Spoiler From TV Line - 21st August 2012

What will Meredith’s role on Vampire Diaries be now that Alaric is gone?

In a word, complicated. “Meredith in the beginning is just trying to keep her head above water, realizing that she’s found herself dropped into this supernatural world she never really meant to get involved with,” offers exec producer Julie Plec. “She has a choice to make: Does she want to dive in head first and embrace it? Or does she want to pull back and say, ‘Hey you know what? Why don’t you guys leave me out of it.’ We’ll be seeing a little bit of her in the beginning of the season.”

Spoiler From TV Guide - 21st August 2012

How long will it be before Elena starts embracing her vampirism on The Vampire Diaries?

Not long. Once the transition starts, there's no turning back. Fortunately, she's got a ton of friends who have already been through it themselves! In the season premiere, Stefan will have a heartfelt chat with Elena about her new strengths and weaknesses. He'll also present her with her first daylight ring — made especially for her by Bonnie.

Julie Plec On The Klaus/Caroline/Tyler Love Triangle

There was a jaw-dropping moment at the end of the Vampire DiariesSeason 3 finale — and we’re not talking about the last three seconds of the episode. Before that, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) revealed that he’d taken over Tyler’s (Michael Trevino) body and stolen a kiss from his minion’s girl. Julie Plec told Wetpaint Entertainment at the CBS TCA All-Star Party that Klaus’s antics aren’t over yet when the show returns in Season 4, and Caroline (Candice Accola) isn’t going to be a happy vampire.

As far as Klaus is in Tyler's body. What happens next?
What happens next is some awkward, ill‑timed, mischievous and otherwise naughty high jinks that begin and end quickly enough to still be fun, but definitely make Caroline very indignant.

So Klaus is definitely taking advantage of the fact that he is in Tyler's body?
I don't think he necessarily means to take advantage of that, but there is a moment in which — there is a shirt that comes off under false pretenses. So we'll just leave it at that.

Michael Trevino already said that Tyler comes back into his own body fairly soon. Are we done with Joseph Morgan?
No. Joseph Morgan will be right back. The minute Tyler's back in his own body, Joseph will be back in his. A little bit charred and worse for the wear, but he's a vampire, he can heal.

What should we know about the Tyler, Caroline, and Klaus triangle?
I think the important thing to know is that Caroline loves Tyler deeply. Caroline, especially after the first episode, will continue to loathe Klaus in spite of her strange fascination with him that sneaks in every now and then. Klaus is not giving up on Caroline, but he's by no means going to be a sick puppy dog. In fact, I think, he's going to get some perverse pleasure out of seeking alternate means to drive a wedge between Caroline and Tyler over the course of the season. So it's a slow play. He's a long-term thinker, Klaus.

David Alpay Cast As Professor Shane

David Alpay has joined the cast of The Vampire Diaries in a recurring role.

Alpay has been cast as Professor Shane, an attractive and charismatic believer in the occult who has a history with Bonnie Bennett (Katerina Graham) and her family.

The Canadian actor, whose other credits include The Tudors and Fairly Legal, will first appear in the fourth episode of the upcoming season. He joins the previously cast Todd Williams, who will play a vampire hunter, Phoebe Tonkin, who may come between Tyler (Michael Trevino) and Caroline (Candice Accola), and Grace Phipps, who may be a possible new ally for Elena (Nina Dobrev).

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Paul Wesley Interview - Video

The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley has admitted that he "didn't buy" the shock ending to the third season.

The finale saw Wesley's character Stefan let Elena (Nina Dobrev) drown - and consequently turn into a vampire - after she asked him to save her friend Matt (Zach Roerig) instead.

However, Wesley has now told Digital Spy that he believes Stefan would have ignored Elena's requests in order to save her life.

Watch Paul Wesley speaking about the end of season three of The Vampire Diaries below:

Spoiler From TV Guide - 15th August 2012

Is there really a chance that The Vampire Diaries' Esther might not be the Original witch?

The mythology of the witches hasn't been told completely. Executive producer Julie Plec explains what's left to uncover. "To clarify what I said at Comic-Con ... when Esther used that spell to make her children immortal, which created the Original vampires, that spell existed already. So who wrote it? That's the question that will remain a question in this season and possibly in the series. We dabbled with the Original vampires, but who were truly the Original witches?"

Spoiler From TV Line - 15th August 2012

Julie Plec is resurrecting original flavor Damon this season. “This year, Damon is the Damon of Season 1, minus the posturing and posing,” she promises. “He just is. He is who he is. He’s got attitude. He’s always right. He’s rarely wrong. He might do the wrong thing, but he’s always the one who’s like, “I told you guys. You should have listened to me.” So this year is going to be very much about, ‘You don’t like me. You want to judge me. You don’t like who I am, how I do things? Well, screw you.’ It’s going to be a great shift for him… He’s still going to be the Damon we know and love — he’s still going to be kicking ass and taking names. But he just has this devil may care attitude about it. He’s just not going to change for anybody anymore. He did that. That’s over. That’s so last year.”

Info About 4x04

Episode 4x04 is now in production. We already know that we have a flashback to the 1100's where we meet a vampire hunter named Alexander. 
Cherrix Casting recently put out a casting advert for extras to appear in the episode:

"VAMPIRE DIARIES (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY) is looking for extras, Age 18-30 to work Tuesday Aug. 14th and Wednesday Aug. 15th. Tuesday is a College Quad scene, and Wednesday's scene is a Halloween Party. You can be booked for either or both days; however if you want to work the halloween party, Wed Aug 15th. You must be able to come in for a fitting this friday, August 10th or Monday August 13th. 

The theme of the party is MURDER, so we want you dressed as your favorite MURDERER or MURDER VICTIM from real life, film, or novel. Our wardrobe department would like you to come fully dressed in your costume if possible and bring another possible costume/accessories, so they have options on how to dress you for this scene. Fitting times are from 9am-7pm, in 30 minute increments. Please respond back with the day(s) you are available to work and time you can come for your fitting. 

If available email recent photo, include age,phone,height,weight,all clothing sizes, (including shoes) and make, model, year and color of car. to: vampirediariescasting@gmail.com; must live in Atlanta area: $58 for 8 hrs., overtime after 8 hrs. SUBJECT LINE: MURDER PARTY (include which day(s) you're available to work) -- PLEASE FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS AS STATED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS SCENE. ONLY SUBMIT ONCE."

From this we can gather that episode 4 of the fourth season will probably entail a Halloween party. Also, the episode is set to air on November 1st which makes total sense for it to be a Halloween episode. 

We have only seen one Halloween episode so far in the entire series, which unfortunately didn't end up to well for Vicki Donovan. Who do you think will be the victim this time? It's a party, in Mystic Falls. There has to be at least on death, right?

Julie Plec Interview With WetPaint - Season 4

What will we see from Bonnie (Kat Graham)?

Bonnie is definitely in a position where her actions in the finale and the actions that she will have to take in the premiere will put her in a very dark place that she will be standing on the precipice of whether to let herself fall into it or step back from the ledge. And when she makes that decision in the first episode, then we’ll see what she's going through the rest of the season.

Is there an overreaching arc of evil this season?
There is an overreaching arc of evil, and this year, we're doing something a little different in that we don't know or say who that is right away. The mystery is who is this evil because clearly it's something or somebody, and we don't know who it is. And so that's a question we'll be asking a lot in the first few episodes as we build up to our first kind of reveal of the season's bad guy.

Do you want to play with Katherine (Nina Dobrev) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) as vampires?
I can't wait for the day when Katherine feels like she has to come back to town and comes face‑to‑face with vampire Elena. I can't say. I don't know when that will be. If it will be early or later, but it's going to be great when it does happen.

And our resident human, Matt (Zach Roerig)?
Matt has a lot to earn in his life and his mind. He got to live and Elena died. Why? What makes him so worth it? Now, we, as an audience, know why we love our Matt Donovan, but he needs to prove that to himself what makes him so worthy in this group of extraordinary people. How he can be extraordinary in his own right, even though he, himself, is just ordinary.

What happens with Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen)?
Jeremy is now the man of the house, for reals, and yet Elena as the fiercest protector of them all is not going to be so quick as to just hand over the reins of authority or big sisterhood. So he's going to be trying to find his way and his place. The thing that we shouldn't forget is that he's got this legacy in his family of vampire hunters, and we have a new vampire hunter coming to town. So, yes. I'm sure there will be some interplay that happens between the new hunter and our Gilbert family legacy.

Will Meredith (Torrey DeVitto) struggle with the decision she made?
Meredith has a big choice to make. She just found herself kind of plopped right in the center of this whole supernatural universe. Does she want to stay in it, or does she want to get out? Does she want to be Damon's new drinking buddy, or does she want to keep her distance? What is her future? So we'll see her asking herself that question too early on.

Spoiler From EOnline - 7th August 2012

TVD scoop!

"There's going to be a profound sense of guilt, but shadowing that is going be this overwhelming feeling of being loved. Matt hasn't felt that kind of love since season one or if ever in his life," Zach Roerig says of Mystic Falls' resident human/busboy in the beginning of season four after he learns what happened to Elena (you know, the fangs and bloodlust). "Matt's going to be guilty, but also because he's been loved so much, earn his life everyday." Roerig adds that Matt and Caroline share a scene in the premiere that is "not too emotionally charged" and was the actually the first scene shot of season four. "I was honored to start the year off." 

Spoiler From TVLine - 7th August 2012

Will Bonnie be at odds with group after what she did in the Vampire Diaries finale?


According to showrunner Julie Plec, she won’t suffer “friendship consequences,” but she will suffer “witch consequences.” Elaborates the EP: “She tapped into something pretty dark to do it, and she’s going to have to tap into that again in the first episode. It’s not going to be a walk in the park for her. She’s going to be struggling with her own darkness inside of her as Elena is starting to adapt to hers.”

Phoebe Tonkin Cast As Hayley

Phoebe Tonkin has been cast in TVD. The Australian actress will play Hayley, a wild, sexy and very free-spirited friend with whom Tyler (Michael Trevino) shares a past.  She'll first appear in Episode 3.

Vampire Diaries Scoop From Zap2It - 6th August 2012

Episode 4 will flash back to the 1100s, where we'll meet Alexander - a vampire hunter with a very, very mean streak. Unfortunately, when he meets Rebekah, he's unaware that she is one of the very creatures he's hunting... and, naturally, he's quite taken with her. 

Julie Plec Teases Season 4 Love Triangles

There’ll be a lot of change ahead as Elena starts her bloodsucking journey in The Vampire Diaries‘ upcoming Season 4. But if there’s one thing you can rely on to stay the same, it’s that matters of the heart are always complicated in Mystic Falls.

Below, executive producer Julie Plec gives TVLine a status report on two of the show’s biggest love triangles — Stefan/Elena/Damon and Tyler/Caroline/Klaus — and a possible new one involving Jeremy.

THE STEFAN/ELENA/DAMON OF IT ALL

Elena’s transition into a vampire – and the remembrance of all the memories Damon erased – will have big consequences for her relationships with both Salvatores. “All these things that she’s experienced with Damon and with Stefan will have different context for her as she’s becoming this new person,” previews Plec. “This circumstance, which is pretty horrific, is going to make them all care about each other even more deeply and argue even more intensely and fracture even more greatly and love as deeply as possible.”

Although Damon is back to his Season 1 ways, “it’s certainly not the end of Delena, as anyone might be afraid,” insists Plec. “In fact, in a way, it’s the beginning of the beginning.” But just because Elena now remembers Damon’s confession of love and that she met him first doesn’t mean she’ll be regretting her decision to stick with Stefan. “I wouldn’t want her to be so fickle,” says the EP.  However, the regained knowledge will “embed itself in her brain a little bit. As she continues to look at herself and her relationship and friendship with Damon, it’s all those new pieces of information that will be important along the way.”

TWO HYBRIDS AND A VAMPIRE

You may have heard that clothes will fly when Tyler and Caroline reunite. But will the hybrid actually be himself during the happy embrace, or will Klaus still be in possession of him? “You’ll just have to wait and see,” Plec replies coyly. “I definitely think that Klaus is going to unwittingly provide a little bit of mistaken identity hijinks in the first episode back.” Meanwhile, a fresh face who has “a history” with Tyler will arrive. “We’ll start to understand that this is a friend of his, who’s been very important to him in the past,” teases Plec. So should Caroline and Tyler fans be worried? “Any time a hot, new girl comes to town, somebody’s got to be worried about something. But Tyler and Caroline have a really solid bond, a really solid relationship. So it takes somebody really special to get in the way of that.”

JEREMY, BONNIE…AND APRIL?

Could Grace Phipps’ Mystic Falls returnee, April, who shares a history with Jeremy and Elena, provide something more than friendship for the younger Gilbert? “We didn’t bring her in to be a love interest for anybody,” says Plec. “But we’re certainly open to seeing where the chemistry flies.” Meanwhile, Jer and his ex Bonnie “are very bonded to each other. In spite of having found a piece of closure in their relationship, they will continue to be drawn to each other emotionally. Whether it’s romantically or not, I can’t really say.”

Spoiler From TV Guide

During the day, the answer to this question has changed... I will show BOTH answers.


Now that Elena is going to be a vampire on The Vampire Diaries, who (or what) will she feed on first?


Altered answer... (as the article now shows)

Elena will of course struggle with this decision. "How she gets blood is going to be one of the big problems," showrunner Julie Plec tells us.

The original answer... 

Elena will of course struggle with this decision. “How she gets blood is going to be one of the big problems,” showrunner Julie Plec tells us. But once she does, in the umpteenth Damon-vs.-Stefan choice that Elena has had to make, she will then choose the perfectly formed wrists of Ian Somerhalder to make her meal. Suffice it to say, Stefan will be mighty pissed by that turn of events.

How Dark Will Bonnie Go?

On "The Vampire Diaries," Bonnie (Kat Graham) has always been a woman of principle -- she's not as easily charmed by the vampires as her friends are, but she's fiercely loyal to her friends and determined to protect the people she loves.

In Season 3, her dedication forced her to tap into dark magic -- first to help stop Klaus's heart, and then, in a shocking finale twist, to save Klaus's life by putting his soul into Tyler's body.

Over the course of the series, dark magic has had serious consequences. Her mother lost her powers entirely for 15 years after she completed the same spell Bonnie did, and there's the constant threat of the "sisters," or the dead witches, who have surprising influence from beyond the grave.

We can't reveal much about Bonnie's storyline for Season 4, because her actions in the Oct. 11 season premiere will set in motion a new direction for the character. "What I can say is that the first episode really tees up Bonnie's trajectory for the season; what happens in the first episode will tell us where she's going to go," executive producer Julie Plec tells us.

Bonnie has never been a big fan of vampires, even though they make up a majority of her social circle. She had trouble adjusting when Caroline turned, and was devastated when her mother became a vampire. When she finds out that Elena is in transition, Bonnie -- who has a renewed sense of confidence and independence after the Season 3 finale -- will fight as hard as she can to keep it from happening.

"As we know, she tapped into some really dark stuff at the end of last season to do that dessication spell, and to do the last few spells that she did," Plec says. "And she taps even deeper into it in the first episode. As it always does, it's going to have consequences."

"The Vampire Diaries" writers are looking to give Bonnie a fresh, original take on the dark magic concept, which we've seen in a lot of witch-centric television storylines, from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to "The Secret Circle." 


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Spoilers From TVLine - 31st July 2012

What’s this I’m hearing about a big Vampire Diaries death? Any hints about the victim?

Stop asking yourself who dies and start asking yourself who does the killing. That’s what people will be talking about the following morning 
at the watercooler
 on line at Starbucks.

I’ll take any Vampire Diaries spoiler you’ve got. I’m not picky.

A flashback in this season’s fourth episode unearths a “big secret that will change the course of the season for everybody,” teases EP Julie Plec.

How Far Will Klaus Go In Tyler's Body?

"The Vampire Diaries" fans tend to be very opinionated, particularly when it comes to the love triangles on the show. Over this summer hiatus, though, there has been a quiet controversy buzzing throughout the fandom about Caroline's current dilemma -- specifically, that the villain Klaus has taken control of her boyfriend Tyler's body.

We joked with Candice Accola about the whole Klaus-is-inside-of-Tyler thing, but if you really think about it, it's a very creepy concept. When Caroline kissed Tyler goodbye at the end of the Season 3 finale, she was unknowingly kissing Klaus, whose feelings for her she'd rebuffed repeatedly. With Klaus making himself comfortable in Tyler's body, there's been some concern among fans that things with Caroline might become even more physical, bringing up some troubling consent questions. 

Fans also took issue in Season 1 when Damon compelled Caroline to do his bidding on a regular basis while they were in a sexual relationship. Of course, both these situations are purely supernatural and would never apply to real-life relationships, but it's still a valid concern for fans who care about Caroline.

There's no doubt that if Klaus and Caroline slept together while she believed he was Tyler, it would be an unforgivable offense that would be disturbing on several levels. Luckily, we can confirm that it won't get that far before Tyler gets his body back.

"No, it's not going to go that far," executive producer Julie Plec assures us, promising that what Klaus does with Tyler's body is more comedic than predatory. "Yes, it's a little bit naughty, it's a little bit twisted, it's kind of fun -- depending on your perspective and how you define twisted and fun. It's over before it begins, so you can all get a good chuckle out of it." 

It won't traumatize or hurt Caroline, but because she's no wilting flower, she won't take Klaus's games lightly. "Caroline will get very rightfully, appropriately indignant about it," Plec says, "but she won't be needing any therapy or support groups."

This should come as good news to the Klaus/Caroline fans, who will be relieved to know that he doesn't overstep that particular boundary. (He may be into committing murder on a regular basis, but he's not getting intimate with a lady without her consent.) Perhaps there's hope for them yet?


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Spoiler From Eonline - 30 July 2012

"There is always new cast members and those who are dead can always come back to life!" Pedowitz teases of the new season. "As you know, the season ended with Elena becoming a vampire and the goal is how she adjusts to being a vampire and does she follow Stefan's path or does she follow Damon's path? Does the vampire blood lust get her or not?" When asked who will serve as Elena's sire, Pedowitz proved he does actually watch the show, explaining: "It's Damon's blood, which helped, but they never discovered who their sire was in any of the things. They think it's Klaus, but they're not sure." Color us impressed by Pedowitz's TVD knowledge!

TVDS4 gets an extra episode, and some more scoop!

First of all, "Vampire Diaries" fans, allow us to give you some great news: Zap2it has learned that an extra episode has been added to the show's Season 4 order, bringing it to a total of 23 episodes this year, as compared to last year's 22. The first episode will premiere Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. EST. (For the record, "Supernatural" also has a 23-episode order; all other returning CW series are producing 22 episodes.)

When the season begins, all of our Mystic Falls monsters and friends are in precarious situations, but none more so than Elena (Nina Dobrev), who will begin her transition into a vampire in the first episode. She and Stefan are, for all intents and purposes, back together, but this time, their reunion is even more complicated. 

It's safe to say that vampire Elena won't be on the Stefan Salvatore bunny diet right away -- and given Stefan's ripper history, her consumption of human blood definitely troubles him. "He's not going to have an easy time with it," executive producer Julie Plec confirms. "This is a guy who can't really get too close to human blood for too long without losing his mind, so it's like he's a guy who just got sober, and his girlfriend just turned 21 and wants to party. There are going to be some complications in their relationship as far as that."

Paul Wesley has never been shy about the fact that he loves playing Stefan as a dynamic, dark character, as opposed to a martyr who cries on a regular basis. "I feel like Stefan had a Season 3 ride of darkness, and I think Season 4 is going to be a little more of a gray zone, which is nice, too," he told us at Comic-Con. He speculates that Elena's transformation will create some distance between them. "Maybe he won't be attracted to her as much, because it'll remind him of himself... Men like the opposites. He hates himself because he's a vampire, right? So, I don't know; maybe he's going to project." 

The way it plays out could bring about some of Stefan's darker side. "I can't say we'll ever be back to 'good' Stefan for good," Plec says. "I don't think 'good' Stefan is 'real' Stefan. I think Stefan is very damaged, and he's got some deep darkness and, within that, a beautiful soul with what humanity he can muster. I think until the end of the series, the darker Stefan will always be the truthful Stefan."
We're all very much looking forward to Elena remembering the two moments that Damon (Ian Somerhalder) compelled her to forget -- both of which were actually very sweet, positive scenes between the two characters. 

The memories will come back to her in the first episode in a very interesting way; in a sense, she'll experience them as if they're happening anew. She'll have a conversation with Damon about that right away. Don't expect those things to have an immediate, drastic impact on her feelings for him, though. When we asked Plec whether the moments would have a profound impact on Elena's view of Damon, she said it would be more subtle.

"It's more just a bonus of being a vampire. For Elena to turn around and be like, 'Oh, I changed my mind now that I have all the information!' would be insane. She's not that literal, and that would be really sad for Stefan," Plec says.

What it does is help Elena to have a more complete, more accurate view of her friend. Fans who want Damon and Elena to get together have been frustrated by her continued underestimation of his character throughout the season, and the new memories of his sweet moments may lead to a positive turn in that department.

"If you look at the marathon of the Damon/Elena friendship and relationship, so much of their conflict is predicated on the fact that she still believes that he's more selfish than he actually is, and more hateful than he actually is, and more self-destructive than he actually is," Plec agrees. "These memories get added to her lexicon of Damon knowledge, and given how close they are, at this point it's important that she knows everything about him."

As always, Damon and Elena's relationship will evolve this season -- that slow burn is, of course, what makes it so interesting to watch. In the meantime, Damon will need a new friend to share his bourbon with at the Mystic Grill -- and, despite the rumors, it definitely won't be Tyler. 

Plec confirms that Meredith (Torrey DeVitto) will be a significant part of the fourth season. Though not a love interest, Meredith might be a stabilizing force for Damon. "Damon is minus a drinking buddy and minus a friend," Plec says. "We've already established Meredith as a day-drinker, so if I was going to pick somebody out of a hat, to be Damon's new drinking buddy, it would be Meredith. The question is whether she's down with that. Is she okay with being his vampire-human partner in crime? I don't think she's going to be as easy to sway as Alaric was, but there's going to be a buddy bond that forms between them, which will be fun."

Though there's no word on how many episodes DeVitto will appear in this season, she's long been a part of "The Vampire Diaries" family and that's not changing any time soon. "We always say we didn't cast her in this role because she's married to Paul, and that is a thousand percent true, but because she is married to Paul at least we know that she's not going to turn around and say 'I hate this show; I never want to come back,'" Plec jokes. "We have the best of both worlds in that she's very willing to come play with us, and she's able to still do her great work on 'Pretty Little Liars,' too. Until some new show comes and snatches her up, we'll continue to play with her, without having to make any painful decisions."



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