Διαβαστε μια μεγαλη και πολυ ενδιαφερουσα συνεντευξη του δημιουργου του Vampire Diaries Kevin Williamson
IGN TV: I respect the romantic aspects of The Vampire Diaries, even if it's not the main draw for me. Of course, that being said, Elena and Damon's kiss was something people had obviously been waiting a long time for.
Kevin Williamson: Yeah. And it also made a lot of people mad. [Executive Producer] Julie [Plec] and I, that night… I texted her and was like, "Did you get some death threats on your Twitter?" And she goes, "I got some death threats and some other unseemly things." I go, "Yeah, I got a couple of 'F*gs' and a couple of death threats." We were listing all the bad things they were saying,.
IGN: Wow!
Williamson: But then again, I'm happy that people are engaged. That's the good news.
IGN: With Stefan and Elena separated for pretty big reasons, did you just think the time was right for the next step in the evolution between Damon and Elena?
Williamson: Well, yeah and also just to stir things up a little bit. It's one of those things where I felt like we knew it was going to anger the Stefan and Elena fans, but we also… I felt that we had earned it. I felt like it's Season 3 and from the moment they first met, all the way up until now… He's earned it. He's proven some worth and he's done some good, solid things for Elena. He's developed a friendship with her. She can trust him now. There's a relationship there now and I felt like we earned it. And also, it's just going to make it that much more interesting…. This complicates things. Love is complicated and relationships are complicated and we're just entering the next phase of it. And Stefan is so tragic now, because you've got this fallen hero who, yes, I love him, but is he ever going to love himself? I don't think he's ever going to forgive himself. Because he's been hard on himself. We've established that. We set it up – that's one of the reasons he drank animal blood, is because it was his penance for all the wrong things he had done. And now will he ever be able to forgive himself and get back from it? And earn the love of a girl again? She'll love him, but I don't think he's going to let her so easily.
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Williamson: Yeah, it happens.
IGN: It happens! But Damon has been pretty secure lately. Will that continue, because he kind of has to, because of where his brother has been?
Williamson: Yes and no. I think what we're doing is, if you see what happens with the kiss, it's going to have all sorts of repercussions. And what happens next… They'll be all these repercussions from Stefan, from Elena and from Damon and how they respond. And we always know how Damon responds… He always responds with ripping somebody's head off.
IGN: Your show has had an impressive amount of decapitations.
Williamson: Yeah.
IGN: Though my favorite might be Elijah swatting the dude's head off.
Williamson: Rose's brother! [Trevor]
IGN: Klaus is now pretty pissed off with Stefan. Safe to assume things will be ramping up with those coffins?
Williamson: Of course. Some of those coffins are going to open up and we're going to see what is in them and watch what's in them get out. They'll have a bit of a storyline. I don't think it's any great surprise to say we're going to see more Originals, because we promised them. We're going to see them and they're going to get involved. It's going to be fun.
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Williamson: We didn't maybe see everyone on camera in the flashbacks. We do establish a family tree and a family line and there will come a moment where we open up the coffins and you'll know who's who.
IGN: Poor Rebekah had two seconds of being woken up and then was put back down. Might she or Elijah pop up again in the not too distant future?
Williamson: Look, I love Rebekah. I think Claire Holt is amazing in this role. And Elijah… I can't decide which one I like better: Klaus or Elijah. They had such a great dynamic and they're so opposing in personality, that on screen together they have an electricity, which is kind of exactly what Julie and I always wanted – to have the same brother dynamic that Damon and Stefan have. I feel like with Elijah and Klaus, we have it. I think that's just going to fuel a bunch of stories, so I'm very excited about that.
IGN: I write for a website that primarily is read by a young, male demographic and I'll be honest: Vampire Diaries has been a little project of mine, because some guys see the title and instantly think, "That's not for me."
Williamson: "Girl, girl, girl."
IGN: Yeah. But I keep saying, "No, trust me, it's a really cool show." Has it been fun for you to have a show that can really incorporate so many different elements? Because I find once people give it a shot, they really take to it.
Williamson: Good. I wish more guys would watch it. Because I do think this is the type of show I would watch as a teenage boy. That's all I do, is try to write a show that you'd want to watch. And I think if they do get into it, they realize, "Hey, you know what, it's not just a girly show." I love horror. I love writing horror. It's my favorite thing in the whole world. But I don't like "horror." I love emotional horror. If you don't feel it, if you don't care about anybody, I don't give a s**t. And the way to do that is with characters and a love story and epic love. So I get to do everything I love to do [on this show].
IGN: Have you been surprised by the content you've been able to include? You've gotten away with some pretty notable kill scenes!
Williamson: You know what though, The CW has been amazing, because they've been so supportive of it. And we get away with stuff that other shows don't because they're vampires. There's a thing with Broadcast and Standards where it's "fake." It's vampire violence, so it's not "real" violence. If they weren't vampires and they had guns, we'd be having a different conversation. They're vampires with fangs and there's decapitations, so there's something unreal about their strength. So for some reason, the Broadcast and Standards is not that tough on it.
Williamson: "Girl, girl, girl."
IGN: Yeah. But I keep saying, "No, trust me, it's a really cool show." Has it been fun for you to have a show that can really incorporate so many different elements? Because I find once people give it a shot, they really take to it.
Williamson: Good. I wish more guys would watch it. Because I do think this is the type of show I would watch as a teenage boy. That's all I do, is try to write a show that you'd want to watch. And I think if they do get into it, they realize, "Hey, you know what, it's not just a girly show." I love horror. I love writing horror. It's my favorite thing in the whole world. But I don't like "horror." I love emotional horror. If you don't feel it, if you don't care about anybody, I don't give a s**t. And the way to do that is with characters and a love story and epic love. So I get to do everything I love to do [on this show].
IGN: Have you been surprised by the content you've been able to include? You've gotten away with some pretty notable kill scenes!
Williamson: You know what though, The CW has been amazing, because they've been so supportive of it. And we get away with stuff that other shows don't because they're vampires. There's a thing with Broadcast and Standards where it's "fake." It's vampire violence, so it's not "real" violence. If they weren't vampires and they had guns, we'd be having a different conversation. They're vampires with fangs and there's decapitations, so there's something unreal about their strength. So for some reason, the Broadcast and Standards is not that tough on it.
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Williamson: Yeah!
IGN: I have to tell you, I adore Caroline. Can you reveal anything coming up with her?
Williamson: Oh, she dies in the next episode.
IGN: [Laughs] Oh, okay…
Williamson: No, I would never be so stupid. Caroline has been our greatest triumph. Because when we cast Candice [Accola], we didn't really know what direction the character was ever going to take. She was going to be that mean girl with a heart of gold and we knew that would get old really quick. We lucked out by casting someone like Candice, who… We just watched those first twelve episodes and went, "Oh, she's got everything. She's got it all." And she sort of directed which way we went with that character. We thought about it… Episode 16, I'm like, "We've got to turn Caroline into a vampire. If one person could be a vampire, it would be her." Everyone in the writers' room… "Who would you want to see as a vampire?" Everyone voted unanimously, Caroline. And we had to wait until Season 2 to do it, because we just couldn't get through it. That's been to me the best sort of character – emerging, traveling, the path, the trajectory… That character's taken so many turns.
IGN: Anything you can say about what's coming up with her?
Williamson: Well, there's more of her and Tyler and how she sort of gets in the middle of the whole hybrid, Mystic Falls takeover. Her mother is the sheriff, her father is a council member and he's a vampire hater. So I think there's still some father/daughter stuff to tell. And now that Tyler is a hybrid, it'll be really interesting to see that unfold.
IGN: Are we going to explore more about Tyler and just how much Klaus being his sire wins out over anything else?
Williamson: Yeah, exactly. Exactly how far can he go, being sired by Klaus? And where's his allegiance? And is love stronger?
IGN: Can I take your mention of Caroline's father to meanJack Coleman will be appearing again?
Williamson: I think he may appear again.
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Williamson: Well, it just got picked up, so we're just getting going on it. I'm super excited. I've been wanting to do this show since likeScream 1. The timing worked, because I got to sit down and figure it out and actually write it and it's sort of a culmination of everything I've been thinking of in the last three years. Particularly with the storytelling of Vampire, which is very fast-paced, very twists and cliffhangers – I want to do a rollercoaster ride, and that's what it's going to be, if it gets picked up. We'll shoot the pilot and see what happens.
It's about serial killers, so it's more grounded in the real world and it's sort of where we are today with social media and the world around us and how easy it is… It's based on the premise that the FBI estimates that there's around 300 active serial killers in the United States every day. What would happen if they got together? So that's kind of where the jumping off point is, but we back it up and tell it from the very beginning. It involves some flashbacks and it's very emotional. You get to know your characters. You really hope they don't die! It's about an FBI agent and his attempt to take it down.
IGN: I read that it was about a serial killer sort of leading a cult of other serial killers. Is that correct?
Williamson: A little bit, yeah. I mean that's a little left of what it is. You know how it's easy to say the word "cult?" But I don't know if cult is the actual right word. I don't know what word to use. But it's about a serial killer who escapes from prison seventeen days before he's to be executed and he's on the run. They're trying to track him down and bring him in. Unfortunately, they quickly realize he had help. And now it's trying to figure it all out. It's a web. It's basically a web of serial killers.
IGN: So he had some pretty scary help, I take it?
Williamson: Yeah. And then people just start dying. And it's happening faster than they can figure it out. We have a really great character, the FBI agent, who takes it so personally. And he's just too sympathetic with the victims and he just takes it far too personally and he responds almost as badly as the killers. It's sort of cat and mouse. It's like 24 – a fast paced type of show.
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