Posted by Red | December 9, 2009, 19:00 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series
A few weeks ago the CW asked for questions from fans to ask the cast. We’ve been asked a lot about what happened to those interviews, and we’re pleased to say that they’re now online for everyone to watch. Though we’ve noticed that there’s a distinct lack of a CW Connect interview with Michael Trevino. We think that should be remedied. ASAP. ;)
You can watch the interviews with Katerina Graham, Zach Roerig, Steven R. McQueen and Sara Canning here, and we’ll be posting the interviews with Nina, Paul, Ian and Candice in another article.
FOLLOW THE LINK TO WATCH THE INTERVIEWS WITH ZACH, STEVEN AND SARA
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Posted by Vee | November 19, 2009, 12:21 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series
Sara Canning talks with CW Source about age differences, parenting skills, “The Thesis,” ex-boyfriends, being a teenager at heart, and how Jenna is always wondering, “Am I doing the right thing?”
Thanks to everyone who let us know the video was up!
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Posted by Red | November 17, 2009, 17:12 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: TV Series
Candice Accola recently guested on KTLA news to chat about the Vampire Diaries and be quizzed on vampire trivia.
The CW Connect interviews with Steven R. McQueen and Sara Canning have finally been uploaded to YouTube. Given it’s been so long, we’ll post them here rather than just updating the old post. Steven talks about Jeremy, Vicki, and that he’s sorry he’s not Margaret (though we don’t think he really needs to worry, a lot of fans are really liking Jeremy); Sara talks about Jenna as a person, the challenges she faces, and shooting in Atlanta.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE CW CONNECT INTERVIEWS WITH STEVEN R. MCQUEEN AND SARA CANNING
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Posted by Red | November 12, 2009, 14:45 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series
Damon Salvatore has made Entertainment Weekly’s Best Bitches list, which will be featured in the magazine’s latest issue (available from tomorrow). There’s an amusing article on the subject up on their PopWatch blog in which we learn all about Ian Somerhalder’s reaction to fans asking him to bite them, and why he has to politely turn them down.
“One of them is legality. Another may be the fact that they’re extremely young and their 6’4″ father’s standing there with a baseball bat. Or that they’re married. Or that my lovely and wonderful girlfriend is standing next to me going ‘Uh-uh, it ain’t gonna happen.’”
Executive producer Kevin Williamson was recently interviewed by Jim Halterman. The interview covers what attracted Kevin to the Vampire Diaries project, the books, the story, flashbacks, gay characters (there’s apparently a storyline with Caroline’s dad coming up), and, of course, that really ugly cast they have working for them. ;)
JH: The back-story element with Damon, Stefan and Katherine is so rich. Is that something we’re going to see more of this season?
KW: I think we’ll see more of that periodically. We’re doing another flashback episode right now – episode 12 – and we’re actually going to go back in and show a little bit more and open it up a little bit. I think it’s important to do it if it’s going to propel our story forward.
Finally, there are CW Connect interviews with Sara Canning and Steven R. McQueen up on the CW website. Steven talks about Jeremy, Vicki, and that he’s sorry he’s not Margaret (though we don’t think he really needs to worry, a lot of fans are really liking Jeremy); Sara talks about Jenna as a person, the challenges she faces, and shooting in Atlanta. We’ll embed the videos for everyone to see when they’re uploaded to YouTube.
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Posted by Red | November 2, 2009, 21:21 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: Books, TV Series
The CW has released official synopsis for “The Turning Point”. As usual, you can find it on the Episode Index, so head on over there for the juicy details. Lots of stuff happening in this episode, though when isn’t there when it comes to the Vampire Diaries?
Several cast members were out and about in costume for Halloween this year. Nina Dobrev (as Willy Wonka), Katerina Graham (a vampire), Sara Canning (Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Kayla Ewell (a pirate) all attended Heidi Klum’s party, and you can find pictures of them over in the Vampire Diaries Show image gallery. Candice Accola was at photographer Tyler Shields’ Halloween party (as a Christmas present), and you can check out the photos over on Tyler Shields’ website. Thanks to Brigitte and @ag808 for the links.
Finally, a reminder to Bulgarian fans that book two of the Vampire Diaries, The Struggle, was released today. You can head over to the IBIS website for more information.
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Posted by Vee | October 29, 2009, 17:00 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series
Thanks to Ian Somerhalder for the heads up that those iTunes playlists Nina Dobrev hinted at so long ago are now live on iTunes. We know a lot of you don’t use iTunes, so you can see screencaps of the songlists (and the cast’s reasons for choosing each song) below, but those of you down with iTunes can click the link to purchase those suckers.
Click on the cast member’s image to see their playlist in the Media Gallery.
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Posted by Red | October 18, 2009, 19:46 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series
By way of MediaBlvd, we have a video of Nina and Paul behind the scenes at the NYLON photoshoot, featured back in the September issue of the magazine. Prepare yourselves for discussion of childhood TV shows and shoes. Piles of shoes.
An interview with Sara Canning can be found over at The Province, where she talks about her career so far, including a snippet about her role as Aunt Jenna.
While filming Black Field, Canning found out that the CW network had agreed to film 13 episodes of Vampire Diaries, which stars Toronto’s Nina Dobrev as an orphaned teen romantically torn between two vampire brothers.
“Then it was anxiously waiting to make sure they were going to keep my character,” says Canning, who plays the teen’s young aunt, “which is totally weird because Nina’s only a year younger than me.”
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Posted by Vee | September 17, 2009, 10:37 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: TV Series
Ian Somerhalder answers reader questions about Damon’s motivations, what attracted him to the role, how he gets into character, and books vs. TV over at Entertainment Weekly:
Some people would say the show’s success depends on the chemistry between Elena and Stefan. I think a show like this is only as good as its villain. How do you see it?
I just see it as another component in the story. Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort. Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone. But there’s always a catalyst. Something happens. And Damon, I think, is just that catalyst.
The L.A. Times also caught up with Ian:
It’s important that you and Paul Wesley, who plays Stefan, have chemistry. Did you do anything to bond before production?
We just have it, which is great. I remember after a whole day of shooting publicity, I still hadn’t seen the pilot and Paul had it at his place and he said, “Listen, we’re going to grab dinner and we’re going to go and we’re going to sit and we’re going to watch it.” I was sitting there with him and I thought, “There are so many other people I could be stuck doing this together with and, fortunately, we got stuck with each other because it just works.”
NEW Ian in the New York Post:
PW: How soon will we start learning about Damon and Stefan’s history?
Ian: Very, very quickly. They’re not going to make the audience slowly get to know these people, which I think is smart. I’m one of the worst, but we’re all ADD. I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain. We want to get to the meat of the story, so Damon starts doing something things right off the bat that are so wrong … but so much fun. And that’s the key, man.
NEW More chat with Korbi at Zap2It (spoilers!):
Will Elena be the character to bring (the humanity) out of him?
IS: You know, when Damon’s in the presence of Elena, that is when you definitely see a change in him. There is something so profoundly attractive to Damon about this girl, not only just because Nina Dobrev is strikingly beautiful and extraordinarily talented, but because there’s a lot of Nina in Elena and Elena is very sweet and beautiful and [she's] going to be a complex character. Something about her reminds Damon of something that was very, very important in his life, and that’s why you see a bit of difference with him when he’s around her.
NEW Ian (boy, has he been busy!) interview with E!Online:
Are Damon and Stefan close at all, or is it strictly sibling rivalry with those two?
Stefan is not a fan of Damon, and for good reason. Whatever happened in the past, something happened between these two to yield an enormous amount of animosity, equally shared. Damon harbors a lot of anger toward Stefan for something he did in the past. So at any given moment, Stefan finds himself in a place where he’s happy, Damon will show up to ruin it. And that’s intense. Make no mistake about it, Damon loves his brother. He would never let anything happen to his brother. He’s the only one he has. And to be honest with you, Stefan is the only person who truly understands Damon, who understands what he’s been through, understands what he’s coming from.
NEW There’s a video clip available of Ian’s appearance on the Tyra Banks show, which airs tomorrow night on the CW. Check your local listings for times.
NEW CWSource has posted an interview with Ian from Comic Con.
Maxim.com has a very brief Q&A with Kayla and an accompanying photo shoot:
Honestly, on set when they put the bite marks on my neck, I looked in the mirror and freaked out. It made me squeamish. I’m OK with blood, but walking around and talking on your cell phone with a giant gash in your neck—I’m going to have to get used to that.
NEW Radar-online talks to the head make-up artist on the Vampire Diaries:
To get into “Vamp Mode”, as Pryor calls it, Somerhalder and Wesley must endure a painstaking makeup process including prosthetics, contact lenses and specially fitted fangs, which are created from a mold taken of the individual actors teeth. Then there’s airbrushing and a special effects team, which put the finishing touches on their scary transformation using visual effects.
EW.com has a fun photo gallery up: ‘Vampire Diaries’: Where You’ve Seen 10 Stars Before, featuring Paul, Ian, Nina, Zach, Kayla, Sara, Katerina, Michael, Candice, and Steven. And Nina is featured in their Fall TV Preview: 14 Exclusive Shots gallery.
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Posted by Red | September 10, 2009, 16:25 (EST) | 11 Comments
Category: TV Series
Tyler Shields has posted a couple of his pictures of most of the lovely ladies from the cast of the Vampire Diaries. Head on over to the post on Tyler’s website to see the full-size images.
 (l-r) Sara Canning, Nina Dobrev, Candice Accola, Kayla Ewell |
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There are so many articles, reviews and interviews flying around that we’re just going to give you a list of links to them. Trying to summarise them would be a danger to our sanity. ;) We’ll be editing this post to add new articles as we find them – we’ll make sure to tag them as new.
Interviews
- New York Post: Paul Wesley, “I’d Never Heard of Edward Cullen”
- BuzzSugar: Kevin Williamson on Bringing Vampires to The CW
- The Hollywood Reporter: Video interview with Kevin Williamson
- MTV interview with Ian Somerhalder
- Nina Dobrev of “Vampire Diaries” on getting advice from the “True Blood” cast (new)
- Latina.com: Q&A: Michael Trevino dishes on his “Vampire Diaries” character (new – MAJOR SPOILERS)
- TV Guide: Ian Somerhalder on the The Vampire Diaries: Why it’s not Twilight on TV (new)
Reviews
- TheTorchOnline: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is GOSSIP GIRL With Vampires
- HitFix review
- New York Post: Love at First Bite
- FearNet: We Sink Our Fangs into ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Pilot
- The Stranger: The Boner Diaries (Warning: Totally WTF and possibly NSFW)
- SciFi Wire: Vampire Diaries is worth watching. Really. Here’s why.
- BuddyTV: The Vampire Diaries: Season Premiere Preview
- NY Daily News: CW’s ‘Vampire Diaries’ lands in space between ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’
- Clique Clack: Is The Vampire Diaries the next Buffy?
- USA Today: ‘Vampire Diaries’ stakes its claim in a populated genre
- TV Guide Magazine: The New Season: The Vampire Diaries
- Ducky Does TV: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Premieres Tonight!
- AV Club review
- Zap2it: Meet the vamps! (new)
- Nice Girls TV: Thoughts on “The Vampire Diaries” (new)
Other Bits & Pieces
- Television Without Pity: The Diaries of other vampires revealed.
- CTV’s sneak peak video (Canada only)
- Los Angeles Times: Video feature with a few new clips
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Posted by Vee | July 31, 2009, 13:18 (EST) | No Comments
Category: TV Series
The Vancouver Film School blog interviews graduate Sara Canning, who is playing Jenna in The Vampire Diaries television series. She talks about how she landed the role in the TVD pilot and gives some insight into what we can expect from her character:
I play Jenna in the show, the young aunt of the lead character, Elena, and her brother Jeremy. I already love her. She is essentially learning to be responsible for the first time in her life. She’s cool, she’s smart, she’s balancing a lot in the series, and dealing with a struggle beyond her years. I remember being a kid and really looking up to my older cousins, my mother’s youngest sister, and young aunts of my friends. I’m pulling bits of those rad women into Jenna’s character.
Read the entire interview at the VFS blog.
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