Friday 29 March 2013

Daniel Gillies Talks Originals Spin-off Dreams



Fans were thrilled when it was announced Elijah would be returning tonight. First, what's it like to have created a character people are passionate about?
I'm completely bewildered by it, to be honest. I feel immensely grateful, obviously, but I don't know how you make sense of that kind of passionate adoration. It's immensely gratifying and really humbling.

What brings him back to Mystic Falls?
It's his brother -- it always is [laughs]. Elijah can maintain a low profile for only so long, and he's spent the better part of a millennium in pursuit of his brother and tidying up his little disasters. This is no exception. This race/contest for the cure necessitates his presence in Mystic Falls.

As a character, do you find him easy to segue in and out of?
It's always difficult to get back into the groove of a character. Elijah is very specific and I made some really distinctive choices in creating him because there was no real guidelines at the outset, so it's a little bit of a gearshift to slide back into Elijah. Honestly, it takes me 2 or 3 episodes in a row to be firing on all cylinders, but I've been doing this job for long enough that I won't let anybody see behind the curtain, as it were.

What was your reaction to getting the spin-off phonecall?
The idea has sort of been ruminating for some time. It's been two years since I started hearing Julie Plec's quiet aspirations, which then became overtures to the network, which then became a full-on assault [laughs]. There's always a sense of disbelief. Even when I was filming the pilot, I didn't quite believe it. We're so blessed to do this. I mean, it's enormous. The show already has such a built-in following. This opportunity is huge.

Did you feel more pressure filming this show than you did any other pilot you've made?
I won't lie to you, there were a lot of voices when we shot the pilot. As there should be. It's expensive and everyone wants to do it right. I felt more pressure filming that episode than I've felt filming anything else. I can understand that pressure, but that crew is so good about supporting your creativity that I'm excited to see what could happen next.

Did you guys have fun filming in New Orleans?
That was a strange concept. You're in the most decadent place on earth, but you're doing something that requires all your professional fortitude [laughs]. Luckily, this was the fourth time I'd been in New Orleans this year -- I went for New Year's with my wife, for the Super Bowl, which was extraordinary, courtesy of Beyonce and then a third time, so I'd done my share of bacchanalian nonsense and by the time I got to set, I was already in my third episode of The Vampire Diaries, so I had a good stride. But it's distracting. That town has this frequency of mischief that is wonderful -- not only visually for the pilot, but it penetrates everything.

Tonally, how does the show compare to The Vampire Diaries?
It doesn't feel like another episode of The Vampire Diaries. You're taken to another world with another mythology, another web of trouble and danger. Julie did a lovely thing by book-ending the episode with our heroes in Mystic Falls, so fans won't be left feeling insulted. She wasn't irreverent, but she had to take us away from there in order to introduce this whole other element. I think she did it really beautifully, poetically, successfully and sexily.

What excites you about the spin-off's potential?
The advantage the show carries is that, because Klaus, Rebekah and Elijah have been alive for a millennium, we can bounce all over time. Different timelines mean different things in different regions of the world. Because they're invulnerable, it makes everything kind of fun -- if people are falling in the streets because of the Bubonic Plague, it's awful, but they're resilient. Or if you take them to the time when Jack the Ripper is threatening the streets, that could be kind of amazing. I would love to see them as they develop their powers, I'd love to take them to Asia. I would love to see what they could do in The Middle East or among The Vikings -- although I might regret some of these answers when we're placed on a ship for two months traveling to these places, but it's all so exciting.

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Vampire Diaries 4x18 Song List

Ep18 'American Gothic'

The Civil Wars "Forget Me Not"
Don Gallardo "Days Long Gone"
Young Summer "Why Try"

4x19 'Pictures OF You' Extended Promo

4x19 'Pictures Of You' Short Promo

Thursday 28 March 2013

The Originals: The Redemption Of Klaus & The Unraveling Of Elijah?



Daniel Gillies’ Elijah returns to The Vampire Diaries tonight, and as he’s already teased for us, Elijah’s going to “shock and possibly even horrify.” That’s something fans might need to get comfortable with…

In the issue of Entertainment Weekly hitting stands Friday, we have the exclusive first look at the April 25 backdoor pilot for the Originals spin-off. When Klaus (Joseph Morgan) gets word that witches in New Orleans — a town now run by his protégé Marcel (The Game‘s Charles Michael Davis) — are conspiring against him, he goes to the French Quarter to explore the threat and Elijah follows. What they find is an opportunity to reunite their family in a city they helped settle, but the larger arc for the show might surprise fans even more: “With luck, over a long stretch of time and many, many seasons,” Plec says, “The Originals will ultimately be the redemption tale of Klaus and, possibly, the unraveling of Elijah, who is going to have to maybe get his hands dirty in an effort to keep his brother in check.”

As she’s stated before, it was producers’ appreciation for Gillies’ controlled turn as noble Elijah that birthed the idea of an Original family in season 2 (as initially conceived, he and Klaus weren’t brothers). Gillies says he’s excited to see whatever future the writers script for Elijah, but frankly, he’s more interested in how they could exploit the millennium-old Originals’ pasts. “I’d like to see more of what they’ve uncovered about being vampires, whether that’s flight, or jumping, or invisibility. Those are the supernatural abilities,” he says, “and then you’ve got the abilities that you could learn within a thousand years: What instruments do they play? What degree have they earned in a certain type of kung fu? Which one of them ice sculpts? I’d love to see the extent of their knowledge and skill.”

Klaus, on the other hand, was never supposed to survive season 3: “He was the big bad. You don’t let the big bad live. The big bad’s gotta go, otherwise your heroes start to look foolish for being unable to destroy him,” Plec says. One full season of Klaus was all Morgan wanted too, at first. “I thought that’s sort of enough, because where can it go from there? I don’t want him to turn good and hanging out at the Mystic Grill,” he recalls. But then came Klaus’ teary-eyed, fatal standoff with Mikael in season 3′s ninth episode. “It was one of the first chances I had to really show another side to Klaus entirely with someone who had persecuted him all of his life and where some of that hatred and evil comes from,” Morgan says. “That was when I started to think there’s something in this. He’s not just there as a device to serve the hero’s story line.” (Luckily, he mentioned that to the show’s line producer. “And he said, ‘You know, you should tell Julie because everybody’s under the impression that you want to be done after this season,’” Morgan says.)
“The choice to keep Klaus past season 3,” Plec adds, “was truly born out of how magnificent Joseph is and how much the audience was connecting to him in spite of hating him. They loved to hate him. So knowing that we had a character that powerful, and that there was a spin-off opportunity there, it let us spend season 4 getting Klaus to the place where the character was ready to be the lead of another show. He’s a villain whose family and the people in his life are constantly searching for ways to find redemption for him, and he’s constantly fighting against that instinct. So now, with luck, we get to make a whole series about it.”

And how does Morgan feel now about the possibility of Klaus being saved? “I can say I trust the writers a lot more than I did initially,” he admits, laughing again. “I know wherever they take Klaus, it will be layers on the character that he already is. It won’t be a sudden change of direction where he’s suddenly good. He will always have done these terrible things which he has done, and so he will always have these things to haunt him. I think he possibly is capable of redemption, if there was someone understanding enough to forgive him…. It would be a tremendous character arc.”

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4x20 'The Originals' Stills

4x19 'Pictures Of You' Stills

4x18 'American Gothic' Stills

5 Things About 4x18 'American Gothic'


The upcoming episode of The Vampire Diaries, "American Gothic," everyone is still looking for the cure to vampirism -- and the quest does move forward. Along the way, however, there are many twists and turns. It's safe to say you definitely will not see what's coming in this one.

Here are the basics: Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Rebekah (Claire Holt) trace Katherine to a small town in Pennsylvania. But before they can get anything out of her, Elijah (Daniel Gillies) shows up. He is soon followed by Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley). Meanwhile, back in Mystic Falls, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) is having a bad day -- thanks to his encounter with Silas -- and turns to Caroline (Candice Accola) for help.

Got all of that? Good. Here are 5 specifics to anticipate as well.

1. If you are familiar with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "American Gothic" contains two major plot points that bear a striking similarity to Season 5's Ben-Glory conundrum and to The First in Season 7.

2. Rebekah stabs Katherine with a fork. There is much rejoicing.

3. Damon is not happy. This is because a) the girls tricked him, b) the girls broke his neck, and c) the girls stole his car.

4. Damon and Rebekah visit Katherine's home. The decor -- dull suburban furniture, full bookshelves and a fish tank -- is not quite what you would expect from Katherine Pierce.

5. In a rather yucky (but still hot) scene, Caroline takes out her Klaus frustrations with some pliers and some verbal abuse. That's fair -- Klaus pulled her away from not one but three school committees!

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Vampire Diaries 4x19 Official Synopsis

Ep19 'Pictures Of You'


PROM NIGHT IN MYSTIC FALLS — After making a decision that infuriates Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies) proposes a life-changing challenge for Rebekah (Claire Holt). Caroline (Caroline Accola) finds that her carefully laid plans for the perfect Senior Prom night are disrupted by Elena (Nina Dobrev), so she turns to an amused Klaus for a solution. Determined to get through to Elena, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) both attend the prom, but the evening begins to spiral out of control despite their efforts. When Elena suddenly lashes out in a way no one could have predicted, Matt (Zach Roerig) turns to Rebekah for help. Finally, Bonnie (Kat Graham) makes a terrifying discovery, and Klaus receives a message that could change everything. J. Miller Tobin directed the episode written by Neil Reynolds & Caroline Dries (#419).

Wednesday 27 March 2013

Vampire Diaries Bite - 27th March 2013

Spoiler From TV Guide - 26th March 2013


Any Klaroline scoop for The Vampire Diaries?

When we last saw Klaus, he wasn't looking so well, considering Silas had stabbed him with a piece of white oak stake. While we're used to seeing Klaus care for/hurt/take advantage of Caroline when in a vulnerable state, this time the tables will be turned. As Klaus screams in pain trying to heal himself, Caroline walks in and finds him practically on his deathbed. In light of their recent relationship state, do you think she helps him or laughs in his face?

Monday 25 March 2013

4x18 'American Gothic' Webclip 2

Spoiler From TV Line - 21st March 2013


There’s conflicting information out there about whether or not the whole cast of The Vampire Diaries has been filming scenes in New Orleans for the back-door pilot episode, or if it’s just the Originals cast. Can you confirm which one is true?

I am assured that TVD regulars definitely appear in the planted pilot, but the exact and complete RSVP list is a well-guarded secret – including who appears in New Orleans, in Mystic Falls or in both settings.