Comic-Con 2011: The Vampire Diaries Press Room

If you didn’t see the season two finale of The Vampire Diaries then you missed out big time because it had to be one of the most on-the-edge-of-my-seat finales that I’ve seen in a long time. Any information we could glean off the creator Kevin Williamson and the cast members on season three was a welcomed treat. Firstly, the obvious question – what’s going to happen to Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena (Nina Dobrev)? According to Williamson, they’ll be figuring out a way to rescue Stefan (Paul Wesley) and at the same time grow in their own relationship. Fans have been curious whether Elena will switch over to the elder Salvatore brother with her current boyfriend gone with Klaus, but Nina Dobrev says that, “Just because he’s there it doesn’t necessarily mean that she’s going to fall into his arms.”


Williamson confirms that Damon loves Elena (obviously) and that Elena loves Damon as well. He added that Elena might face what Katherine told her at the end of last season, that it’s okay to love them both. Williamson stresses that the difference will be their actions. Elena isn’t necessarily going to do what Katherine did. Speaking of Elena and Katherine, Dobrev was happy to take on the challenge of playing two characters and understandably it was difficult. She says that changing her physical appearance definitely helps her switch from Elena and Katherine.

Damon will be struggling in his role as Mystic Fall’s new hero in residence. Somerhalder explains how his character is very much pissed off that he’s in this situation because Damon doesn’t know how to function as this person. He loves Elena and has to protect her but he’s also fighting his nature as a predator. Our favorite badass vampire isn’t going to get declawed though and we’ll see him struggle, taking one step forward and two steps back. As a part of his anti-hero persona, Damon will also feel like he has to watch out for Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen). It might also have something to do with killing the guy last season. Either way, when asked about Damon and Bonnie (Katerina Graham), Somerhalder said that the last thing his character needs is for Jeremy to come and tell him to stay away from his girlfriend.

Audiences can also expect to learn more about Klaus and his nefarious plans. Williamson said that they aren’t sure yet how much we’ll see of the original family and that he’s also hoping to bring Elijah back at some point. Joseph Morgan (who plays Klaus) was at the pressroom but sadly we didn’t get a chance to speak with him.

The early episodes of season three will also explore what’s happened to Jeremy. After being dead for an hour, Mr. Gilbert can now see dead people and the show will spend some time figuring out what exactly is going on there. Is he being haunted? What do these ghosts want from him? Are they trying to tell him a message? Jeremy will be working through these questions and it will be interesting to see how this ties to the other supernatural events happening around him.

Matt (Zach Roerig), our last human standing will be remaining that way. Williamson stressed that as of right now they want to keep him that way. With all of the paranormal activities surrounding him (even Jeremy has joined their ranks), how will he deal with all of this? His sister was turned into a vampire then was killed, his best friend is a werewolf, his ex-ex-girlfriend is a doppelganger, and his ex-girlfriend is a vampire. What’s a guy to do?

The Vampire Diaries continues to strive to take viewers on an emotional journey with their characters and it looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of that with Damon especially. Somerhalder mentioned how his character in the past two seasons has tried to get his brother to accept who he is as a hunter and killer, but with Stefan as Klaus’s indentured servant, isn’t that what the younger Salvatore brother has been forced to become? Somerhalder says that Damon hates Klaus, but Klaus was able to accomplish what he could not and make Stefan kill and drink human blood again. Since Damon will be experiencing a lot of changes as he reluctantly tackles the role of hero, Stefan will undoubtedly also be going through his own struggles. He must find a way to retain some part of his humanity and not fully become the hunter that I’m assuming Klaus wants him to be.

Season three is looking to be pretty exciting and I for one can’t wait to see how it turns out. Fall needs to hurry up.