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After two very successful introductory seasons, The Vampire Diaries starts its third season September 15 on The CW -- and it picks up with several of the cliffhangers that were left with the Season 2 finale.

Executive Producer Julie Plec spoke with KSiteTV and several other outlets at press roundtables at the recent Comic-Con International in San Diego. She talks about Klaus, Stefan, Damon, Elena, ghosts from the past, what being a supernatural creature does to one's libido, and more.

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Please do not reproduce this interview onto other websites. Instead, just place a link to KSiteTV so people can read it here! Questions are posted bold, answers are not. Beware of spoilers below!

What can you tell us about the start of Season Three?

I can tell you that we did ourselves and the audience a favor, hopefully, at the end of Season Two, by laying out a little sampler platter of what was in store. And then we'll follow through with it. We've got Stefan having taken a bullet, so to speak, for Damon, as Damon and Elena were reaching an understanding in their own friendship, that was probably a little more profound than either were anticipating. We have Stefan back in the blood and back in the dark side with Klaus. We have strange and curious visitations from characters of the past, that we lost along the way. So we've got a lot of stuff to kick us off, the first of which, obviously, just being "Where is Stefan?" Is he alive? Is he dead? How can we find him? How can we help him? How can we save him? And ultimately, can he be or does he want to be saved?

How did he and Klaus spend their summer vacation?

I think that Klaus and Stefan have been kicking their way through the southwestern states of America, one dive bar at a time.

They've been on a little bit of a journey, and we'll learn a little bit about that. What they've been up to. What Klaus wants. Why he wants Stefan to do it with him. And that's going to be part of the first couple of episodes.

Is Tyler still in town?

Yes. Tyler's around. Tyler and Caroline are friends. Friends - very important, they're friends.

There is a moment in the first episode where they admit that the urges that come along with being a supernatural being - physically - are a little overwhelming. While last year, they were struggling with all of the horrible parts of being supernatural entities, they start to discuss a little bit about the side effects of being a vampire or a werewolf. I think there's a quote - and I haven't said it before - but I think Tyler says "I'm just horny all the time." [laughs]

Are you still having a lot of fun writing the series?

Surprisingly it's getting easier. It's not getting easy, by any means, but I think because we know these characters so well, and the audience knows them so well, there's almost a storytelling comfort, that you'd know that the audience is with you on this ride, and so they're going to be willing to explore things with you, whereas when you're starting a series, you're like "We have no idea if someone's going to like this character or hate them, or if this story's going to work."

Now we're in the groove and we're all thinking and breathing like one organic storytelling machine. It's not easy, but it's not as terribly nervous-breakdown-inducing painful as it was in the beginning.

Can you say anything about Elijah?

I love him. He might be my favorite character - don't tell anybody else. [Laughs]

We've already said that this is the year where we're going to explore the origins of the Originals. We're going to see more about the original family, and that will involve our friend Mr. Daniel Gillies, at the very least in flashbacks.

Were Damon and Elena brought closer together as a result of fan reaction?

We're trying to tell the story that we started the show wanting to tell. It's a girl who has lost a lot of people in her life, who finds warmth and comfort and solace in one brother, and then ultimately finds herself the object of the affections for the other brother. Elena is growing up. There is definitely a road that can be traveled between Damon and Elena in the life of the series, absolutely, and right now they're alone in Mystic Falls without Stefan, but also, they're trying desperately to help and rescue Stefan. So, their complicated relationship will only become more complicated very early on, and will continue to be complicated all season.

When you killed off certain characters in the past, did you always know you'd bring them back at the end of Season 2 with Jeremy?

No. Actually, that was something that we came up with this year, early in the season, but when we kill people, we usually mean business. We say "Sorry, man, you're done. We love you, but you're done."

It was more about showing the consequences of Bonnie using too much power, and Jeremy, who finally is finding himself in this - I say the word "functional" although it's completely dysfunctional, in that she's a big powerful witch and he's a kid with an eternity ring - but still, there's something nice and safe about Bonnie and Jeremy, and the first thing we're doing is screwing that up by having him confronted with people from his past that he actually loved quite a lot. And his first love. You never forget your first love. You never forget your second love. By the time you get to your third love, you're like "Eh. Whatever." [laughs]

Can you talk at all about the motivations of Klaus?

There's got to be some reason why Klaus wanted to be a hybrid, that's more than just "I'm the only one of my kind." I think what we've already seen in his character, is he has a power complex. And I think, having been rejected by his own family, and taking it out on them one dagger at a time, I think that we'll get a window into his desire to build a new family, so to speak, in the form of "can he create more like him?"

It is creepy. But where one hybrid goes, there certainly are more to follow, I hope, for Klaus's sake.

'Vampire Diaries' exec hints at Matt struggles
Wednesday, August 3 2011, 10:07 BST
By Catriona Wightman, TV Reporter

The Vampire Diaries' executive producer Julie Plec has hinted that Jeremy will not be the only person who is able to see dead people when the show returns.

In the second season finale, Jeremy (Steven R McQueen) was brought back to life after being shot and was able to see his dead girlfriends Anna (Malese Jow) and Vicki (Kayla Ewell).

However, Plec has now revealed that Matt (Zach Roerig) will also be able to see Vicki, his late sister.

"Matt is struggling with the lingering [supernatural] element in his dead sister, who's popping up to Jeremy," she told TV Line.

"We'll get to see Matt struggle with, 'My dead sister is paying visits to my ex-girlfriend's brother, who used to sleep with my dead sister'."

Plec has previously revealed that Anna and Vicki have a "master plan", but has explained that Jeremy will not understand what is happening when the show returns.

The third season of The Vampire Diaries will premiere on The CW on September 15

The Vampire Diaries Preview: Get Ready for a Scary-Fun 'Ripper Stefan' Roadshow

A very bad man is coming to The Vampire Diaries, and his name Stefan. Ripper Stefan.
After two seasons of living his life as Saint Stefan (as Damon likes to call him), Elena’s good-hearted boyfriend did the unthinkable to save his brother. Stefan gave himself up to Klaus and drank from a human girl in exchange for the cure — Klaus’ blood — to Damon’s werewolf bite. But the scary fun of what executive producer Julie Plec calls “the Stefan/Klaus roadshow” is just beginning.

Joseph Morgan, the man who plays Klaus, has some thoughts about how bad — and good for viewers — Stefan’s horrific transformation is going to get. “What we’re going to get to see is how dark Stefan can go,” shared Mogran at Comic-Con. “The interesting thing is that Klaus has given Stefan permission to release that darker side of himself. We’re going to see…what Klaus’ ultimate goal is with Stefan and for Stefan.”

The answers won’t come quickly, though, and neither will a reunion with the residents of Mystic Falls. “This is not going to be a short storyline,” reveals Plec. “We’re going to be exploring the levels of Stefan and his dark side for hopefully a good amount of time.” Some of the questions that Plec says will arise during Stefan’s sojourn: “How long will he stay separated? Will they be able to help him, find him, rescue him, bring him back from the edge? Or will he keep fighting that?”

Of course, Stefan can’t stay away from the people he loves forever. Eventually, “he’ll probably make his way back to Mystic Falls,” says Plec. “Suddenly, it’ll be an interesting dynamic for Damon, who was the mysterious, evil dude who showed up in Season 1, leaving Stefan to clean up his messes. Now, it’s going to be a little bit of the reverse.”

It’ll also be a new chapter for sweethearts Stefan and Elena. Might “Ripper” be just one of many things the show will borrow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer next season? Will gone-darkside Stefan be just as cruel to Elena as Angelus was to Buffy?

“You’re going to see a very, very, very definitively different version of their relationship,” replies Plec. “Not just [in] one episode, but over a good part of the season.”

That journey is giving Paul Wesley plenty of new things to work with as Ripper Stefan. “I’ve been watching dailies. He’s really good,” raves executive producer Kevin Williamson. “He also has a swagger and a fun to the role that doesn’t exist as Stefan because he’s so the good boy. He’s so intense. He’s so broody. No one really gets to see the playful side of Paul Wesley. … As dark and as devilish and as nasty as he is [as Ripper Stefan], it makes him more fun.”

The Vampire Diaries returns to the CW with new episodes on Sept. 15.

Spoilers Saison 3 : Une relation bouleversée entre Stefan et Elena

Julie Plec a fait une petite révélation à TVLine dans un article publié par le site aujourd'hui. La majorité des éléments apportés avaient déjà été publiés il y a plusieurs jours mais une nuance inédite s'est glissée.

Elle concerne la relation de Stefan et Elena dans la saison 3 de Vampire Diaries.

"Vous verrez une version très, très, très différente de leur relation. Et ça ne sera pas que dans un épisode mais dans une grande partie de la saison 3."