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The lovely Kristen Nedopak of Think Hero caught up with the cast at Comic Con. See below for her interviews with Joseph Morgan, Candice Accola, Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev.

The Vampire Diaries Cast chats with EW at Comic-Con 2011 and pose for portraits. Thanks to Vampire-Diaries.net for the heads up.

Not sure if you guys have ever seen these, but I instantly became a big fan of Shannon Durkee when she tweeted me her video “All I Want for Christmas Is Ian Somerhalder“. Since then, Shannon has made many more hilarious videos, including “Paul Wesley: Welcome To Twitter“, “Just Can’t Get Enough Vampire Diaries“, but by far my fav is her “Ode To Julie Plec” (posted below).

Well, this past weekend Shannon was at Comic Con and ran into Julie Plec, Paul Wesley and Joseph Morgan. Check out her recap of her “epic” meeting with Julie Plec (Julie remembered her video!)

Shannon Meets Julie Plec, Paul Wesley and Joseph Morgan!

So I’m waiting in front of the soon to be WB party for the cast to show up for a good 3 hours. My friends and I walked to the lobby and I’m sitting around looking for Paul and 2 minutes go by and I’m like wait, that’s Kevin! So I get up and start walking towards him when I stop in my tracks because Julie is right in front of me. I gasped and put my hand over my mouth and stare at her and she stares at me and this goes on for a good 20 seconds and Im like “You’re Julie Plec” and she laughs and is like “Yeah. I didn’t know if you thought I was someone else” and Im like “No I love you. Can I have a hug?” and she’s like “Of course”

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San Diego 6 has interviews with Nina, Ian, Paul and Candice posted from the SDCC Press Room this afternoon.

Update: We’ve now added their interview with Joseph Morgan….LOVE HIM…that. is. all.

Thanks to the WB for these snapshots of the cast of The Vampire Diaries at the WB Booth Signing at this year’s San Diego Comic Con! We should have some video to share later, and stay tuned for coverage of the Vampire Diaries Q&A panel!

Thanks to our pal @Naira_Robsten for allowing us to share this photo of her Vampire Diaries Comic-Con bag. Naira is already at the San Diego Comic Con, and has been rotating waiting in line for the Twilight Panel set for Thursday. She will also be front and center for the TVD panel that is scheduled for Saturday, July 23rd at 3:30PM PST. So stay tuned for lots of awesome photos and videos from her, make sure you are following!

As part of their continual coverage of Comic-Con 2011, The Hollywood Reporter chats with Julie Plec about her past Comic-Con experiences, what questions fans should ask or not ask at the panels, and what to expect when season 3 of The Vampire Diaries rolls around.

THR: What questions do you recommend fans not ask at panels?

Plec: If you’re a fan with Google, then you can read past interviews and past panels and know what pranks people like to pull, most embarrassing moment on set, favorite outfit, better kisser. Those questions have been asked before and answered in their own special ways over the years. If I had the opportunity to get up in front of a couple thousand people in the audience and take the time to ask a question, I’d want to hit hard and try to get some story spoilers out of us because we crumble on that stage. Those lights are bright and we’re sweating a little and trying to keep all the secrets we’re supposed to keep. We crumble under pressure if we’re not careful.

THR: What can fans expect from the new season of TVD?

Plec: We’re going to dig deep into the history of the original family and start to get a glimpse of the other members of the family that we’ve only just heard of. That’s a big part of, over the course of the season, understanding what makes Klaus tick, why he is the way he is and who’s responsible for making him that way. Our show is about family and all its dysfunctional glory, and Klaus is probably the most dysfunctional.

Read the rest of Julie’s interview over at THR.

As part of their coverage of Comic-Con 2011, The Hollywood Reporter has interviews with Nina Dobrev and Kevin Williamson, where they discuss their experiences with Comic-Con in the past, but here are a few spoilery tidbits they offered up during the interviews.

Kevin Williamson on The Originals, Elijah, and what he has learned from The Vampire Diaries:

THR: What can you tease about Season 3 of The Vampire Diaries?

Williamson: We’re having a lot of fun with the originals, the original family. Elijah has surfaced and he’ll continue to wreak havoc.

THR: What have you learned from Diaries?

Williamson: As a storyteller, I always felt that this type of storytelling — I call it hybrid – is part high school, part drama, part family, part vampire, part horror. I felt like all these types of shows when you see them on TV go too slow. I felt like it needed to have an energy to it. After watching eight years of24, you can see what an adrenaline show can be like. I wanted to bring that adrenaline to a melodramatic horror soap opera. I didn’t want it to be slow and gothic and boring. I wanted it to be alive, and pulsating every step of the way, whether it’s through action, great emotion or epic love. I wanted to tell a big, huge epic story and I feel like the fans who watch it religiously understand that. And I hope more people will watch it. It’s just that little show on the CW still.

Read the rest of Kevin’s interview over at THR.

Nina Dobrev on how The Originals will impact the show this coming season:

THR: How will the originals impact everyone next season on The Vampire Diaries?

Dobrev: The originals have come in and now that stuff has gone to the dark side. The whole chemistry of the show is shifting and it’s going be changing the relationships between people who previously bonded. Now that Jenna is gone and Alaric is single and that Elena and Jeremy don’t have parental figures, if you will, it will be interesting to see who rises to the occasion. Everything has shifted, and everything is off-balance, so everyone is going to have to compensate in different ways.

Read the rest of Nina’s interview over at THR.


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