The Vampire Diaries - Episode 6.02 - Yellow Ledbetter - Michael Malarkey Interview

There was a time jump in between seasons five and six. What sort of things has Enzo been up to?
I think he spent some time just chilling. The Other Side was a real unfriendly place, so he probably felt pretty good about coming back. I reckon he spent some time in a few casinos and bars and clubs, hung out and boozed it up a little bit and then was like. “Alright, I’ve had my holiday. Lets do something about this.”

Stefan and Enzo are on opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to finding Damon. What is their interaction like?
Enzo disapproves of how Stefan has been dealing with it and Stefan has been off the radar. As we see in some of the promo photos, there are some pictures of Stefan and his new girlfriend [Ivy] sitting at the dinner table with Enzo and Caroline. [During that dinner] Enzo’s there to go, “Yo, here’s the deal. What the hell are you doing? He’s your brother.” Enzo goes over to Stefan’s new pad and shakes everything up, and forces Stefan to look in the mirror.

That dinner sounds awkward and uncomfortable.
It is very awkward. I’m really looking forward to [seeing] it specifically.

Is Enzo actively trying to get people like Stefan and Elena to see the Damon and Bonnie situation differently?
Enzo doesn’t really give two shits about winning anybody over because he was a soldier, and when vampires die, whatever they were beforehand is magnified 100 [times]. There’s a huge part of him that still deals with everything as a soldier would so Enzo is all about the mission. That’s his main concern — what’s the job at hand and how do I accomplish it? And if people get in the way of that, then they either get run over or will be dealt with. But yeah, he’s not trying to winning anybody over, except maybe Caroline. But even when it comes to her, he’s like, “Look, if you don’t get it, you don’t get it. This is what I do. If you don’t appreciate that, then that’s your loss.”

Will the Enzo and Caroline banter continue this season?
We’ll have some lovely scenes with Enzo and Caroline. (Watch a scene below.) They have a great dynamic and it’s nice that the writers and the fans have appreciated that and want to see more of it. I think there’s this obsession with people hooking up and relationships, but it doesn’t have to be a relationship. The fact that they have their interesting dynamic, and perhaps there is a little undertone of chemistry, that just makes it all the more fun doesn’t it?

Where does Enzo believe Damon and Bonnie ended up? What’s his theory?
He spent [a long time] locked up and all he had to go on was a shred of hope, and when you’ve got hope, it has the potential to mushroom into a grander hope. So in this instance, just the hope that Damon could still be alive is enough for him to start a course of action.

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