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Video From Comic Con Press Room with Candice Accola

“I think Elena has moved closer to Damon,” Candice said when asked about the pair's love potential on the next season, "I think that the writers did a beautiful job in setting up the cliffhanger in which I am kind of terrified to see what has become of Stefan (Paul Wesley) now that he has fed into his urges, no pun intended!"

Buzz: Were you shocked when you first found out that Caroline was going to be a vampire?
Candice Accola: It had been hinted. I guess I was shocked at the extreme at which she kicked ass so much within that episode too; it wasn't a slow build. And the fact that they gave her the opportunity to catch on and to be very dominant in the sense that she killed people. When the people you work with on a day-to-day basis look at the blood on your face and have to turn away . . . it was pretty graphic. I'm glad that they allowed the character who's so perky and vain to just get dirty.

Buzz: When did you find out?
CA: I was very happy to get a phone call from Kevin [Williamson] before we went back for season two, so I did know that it was going to happen, but things do get brought up and changed. It wasn't until I saw it on the paper that it was like, this is real, this is happening.

Buzz: You and Michael Trevino (Tyler) recently had a very moving scene when Tyler transitioned to a werewolf for the first time.
CA: It was moving just to be in the room. It was a smaller set and a smaller crew and it was shot over two 12- to 14-hour days, and it was really hard to watch. Trevino [Michael, who plays Tyler] obviously wasn't wearing very many clothes, the chains he had on in the episode, they were real chains. He was bawling his eyes out. It was really tough to watch. You know, Trevino is a dude, he is a full-on, very masculine man and so to watch him get so vulnerable, it definitely created a very open space in which [I was] able to feel what was going on.


Buzz: Where is the relationship between Caroline and Matt going?
CA: There's obviously a love triangle; and what's missing in one, the other one has. I think Matt is Caroline's first true love, but I think that Tyler, she can really be her real new self in front of. It's really up to the writers to decide where they want to take it. But I love that their [Tyler and Caroline] relationship didn't start out as a sexual one, there was no sexual tension, it was purely friendship, purely "if you've got my back, I've got your back." And Caroline hadn't had that yet in the season.

Buzz: Caroline and Stefan have struck up a friendship; do you think anything romantic will ever happen between them?
CA: It's always fun when you have new faces in front of you, and Caroline and Stefan didn't really have a lot of scenework in the first season, so I think that's what everyone is talking about in regards to the second season. They've got a great banter, you know. [But] He's got enough to worry about with Elena. And that's the other thing, it's another friendship; yes, she was attracted to him back then, but at this point it really is just stemming from the friendship, and I just need help. It's refreshing because it's that old question, can men and women just friends?

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Midway through Season 2, the CW series The Vampire Diaries has already featured death, destruction and multiple transformations. For viewers, the most fun to watch, no question, has been the metamorphosis of Caroline Forbes.

Throughout Season 1, Caroline, played by Candice Accola, was the quintessential popular girl in school, full of insecurities despite her cheerful outer shell. And although it appears that becoming a vampire has actually softened her, Accola tells TVGuide.com, the compassion was always there.

"Caroline always had a heart; it just didn't have the perspective. That's the one thing I think Caroline gained from transforming, a newfound, grown-up perspective on life," Accola says.

While the 23-year-old actress says she loves playing the sassy version of her character, she's challenged when she has to be emotional.

"It's a very vulnerable thing ... to just break down and go there," she says.

Watch the video from our set visit for more of what Accola loves most about playing Caroline and what she wants to see for her character throughout the series. Hint: She'd like to keep breathing.

Source: TV Guide

Fans of The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” are rabid – so to speak – about their love for the show and the fact that its current second season has been an even more entertaining and well-crafted roller coaster than last year. One story that has been gaining speed this season is the impending transformation of Tyler (played by Michael Trevino) from human to werewolf, an event that finally came to a head in last night’s episode. As the show widens its scope to include the world of werewolves, fans can surely expect more drama, some great storytelling and, more than likely, a lot of blood.

Now that viewers have a little break before new episodes start airing next month, our Jim Halterman spent some time talking with Executive Producer Julie Plec and two of the actors who have seen their characters go through the biggest transformations this season – Trevino and Candice Accola, whose Caroline was turned into a vampire early in the season – to see how they’ve gotten to this point in the season and, more importantly, what’s going to happen next and how much would they actually share.

Jim Halterman: Julie, with the changes for Caroline and Tyler, the addition of the evil Katherine and other new characters, can you talk about making those changes and not shaking things up too much?

Julie Plec: Instinctively, we really believed that turning Caroline into a vampire was a good move and it could have been a good move that people didn’t like but as storytellers we just knew that it was a great move for her character. Tyler, we always knew this was his journey. It just took us a season before we could get it started. Michael is wonderful. He’s smart, he’s committed, he’s passionate about this role and the work he has to do to really deliver and it’s really been a pleasure to give him storylines this year where he can show off his skills.

JH: Candice and Michael, how much of a hand have you had in helping shape your character’s respective journeys this season?

Michael Trevino: Julie and Kevin are so talented and they know me. They know what I’m capable of and what I can bring to Tyler so creatively they know what kind of words to put in Tyler’s mouth and as far as talking to them, they know where to push my buttons and push the envelope and it’s been great in each episode.

Candice Accola: The scripts that have been coming in… when you’re half way through the second season and we’re still getting scripts and going ‘Oh my Gosh!’ You’re so shocked at what’s happening and even crew members are saying ‘Last night’s episode was great!’ They’re watching it even after they’ve seen it in shooting twelve-hour days. It’s exciting to be a part of something like that. When it comes to Caroline, the writers are very specific in those breakdowns within a script. I’m excited with all the opportunities that they’ve been presenting to Caroline this year.

JH: Michael, you told me at Comic-Con that you were ready for more so how has it felt playing those deeper layers this season?

MT: It’s been amazing, Jim. I’ve been so glad that we’re able to show different sides of Tyler. Back in season one, he was really just one note just being mad all the time and getting into these fights and he was – using a word the writers like to use on this show – a real dick. Now we’re able to show different sides of what’s going on with his family, and what happened when Mason came to town and now we have this new character we’ll see named Jules and she comes to town and she has more information about what’s going on. It’s really nice to see Tyler’s vulnerable side. Obviously, our producers had a plan so now to show his soft side and making close relationships with other characters in Mystic Falls, it’s been a blast. And hopefully it will just get better as we get ready for the rest of season two.

JH: Speaking of getting closer, there are several impending couples. Bonnie and Jeremy are getting closer. Tyler and Caroline are getting closer. What are we going to see moving forward?

JP: Nothing but obstacles! Obstacles and then working around the obstacles. If it were easy, it wouldn’t be a relationship drama. Happiness is difficult to tell for numerous episodes.

CA: It’s always a possibility for characters to find a new interest in each other that can turn into a romantic one. What’s been so wonderful about Caroline’s character development throughout the season is that during the first season any time she talked to a member of the opposite sex it would be ‘You’re cute and I want attention.’ With the second season the stakes are higher and her perspective on life is much different so she can just be friends with someone of the opposite sex. It’s not like she started hanging out with Tyler because she thought it was cute. The friendship is the most important thing on her radar now. Where that friendship goes? It could go anywhere so stay tuned for that one.

MT: I can tell you that they’re there for each other. What they have in common is the supernatural element within their characters. Obviously, that causes a little triangle with our buddy Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig) so you’ll see that dynamic between the three of them. But it’s nice and what’s going to happen with Caroline and Tyler… one’s a vampire, one’s a werewolf. I don’t know how that works in terms of a relationship, do you? It will be interesting.

JH: How much of the show’s success do you attribute to social media?

JP: Someone should do a study on that so I can speak with more authority. I think emotionally I attribute a lot of the success to that because that’s where we get our feedback and that’s where the community has the opportunity to communicate with each other and good or bad they have a dialogue that keeps people talking about the show. Social media is the new water cooler and on a grand, grand scale everybody aspires to have the water cooler show so when you have the Twitter-cooler show, you feel pretty good about yourself.

CA: It’s so wonderful that everyone has been so excited about the show and it has a huge following that is very apparent when you’re online. I know the boys get the attention more and more because they look pretty spot-on to how they look on screen but everyone has been very respectful. Everyone has been very complimentary of the show and what’s funny is I still get a kick out of the fact that most of the people that I’m approached by are adults. My favorite are the men saying ‘My wife loves your show!’ and I say ‘Then how do you recognize me? You must watch it, too!’

JH: Let’s talk about some of the other characters. Elena (Nina Dobrev) is definitely not the damsel in distress anymore. Was that a conscious effort that you wanted to see this year?

JP: Absolutely. We always want our female characters to have a point of view and be strong but by definition putting the ingenue in jeopardy is a part of the show so how you sort of make her really strong-willed and fierce and stand up for herself… we saw that a lot last season but this season she’s not necessarily letting other people make decisions for her anymore and it’s part of her growth and the way she is taking back her life, which has spun out of control. It’s nice to see Elena take a stand.

JH: Last season, Damon really seemed to be more bad than good and now it seems to be the other way around with him being more good than bad. Can you talk about that shift?

JP: At the core of Damon’s character is a man who is struggling with both the dark and light inside of him. He put on a good show last year and really embraced all the darkness and evil that exists within him. This year we’re exploring the light part of him, the innocent boy who loved so desperately when he was human. We’re letting that persona find its way for awhile. The battle between those two [sides] is really the issue for that character.

JH: You said you had to wait to tell the werewolf story with Tyler until this season. Are there other things that you and the writers are just dying to tell but can’t squeeze it in at this point in the series?

JP: There are many things that we’re dying to do that we’re not doing yet. As far as when they’re coming, I don’t know. There’s so much to play out with relationships. At one point, I look forward to being able to tell the story of someone who makes the choice not to feed on a human after they’ve been turned and let themselves die instead of becoming a vampire. That can be a heartbreaking story to tell one of these days but no plans just yet to do any of those things.

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If you're anything like me, you're anticipating Mystic Falls' next full moon with an unsettling blend of excitement and dread. I couldn't wait to find out what happens, so I hit the show's Atlanta set this week - with my shaky flip video camera in tow - to get the scoop from the cast.

Accola and Trevino talk about the possibility of romance...and that inevitable love triangle