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« Reply #15 on Sept 8, 2011, 9:05pm » | |
Kevin Williamson talks Season 3 of Vampire Diaries
The CW supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries is one of those rare shows that just keeps getting stronger in its storytelling, making its Season 3 return on September 15th highly anticipated for its devoted fan base.
Question: What will be going on with the supernatural mythology of The Vampire Diaries in Season 3?
KEVIN WILLIAMSON: In the first half of the season, I think we’re going to really enjoy Klaus (Joseph Morgan), and him being not only an Original, but the bastard child of the Original Family. Now, he’s a hybrid and he’s lifted the curse. It will be watching what he does. He has a whole plan behind it all, and Stefan (Paul Wesley) is part of that plan. He sets his plan in motion in the very first episode, and we play that out for a while.
Will viewers get to see much of Klaus’ life and family?
WILLIAMSON: That’s the idea. We have so much story to tell, with regard to what’s happening in Mystic Falls and the little road journey that Klaus and Stefan are on, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena’s (Nina Dobrev) attempt to save him, and what Klaus is actually up to, that I’m not exactly sure how much of the original family we’ll get to, but you are going to meet a few of the original families. Hopefully, Elijah (Daniel Gillies) will return, at some point. We have no set plans yet, but we love him so much that we definitely want him back. There are so many characters and storylines that are rich, but we’re hoping that, as the season progresses, by the end of the season, it will all come together. We have a bunch of loose threads right now. Julie [Plec] and I worked out this master plan that ties it all together, but it’s a mythology, so it’s chapter by chapter by chapter. By the end of the season, it will all make sense.
You have so many twists and turns and big reveals, in almost every episode. As the seasons progress, does that get more and more difficult to do?
WILLIAMSON: It does, if you sit around and try to think of twists and turns. I won’t let the writers do that. What we really need to do is focus on the character, the character’s behavior, the choices they make, their desire, their want and what they’re after, and tell a compelling emotional story. If you tell an emotional story, then the twists and turns just reveal themselves. They really do. Once you have the emotional journey, you can go back and re-engineer how you tell it to create the twists. I know where I’m going to end up, so I’ll just throw in the other element that makes it all amiss. It’s the fun of the show. It’s fun for me because I feel like reading all those paperback mystery novels when I was a kid has finally paid off.
Are there any additional aspects of the novel that you’re going to introduce, or are you not even looking to the original source material anymore?
WILLIAMSON: It’s hard now because we’ve departed so much, but whenever we have the opportunity, we try to circle back or bring it in.
With Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) seeing the ghosts of his dead girlfriends, will that affect his mental state?
WILLIAMSON: The thing with Jeremy is that, when we started the show, he was dealing with the death of his parents and he was on the wrong track. It will be interesting to see how he responds to seeing dead people and what that means. The first six episodes really do dive into trying to understand what’s going on with him. He died for an hour, and something happened in that hour that has allowed him to see these dead people. And, what are they, actually? Are they ghosts? Ghosts haunt you either for revenge, or because they love you or are trying to come to peace with you, or they’re trying to warn you or tell you something. He’s got to figure out exactly what is going on and what they’re going to try to tell him.
With these ghosts, will you deal with whether vampires have a soul?
WILLIAMSON: Yeah, we do touch on that, actually. Within our mythology, what else is out there? In a regular human life, we all have some sort of faith, where we believe in some other world and a heaven, but where do vampires go? We don’t know. It’s that question. We’re going to touch on that, without being religious.
Is Matt (Zach Roerig) going to stay the human character, in the middle of all these supernatural creatures?
WILLIAMSON: We have all these characters who have a supernatural connection, whether they’re human or not, like Jeremy who has a ring, and then you have Matt, who is our last-standing human, and now he’s in the know, as a result of last year. I think it’s going to be interesting to watch him play that out with Caroline (Candice Accola), his best friend Tyler (Michael Trevino) and his ex-girlfriend Elena. It’s going to be a lot. It will be interesting. But, we want to keep him human. We like that idea.
With her power growing, how pivotal is Bonnie’s role going to be this season?
WILLIAMSON: Bonnie is very pivotal. As we left Season 2, the man she loves was seeing dead people. He’s seeing the only two other women that he’s loved in his life, and that story plays out, right from the get-go. Bonnie is right in the center of it because, in our mythology lore of our original family and Klaus, a witch is at the root of all of that, and Bonnie is our own resident witch.
What will viewers see with Tyler (Michael Trevino) and the werewolf mythology?
WILLIAMSON: The triangle between Tyler, Caroline (Candice Accola) and Matt, who is our only resident human, now in the know, is going to continue to play out, so that’s going to get fun. “My best friend a werewolf. The girl that I love is a vampire. Where do I fit in all of this?” That triangle is going to completely be side by side with the Stefan, Elena and Damon of it all.
Relationship wise, what can you say about Season 3?
WILLIAMSON: The fun is the obvious, which is Damon and Elena’s relationship, and how it progresses in the pursuit for Stefan and trying to save him, if he can even be saved. Damon is being thrust into this role of hero now. We saw it happening in the second season, and it’s a role he’s not good at or comfortable with. A man can only save so many people before he’s gonna flip. My favorite part of all this is writing Damon and watching him be this reluctant hero who is one step forward, three steps back. “I save you, but then I kill three people.” It’s going to be that kind of conflict, constantly, for him.
Now, he’s friends with Elena, and Elena is there saying, “It’s not okay to kill people. You can’t do it anymore, or I’m done.” But, it’s his nature. It’s who he is. So, he still battles a lot of that, and also his romantic feelings for her. And, she’s going to be faced with what Katherine said at the end of the show, which is that it’s okay to love both of them, because it might not be. Not for her. That was Katherine’s choice, but it may not be Elena’s choice. That’s going to be the rest of our series. It’s that one line she uttered. She does love both of them, but it’s what she does about it. You can love a lot of people, but it’s the actions you take. It’s going to be her turn, which I’m so excited about.
What is it about L.J. Smith’s novels that make them easy to adapt for television?
WILLIAMSON: “Easy” is not in the universe here. It’s not easy. It’s a challenge, which is why it’s fun, but it’s actually really hard. What I love so much about L.J. Smith’s world is that she taps into the stuff that I love. She taps into my happy place, which is a lot of the growing up, coming of age, and teen angst stuff, but then she mixes it with genre, which I love, and spins it all around. One of the challenges is adapting that to a series because there is a series of books. She really delves into the history, and the past and future, and all these different areas. To serialize that into a weekly story and build the mythology, it is a challenge. With the pace and the storytelling that I like to generate, it’s often hard, but it’s also fun. I love L.J. Smith. The betrayal, the deceit, the friendship, the loyalty, the love, the murder and the mayhem is all of the stuff that is my happy place. So, I take my hat off to L.J. and thank her. She’s made it easy and hard for me, all at the same time.
http://collider.com/kevin-williamson-vam....terview/112469/
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« Reply #16 on Sept 9, 2011, 5:26pm » | |
I'm really interested in his plan, and why did he wanted Stefan.. cause I couldn't think of anything so far.
I really hope Elijah will be back, because I really want to find out of who Katherine reminded him.
Dead people? Does that mean he'll be seeing more people, not just Anna and Vicky?
I also like the idea of Matt as a human. It would be a shame if they all had supernatural powers.
I really love what Kevin said.. you can love a lot of people, but it's the actions you take. I really like that. I never had a problem with Elena loving Damon because I was sure she is, and always will be IN LOVE with Stefan. I hope season 3 will not shatter that belief for me.
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« Reply #17 on Sept 14, 2011, 4:35pm » | |
Kat Graham (Bonnie) Talks Dead Girlfriends
The Vampire Diaries returns for Season 3 Thursday night, with plenty of fallout to deal with from the end of Season 2. Last month, I spoke to one of the show's stars, Kat Graham ("Bonnie"), about the jaw-dropping reveal that what appear to be the ghosts of her boyfriend Jeremy's dead girlfriends, Vicki and Anna, are appearing to him. What's a witch to do?
- The CWIGN TV: Bonnie really got to step up at the end of Season 2.
Kat Graham: You know, you always wait for that moment as an actor. You feel like you can really showcase some cool stuff. They really gave me so many great things to work with and so much hard work to do. I was just so excited that they did that.
IGN: Things have been going pretty good with Jeremy and Bonnie – Well, when he wasn't dying. But now you've got quite an issue to deal with, because it's one thing when you have a tangible person to compete with, but you've got a couple of invisible girls out there.
Graham: I know, I know. If my boyfriend had a couple ex-girlfriends in the picture, I know that I would just lose my marbles. So I don't know how Bonnie's gonna handle it. Hopefully, she's not as crazy as me.
IGN: From what we heard, Jeremy's keeping things very close to the vest, and he's not telling you.
Graham: Yeah, that's not something you necessarily want to just wave a flag about. "Hey, by the way, I'm seeing my dead ex-girlfriend. What are you doing for lunch?" You know what I mean? [Laughs]
- The CWIGN: On the other hand, is it fun for you, in real life, to have those girls back on set?
Graham: Oh my gosh, yeah. Kayla Ewell is one of my closest friends, and Malese Jow is such an incredible person and artist. I just love that they're really giving them a kind of an open door again to come back in.
IGN: What is Bonnie up to as the season opens?
Graham: I can't really say, because I know that's what everyone's kind of waiting on and I really want it to be a surprise for the fans. But I will say that she really thinks everything is where it left off, I will say that. So any new revelations or anything, she's completely unaware of.
IGN: This has been referred to as the "season of the originals" by your producers. Have you been intrigued to see the things that they're putting in the script?
Graham: I am so intrigued! I'm like, "Where is this going!?" I'm so excited! I definitely want to see some stuff with Klaus, and Joseph Morgan gets to do his thing this season. And good for him!
IGN: Your show is so impressive to me as far as the twists, the turns, and going places you don't expect it to. Is it the same for you working on it?
Graham: Every time I get a Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Caroline Dries script -- any of our amazing writers -- every time I get a script from them, I'm just like, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Holy s**t, this is really happening!" Yes, I absolutely do. I literally sit on my bed and don't get off it until I've read the script from page to page.
http://tv.ign.com/articles/119/1194166p1.html
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Season 3 spoilers: Will Katherine return?
On the first two seasons of "The Vampire Diaries," Elena has not been the only character played by Nina Dobrev to shine throughout the episodes. Rather, we have also seen her doppelganger of Katherine make a number of appearances -- and also serve as a major threat to everything that is going on.
So when will this character surface next? Speaking per TVLine, show executive producer Julia Plec insists that Katherine does still have a role to play -- even though it will not be apparent at first:
“We’re not going to see Katherine right away. But when she does show up, she’s not going to show up empty-handed. She’s going to show up with some pretty valuable information.”
This means that during the earlier portions of this season, we are going to see more of Klaus is the primary villain, and pretty much everything else on the back burner. We know that he is currently using Stefan for some sort of unknown purpose.
http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/t....n#ixzz1Y0o22PmM
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Katherine will be back! YAAAAY!
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