Interview with Julie Plec
I visited the set of The Vampire Diaries a few weeks back, and I had the opportunity to speak with writer Julie Plec about what we can expect for the rest of the season as far as relationships, game-changers, and casting. We got lucky that Julie was in the production office, and that she agreed to swing by and chat with us as it wasn't originally on the schedule. I have such admiration for this woman, so getting to chat with her in a *calmer* setting than a Comic Con press room with a 100 press people was something I felt very blessed to be able to do. And Julie didn't disappoint either.
All the questions that I had in my notebook to ask were fan questions, and a lot of those questions were from Bonnie fans, or Bamon fans. So I started out asking Julie if we were going to be seeing anymore about Bonnie's family or their family history. "Yes, that's a source we haven't even tapped yet," Julie replied, "I don't know if it will be this year. We've talked about it. Certainly it will happen in the life of her character, because it's very enigmatic in episode 3 of last year when she and Stefan sit down and meet each other for the first time and she says 'No mom. Live with my dad.' Alright well what's that story? No mom? What do you mean no mom? Who is she? Where is she? Why don't you like to talk about her? Why have we never met her dad? Why does she seem to not have a relationship with her dad? Why did your dad hate your Grams? There are so many great questions, and really it's just a matter of time before we answer them."
One of the questions I received the most from Twitter before visiting the set was about the future of Bonnie and Damon. Fans of the books know that they have a much "closer" relationship than they do on the show, so is there any hope that fans will see that relationship play out on the small screen? "That's a relationship that is really important to book fans, and they make their importance very clear to us in fan feedback. I think the fun that we have with them right now is to go from two people who absolutely have no respect, admiration, or love for one another what so ever... and watching them... because they share common goals and common loves, that they're willing to put their differences aside and work together. This year was very much about taking Bonnie from own team separated from what Damon is up to and brining the two of them together, so that's what we can promise for now. As for the future, you never know." Julie teases.
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