Posted by Red | February 25, 2010, 17:49 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

There’s a nice little Q&A with Zach Roerig on the Teen Vogue website talking about life on set, and going into detail about his career before the Vampire Diaries.

It seems like the whole Vampire Diaries cast is having a great time filming down in Atlanta.
Definitely. It’s funny: Everyone’s constantly trying to get some kind of dirt on the cast but we’ve known each other for about a year now. If one of us is slipping up a bit or doing something that someone doesn’t like, we’ll call each other out. It’s not that entertaining as far as the juicy gossip goes, but I’m having the best time of my life.

 
Thanks to Ella for giving us the heads up. Because a lot of Vampire Diaries fans ask about this, we’re pleased to be able to let you know that Fallen, starring Paul Wesley, is finally going to be released on DVD on May 4th and is available for pre-order from Amazon. Can’t wait until May? You can always download the episodes now from iTunes.

Posted by Vee | February 23, 2010, 20:29 (EST) | 14 Comments
Category: TV Series

CW Star Annie is back with more video from her Vampire Diaries set visit. This time it’s an either/or game with Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Zach Roerig, and Candice Accola. (Not a single person for vanilla? Really?)

Posted by Vee | February 22, 2010, 18:58 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

If you remember the CW’s T-Mobile video interviews with Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder, you’ll be happy to know they’ve added Steven R. McQueen, Sara Canning, Zach Roerig, Candice Accola, Katerina Graham, Matt Davis, and Michael Trevino. That’s a bunch of interviews to work through – so have at it!

Hot Topic has also posted their own video of the Los Angeles Hot Topic Cast Tour stop. Thanks to @jayyu_jp for the heads up!

And if you follow us on Twitter (@tvdnews), don’t forget you have 24 hours to enter our Twitter contest! (And the contest is open internationally!)

Posted by Vee | February 10, 2010, 12:39 (EST) | 10 Comments
Category: TV Series

CTV’s eTalk has a segment featuring sitdowns with Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Zach Roerig, and Sara Canning about the recent Hot Topic cast tour stop in Atlanta. The cast discusses how the event was their first real taste of the Vampire Diaries’ success, and Nina and Sara wave their “team” flags when it comes to Stefan and Damon. (There’s also a brief segment with Nina near the end of the video about health and yoga.) Watch the interviews over at CTV.

You know, speaking of Canada… Why is it that this fine country has loaned us Nina and Sara, yet no cast appearances yet? Who do Canadian fans have to talk to?

Speaking of Ms. Canning, she will be following in the footsteps of Michael Trevino and Zach Roerig with a guest stint on The VRO. No set date yet, but you can post questions on The VRO’s board, @ them to @TheVRO on Twitter, or email them to Amy at amymccracken [at] thevro [dot] com.

And finally, Inside Halton has an interview with recent guest star Dillon Casey (Noah) in which he discusses his stint on The Vampire Diaries.

“Vampire Diaries is a very successful show so the whole cast and crew are very confident and know what they want. It’s never easy coming on to a show halfway in as a guest star because you feel like everybody’s waiting for you to do something incredible to show why you got cast — but they were all nice people and made me feel very comfortable, so that feeling didn’t last long.”

Read the entire interview at Inside Halton.

Posted by Vee | February 10, 2010, 11:28 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: TV Series

Annie’s back with another Vampire Diaries on-set interview, this time with Zach Roerig. (See her interviews with Sara Canning and Nina, Ian, and Paul.)

Posted by Vee | January 28, 2010, 13:23 (EST) | 9 Comments
Category: TV Series

Thanks to JSYK.com for letting us know about even more footage from their Vampire Diaries set visit, this time focusing on the developing relationship between Caroline and Matt. They sit down with both Zach Roerig and Candice Accola to discuss this surprise connection, how this flirtation might affect other relationships on the show, and how the chmistry amps up in tonight’s episode, Unpleasantville. (And Zach reveals something about tonight’s episode sure to mildly devastate the Matt fans in the house.)

Candice: I think originally there had been talks of Caroline and Tyler, so… Yeah! It was definitely a surprise.

Zach: I think Matt’s still kinda unsure if Caroline’s for real. She’s easily got five or six different guys probably that she’s with and I’m a one-woman kinda guy.

Visit JSYK.com to watch the video.

Posted by Vee | January 27, 2010, 15:46 (EST) | 4 Comments
Category: TV Series

Just So You Know visited the set of The Vampire Diaries back in November and has posted a brief behind the scenes video of their experience. See Michael Trevino’s bizarre effect on lights, Zach Roerig’s amusement at loud noises, Nina Dobrev’s dedication to the cause of chocolate, and other peeks at on-set goings-on and promotional photo shoots. You can also check out photos during the filming of tomorrow night’s episode Unpleasantville, featuring Nina and Candice Accola.

Lots of new interviews to share today (thanks to everyone who bombarded us with links!)…

SciFind talks to Nina Dobrev about Elena, the vibe on the set, her own (recent!) paranormal experience, and the choice between Stefan or Damon:

I don’t know because if I were in [Elena's] position I would be torn too. I think separately they are very different; Stefan is the romantic, determined, very committed man who is so deeply in love with her and would do anything to protect her. Damon is very playful and fun and open and that’s what Stefan lacks, he doesn’t have this openness, he keeps secrets and doesn’t tell her everything so basically together, they make the perfect man. At the beginning of the series, it’s just Stefan all the time, but it might not always be that way.

The gossip blogs’ tongues are wagging over the prospect of Nina Dobrev and Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl guest starring on each other’s shows. Considering Bob Levy is executive producer on both shows, it’s not entirely out of the question, but we find it funny that the articles mention that Leighton and Nina met on the set of The Roommate when it’s Katerina Graham who co-stars with Ms. Meester in the film? And speaking of Nina, thanks to Nina Dobrev Fan for this peek at Nina’s recent shoot in ZINK! magazine (via I Heart Vampire Diaries). And check out this behind the scenes video of her SELF magazine photo shoot.

Paul Wesley reveals details of his first kiss over at Seventeen (via JSYK) and his worst audition experience in the new issue of VMan (courtesy of JustJared).

“Once I finished a read, looked at the director, and said, ‘That didn’t go very well, did it?’ He gave me a stern look, crossed his arms, and said, “No, it didn’t.’ I was devastated.”

PopStar talks with Ian Somerhalder about Damon, Katherine, and the popularity of vampires. Here’s what he had to say about the show’s success:

You always hope that what you do will do well. That’s why you do something, in the hope that it’ll take off, that you’ll enjoy yourself and that people will enjoy it with you. We never really had many expectations, which I think is the best way to protect yourself. I remember that (producer) Julie Plec made a joke one time. It was after we’d premiered and we were doing quite well. She said that we didn’t really have any expectations, but secretly, we wanted to take over the world. That was pretty funny because you want your show to succeed, you want it to be good, and luckily we have writing that is superb and everything — the acting, the way it’s shot, the way it’s directed — works. As long as we can keep making it work, I don’t think anybody can snicker anymore.

And he talks Stefan and Damon’s relationship, fan letters (some from prison), and shooting in haunted locations over at TV Choice Magazine:

We shot in a plantation in Georgia where 150 slaves were mass murdered after the Emancipation Proclamation. The slaves were supposed to be freed and this one plantation owner said no. It was haunted. I am the most cynical person, I don’t believe in anything supernatural, but that place had some energy. It’s in the top 10 most haunted places in the United States. It’s written up all over the place.

And he has this to say over at SciFind:

What has been your highlight of the series so far?
“There are so many of them. There’s a highlight around every corner, there’s something new and interesting and fun and amazing. Just being on the show in general is a highlight.”

And thanks to VDO for the heads up on this amusing video interview with Ian over at People.com. Who do you think would win a fight between Damon and Edward Cullen? (The answer seems pretty obvious to us.)

We have some hi-res versions of Ian’s recent Vampire Diaries promo pics (as always, click to see bigger versions in the Gallery):

And, last, but certainly not least, Zach Roerig has a feature in the new issue of Savvy Magazine. Have some scans? Please get in touch!