Posted by Abby | February 16, 2012, 9:05 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series

It’s no secret in Mystic Falls that Matt Donovan has it rough, and it’s not so easy for Zach Roerig, either. Playing the last holdout for humanity with no supernatural aids to survival is a daunting task on The Vampire Diaries, but the actor is enjoying the challenge. He spoke with TV.com’s Price Peterson about his work this season, answering questions about Matt’s mortality, worldview, and living situation. Zach also shared some insight into playing highly emotional scenes, something he’s been called upon to do a lot of lately.

He hasn’t typically had the same amount of screen time as some of the other characters, but a lot of his scenes this season have been really emotional. Is that something that kind of comes easy for you? Can you just turn it on?

I’ve worked with girls who can literally just look away from you and then turn back around crying, and I was like, “Holy…” How do they do it? I mean it’s not like that for me, but you know, working on a television show in its third season, whether I’m working all the time on screen with these actors or not, we’ve all become very rooted here in Atlanta together and we’re all pretty close at the end of the day. So when you’re that connected with a person in a scene and staying in the moment, I think it just makes it much easier to get to those emotional levels.

For more from Zach Roerig (including an answer to the long-standing question of whether or not Matt Donovan sleeps at the Grill!), READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT TV.COM.

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