Posted by Vee | August 5, 2009, 22:40 (EST) | 15 Comments
Category: Fandom, TV Series
First up: the official CW press release for The Vampire Diaries has revealed a few more character name changes – one of which book fans will be more than familiar with. Jenna, formerly Moyer and played by Sara Canning, is now Jenna Somers (we’re not a hundred percent on that spelling as Elena’s mother’s maiden name is clearly Sommers on the gravestone in the pilot and the press release also lists Tyler as “Taylor” Lockwood). And Caroline, formerly Truitt and played by Candice Accola, is now…Caroline Forbes! Yes, our favorite runner-up will be retaining her original surname from the books. We’re also loving the write-up in the release: “…the manipulative Caroline Forbes, the nemesis of former friend Elena Gilbert.”
Noticeably absent from the cast list on the press release? Chris William Martin, who played Zach in the pilot. Seems a rather significant role to be bumped to a recurring guest spot, and he’s been listed on official promotional items up ’til now. (We’ve actually been wondering about this since Marcos Siega posted this photo to Twitter back in July.) Is the Salvatore Boarding House getting a new landlord…or lady? It’s okay – he’s still around!
Thanks to A.M. “Feather Duster” Hartnett for pointing out that Paul Wesley was featured on the front page of IMDb today as part of their TCA coverage. Here’s a screencap in case it goes away soon.
New promo picture of Ian, Nina, and Paul, plus write-up, in the August 10th issue of TV Guide, courtesy of SpoilerTV (click to enlarge):
We only have one word: WAISTCOATS. ETA: Actually, we have more than that – Ian confirms that the Salvatores were amongst the original settlers of Mystic Falls.
And finally, Blast Magazine has a follow-up article to their Comic Con Vampire Diaries pilot review, and it’s full of quote-y goodness: Nina ponders whether she’ll get to do action scenes, Paul reveals his favorite scene (and it hasn’t even happened yet), and Ian teases that “evil” is about perspective. Oh, and Julie Plec dropped this:
“There was this ongoing joke about Damon and oranges on (a fansite) and I thought I had missed something in the books. So, I went back and tried to re-read everything because I didn’t want [fans] to think I hadn’t gone through it,” Plec added “So, that site posted it up, and I thought, ‘Perfect! Now at some point we can have Damon with an orange in a scene!’ So it’s just a little nod towards fans.”
If the Vampire-Diaries.net legacy is nothing else, folks, there will be an orange. And we’re pretty blown away by the fandom service of that. (However, we want to point out that if Damon happens to be shirtless in that scene, that’s all Julie.)
Read the entire article over at Blast.
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