this woman who then — her foster parents abandoned her when they realized she was a werewolf. And so she’s gone through her life not really trusting anybody and having to survive on her own. And clearly we saw in Vampire Diaries, is someone who’s capable of breaking promises and being a little bit treacherous. And then she meets this guy, Elijah, who lives and centers his whole life on, ‘My word is my bond.’ And she’s like, ‘Does this even exist? Is this real?’ And what a great fantasy Elijah is to someone like Hayley. So how could she not be drawn to this protector who’s noble and a good man — someone she’s never seen before. And so it’s a real great chemistry.

The witches are going to need to regroup.

JULIE: They have sort of hit rock bottom in that everything that Sophie was trying to do and everything that witches need to hold on to their power kind of got killed in the form of the only living witch able to do that spell. I think that they are gonna nurse their wounds for a little bit and then gear up and Sophie is gonna have a little bit of a spirit crisis that she’s gonna have to snap herself out of and decide like, ‘Okay, this can’t be the end of this journey. I worked way too hard for this. So what am I gonna do now?’ And we’ll hit that in a couple episodes.

Davina will have her own journey.

JULIE: Davina — the journey that she’s going on now that we sort of learned her origin story, at least her origin story with Marcel — is just beginning. She is about to embark on the next sort of round of episodes on…on a journey that is basically going to sort of put her both at odds with everyone but also create some surprising new friendships and new alliances that maybe we didn’t see coming.

There will be a tug of war for Davina’s loyalties. Her friendship with Marcel is on shaky ground.

MICHAEL: Davina may or may not know that that last elder was killed. And who is going to tell her and what in order to control her situation? If you’re Marcel and part of the reason you’re able to control the town is because you have beautiful, sweet Davina up in that attic telling you when people are practicing magic, and helping you when you need it with your own boost of magic, do you want to be like, ‘You know what? You’re fine. You’re free to go. Hey, this was great. Take care. And I’ll see you around some time.’ Or do you say whatever you need to say in order to make sure that that asset remains under your power? And if he were to not be so truthful to her, how might that affect their friendship?

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The Originals - Julie Plec & Michael Narducci Speak About The Crossover

We've just returned from a screening of this Tuesday night's episode of The Originals, which is titled "Fruit Of The Poisoned Tree." After the screening, Originals Executive Producers Julie Plec and Michael Narducci spoke with a room full of TV journalists about what is coming up on the show, and one of those topics happened to be the upcoming crossover with The Vampire Diaries, as Michael Trevino's Tyler Lockwood werewolf will be making his way into the spin-off series.

"I can say that the crossover's happening very soon, that it will answer a couple questions, one of which is at least answering the first piece of the mystery of the protective wolf," Julie Plec teased when first approached to talk about the crossover.

"It will also introduce a lot more questions," Michael Narducci added. "A lot of things will come out of that crossover that are going to shake things up within the core dynamic of the Original family, and there will be a whole storyline that will come out of where that crossover leads them, geographically, and what they discover when they're there, so there's a lot of stuff that's about to be introduced," he said. As to the geographic "where" of things will go, Plec revealed that it is the bayou, not Mystic Falls , that Hayley and Tyler find themselves.

"One of the big things that Hayley has been asking herself quietly, and the whole thing that brought her to New Orleans in the first place, was to try to get answers about what bloodline she came from; the mystery of what this mark on her shoulder means; that Klaus, in Vampire Diaries , led her to New Orleans. That's kind of what kickstarted this whole experience," Julie said. "The one thing that Tyler does offer in his presence, as he sets foot into this world, is answers, and more information, and so he takes her to a place out in the bayou, where she's going to start to understand a bit of where she comes from."

If you're wondering when the Originals-Vampire Diaries character crossover may air, it appear that it will likely air during November sweeps. "It's funny; we don't plot things for sweeps, because we like to believe that every episode needs to be its own sort of 'power movie.' That being said, it does, in our schedule, fall into November. I'm fairly certain we'll catch our first glimpse of Tyler before November's over," Julie confirmed.

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