[Applause] here sorry welcome [Music] to we we love you back all right well what's up ComicCon there's more of us there's a lot more of us all right I'm DAV H from TV Guide magazine and it is my honor to be up here with these two who need no introduction but I'm going to anyway Mr Ian summerer yeah all right okay so Let's Help welcoming the rest of our panel you guys uh I hope have been resting your voices uh Miss Nina [Music] doad Paul Wesley and this jie play all right okay you guys are
an intimidating bunch and you also quite powerful so powerful that Delena won ship of the Year this week um does this mean Paul that the Stena fans need to step it up or or the steriline fans sta or starine or Sten I don't really care definitely def um Julie obviously Bonnie and Damon are back in some way shape or form I know you cannot tell us exactly what happens um but can you tease what Mystic Falls is in for now that the other side has gone to the other side oh well with the other side
being obliterated than anybody who's ever died before no longer has the opportunity to to come back and revisit us which is sort of equal parts interesting and and heartbreaking because there are so many characters that we had to leave behind in the dust um but fortunately we were able to bring you know a couple of them back at least a both of them couple you know I mean and we were able to bring a couple of them back a couple of the favorites the ones that uh that we love um and Cat Anyan um should
we expect Bayon just to get it out there their time wherever they are now do you think that this is going to bring a new Dynamic to their relationship I definitely think Bayon is better than Donnie we're trying to figure out shipping names but it's we we said the Bayon was was better than I think B was I think the fans decided that but yeah I would definitely say that the the dynamic and you'll definitely see more interaction I think there's a few different dynamics that you guys will see and Julie when we come back
for uh the new season how big is this time Jump uh it's about about four months give or take it's been enough time for everybody to made some big choices in their life and to move forward uh in whatever way it is that they feel like they can move forward some are doing it very well and some are not doing it well at all so so okay um and uh Rick is back um so where will we find our former our favorite former teacher in in the new season he's actually here do you guys want
to see him he's still in my hotel room I think Matt Davis it's part excuse me that's what we talking about right that Matt Davis came excuse me I have a question yeah where here to your left wait what we got that wait till we open questions is this is this one of those like can I have your name card yeah hi wait that sounds like a familiar I know that voice I have a I have a question for Damon good Lord don't let anyone in here specifically how much do you miss me question sir
I miss you so much a look who that is wait a minute is that Matt Davis I forgot his last name Saltzman it is Sal it is Saltzman is Saltzman what a name yeah my mom named me a lar Saltzman I'd be L and gentlemen all right Matt now that you've joined us uh where where does r fit in now that he's back from the day get in where you fit in uh what can I say you would give it a shot and then if it goes badly I'll just jump across the table yeah no
I think we uh like Julie said we we start a few months in the future and uh you find a lar living outside of Mystic Falls having compelled his way into a teaching job at the local University so I think it's a good starting place okay or as we like to say the defense of the dark arts position that was once held by grahs and Professor Shane um Julie it's been a while for Rick um have you lined up anyone he can get naughty with Wow real subtle it's vampire diary thank you brother thank you
man I think that people do get naughty uh in our universe and that I think um if anybody deserves a little naughtiness it's probably Professor Salzman it's been a while Professor pretty easy to make that happen professors extra credit yeah that's right yeah you want an a for extra credit so all for Ian cat Nina and Paul I mean this was a big season that we just saw with 100 episodes and you know huge huge accomplishment um you guys have been with us since day one and the fans are so passionate about these characters and
their relationships and their un relationships and you guys are the best so I want to hear from you guys how you feel about these characters how they've evolved since since Elena first SAT writing in her diary how they've evolved one more time that was a little hi again man I hope to goodness you don't watch our show a she just blew us a kiss she's adorable um by the way there I I I would definitely be so bold to say that there's been a massive evolution of these characters and uh in great part because Julie
pleck and I remember Kevin Williamson both having to sit down and drill into my head that Damon could not just be a onetick pony he couldn't just be the bad guy that wanted to like eat sorority girls and you know save kittens out of trees um he had to be this Dynamic person and I kicked and screamed and you made me realize they both said trust us we got this m as they wanted to kill me but it's been an amazing journey uh of the evolution of this man and I'm grateful to have been down
so thank you yeah I would say that when um I was discovered by jwy black that um you know I I was really like kind I just a little girl I hadn't really found myself um yet and I felt like I really found myself through this character and as I evolve the character evolved and as the character evolved sometimes Way Beyond where I was in my life she grew me up in a lot of ways and and showed me what a strong woman looks like and Julie ple showed me what a strong woman looks like
and I wanted to I think I'm at my wedding should we have a to you know I I wanted I wanted that to be a part of the character I wanted I wanted to play a strong woman so um that's how I feel like she's really evolved and you know throughout the seasons and her story and her loss and her gains all that all that good stuff yeah baby nice I have nothing to add um no I'm all these nice things um I I do have something nice to say uh wow really wow once once
in my life um anyway um you know Stephan was originally conceived as as sort of the the hero and the protagonist in a way and and and then and Damon was the villainous you know uh opposite and stepan I remember sitting down with you and Kevin and being like you know I think he needs to every hero and he said flaws and that's when we you guys created the Ripper and which was my favorite storyline and then stepan stepen has been through so many Journeys and as an actor you know it's so nice to not
be on a show where you're stuck playing the same character over and over again and um he's taken quite the turn in many different ways and and uh so I'm very uh grateful for that and you know 100 episodes but they've all been exciting and different as a result of that l thanks thanks and Nina I mean Elena has grown up in front of our eyes yeah and so have I I was 20 when I started now I dare not well feel they can do math 25 turning 26 soon um but yeah I I feel
like she's gone through such an evolution that's what's so beautiful about television like we we have six or more however many years to really see a character grow like you would in real life you you every experience changes you to your core and Elena has had so Much Death so much love so many so many crazy things happened to her so many doel gangers um that she um she's really gone from you know girl next door to like a strong woman who doesn't take any anything like you know she kicks butt she's butt kicker she
even kicks her own do kicker's butt take that Catherine I didn't even know what a do I was until I got this show now I have like eight of them so well Elena has recently suffered a massive loss um so I'm just going to refer to her as the Widow Gilbert um and in the four months that have passed on is it taking a tip from travo is it possible that she would even seek out grief comfort from another fella oh like a rebound Comfort grief sex grief sex that' be brutal would be so I
mean if she did that feel like that would mean that her um her experience and her love for Dam wasn't real so I mean when we pick up 4 months later she's definitely not in a um happy place although she has a very interesting confusing strange way of dealing with her grief that's all I can say without giving away the first episode of the show all right and Paul Paul said the word Sterilite yeah um the word that's not really a word but whatever um if that happened would do you think Elena would call girl
code violation on this what do you think I don't know U no I feel like she G them the BL we're liberal we're liberal how could she that would be so hypocritical because I mean Elena dated both of the brothers so right like she kept it in the family you know what I'm saying yeah exactly that is weird def has been pretty good I think he deserves some yeah some uh some action guys nice since this is for you guys this is a fan thing um we want to get to your questions as early as
possible so why don't you start lining up um cuz we want to hear from you guys as well um so yeah what you guys have to say is far more interesting than what we have to say Yes um I did want to say um love that what you have um for Ian Damon really became a very impressive man this season I feel he kind of stepped up um did you ever think you'd be playing this guy who is actually noble noble yeah is Damon Noble yes I guess there's a certain nobil I think maybe what
may be confused with nobility is his Damon is a fiercely loyal friend brother boyfriend and to his family and friends and I think by virtue of that he exudes or practices a certain type of nobility where he will basically slay and kill you if you get in the way or try and hurt those people and uh it is an interesting quality about him looking at this guy who initially was just you know Damon was the guy that basically had the same face that whether he was saving a kitten out of a tree or ripping some
sorority girl's throat out it was the same die so he was very monal very dangerous so yeah it's interesting and beautiful to see him have this other side it really is by the way I stole Damon's ring for the weekend that I'm wearing here and our and our and and Joe props our our property Master who's the man Joe connley only the only thing he asked for was he said enjoy the ring just make sure you clean it please before you bring it back he I don't get it weekend to Comic Con it be an
exceptional time so uh wait what shaking a lot of hand a lot of cool people oh let's go to audience party that's kind of gross yeah where are they where are they that's gross where did everyone go people I thought they were typically right here I know they're all right but there's no light now on the wall okay oh they're having everybody hi guys that's really yo yo yo hey guys listen before we get embedded into you guys asking us questions that we can barely answer thank you guys for being here thank you thank you
thank you all [Applause] right hi hi you're not in the spotlight or anything don't worry how does it feel oh great hi my name is Rebecca and this question is for the cast uh were there any talents or skills that you have had that the writers actually incorporated into the show tragic a tragic uh motorcycle scene that Julie was like all right I was like Julie give me a motorcycle she like all right we did one scene she's like I don't like that scene you're never of a motorcycle again I got to speak Bulgarian yeah
cuz I am Bulgarian and gr yeah my family is in Bulgaria and so we incorporated that into the that was cool and can you say hi to your fans in [Applause] Bulgaria um but also can I do that back flip please in the next episode which one I want to do the backflip I can actually do back the you want to show you want to show us put on the spot right now so that she has say yes and then you guys can all vouch for me should I do it should she let me do
the backlip see yeah please please don't dare please do it and plus Peter raw the head of the studio is right behind us and I don't know if it's a good idea to have his lead lady uh flipping around on stage back for you I um Julie finally let me use my uh setting things on fire talent that I can actually do so that was great that's true that was helpful other than on TV I don't know where I would use that and uh and you know Damon was supposed to be kind of like a
priest character with no charm and no Charisma you know till thean summerer came along so just Mr Magic I don't really have any other hidden talents um I mean I can write in perfect uh cursive with my toes that'd be imagine Dam writing Elena a love letter from the other side dear diary dear you see hands [Laughter] down okay this is getting so weird have you met us guys it's getting weird going to be awesome hi love you guys um my question is this there's so many great bands artists and songs that are played throughout
the seasons of Vampire Diaries and I'm wondering if you as a cast have input as to who those people and songs are um you know what they do in their each of them in their own way because our editors really lay the music in for the show and our music supervisor collects songs to use and and clears them and so at any point along the way if one of these guys has a friend who's a musician um someone a musician that they particularly love a band that they particularly love it's so easy for us to
you know lay that into the editor's hands and then they find if there's an opportunity for placement they find it and um and you know Ian Damon geez Ian has sent me songs over the years like I'll get a little I'll get a little like iTunes like you've got a gift from Ian summer hter like it's it's a song like Connor overr I know you sent me and um cat sent me like CDs you know it's like it's been great actually cuz it's everybody gets a chance to try to Showcase their the people they're fans
of yeah it's important a question goad hello hi my name is Linda I'm also here in spirit with my sister Lisa this question is for Ian who is so beautiful my heart is eating out of my you must be drinking or something you're so gorgeous darling you've been in the celebrity Spotlight for so many years now you're fans know you inside and out but what would still surprise them today wa wow that they can't imagine no matter how hard it's going to sound it's not to sound cliche this is this is honest don't give me
about this that any profound love that they think they have for me mine is exponentially greater I love you guys more than you can possibly imagine so thank you for all of that that in the toe thing to thing and the toe thing and the toe thing and the toe thing nice okay go ahead you okay yeah breath smile repeat breathe smile repeat I'm a huge Damon fan and um my question is is there a possibility that Stephan and Elena are ever going to get back together in like future Seasons or brown chicken brown I
hate to break it to you but it's already in the cards they're getting no I'm just kidding I'm jul Elena's pregnant and um what's the deal are they uh is there any hope Julie F Well I would hate to say there's never any hope for anything I mean people grow and evolve and change I think right now I mean the the love between D and Elena is so strong and the friendship between Steph and Elena has actually grown quite strong so um you know and Elena just got her sort of second soulmate ripped out of
her arms so um you know certainly that is going to be taking up a lot of space in the show for probably quite a long time okay um and following up on that for Paul and Ann do you guys depending on who Elena is into um do you guys still find yourselves even like vaguely jealous or competitive PA you're so jealous I'm only jealous of [Laughter] Nina I understand Paul we agreed that we weren't going to Proclaim our love for one another in public you idiot my bad I feel like the cat's out of the
bag love you Paul no we're uh I got dirty we just love each other uh Paul and I Paul and I share everything okay next question right now next question Underwear women boo absolutely please ask a question ask question this question is for Ann and his beautiful eyes um is have you ever thought about opening one of your is foundations in Texas like in Dallas maybe yeah there's there should there's Community Crews uh in Texas for sure but you should do it volunteer hell yeah volunteer I'll help you thank you you rock [Applause] baby what
up girl hey guys it's great to be here um Ian my mom is totally in love with you so she is she where is she where is she uh she's here in spirit okay good um so my question is because I'm also an Originals fan will we be seeing any characters going back to Mystic Falls um you know I've I've been asked to answer this question a lot of different ways and um I've answered it in a terrible amount of ways but um yes we're always talking about different paths that we could take to bring
one charact one character from one show over to the other um because it's fun for us the universes at one point did exist together and so we don't want to separate them completely uh logistically it's a little bit of a nightmare to make work and so we don't want to make any promises until we know they can happen so we're talking about stories right now even as we speak and if we can make it work fantastic and you guys will be seeing the news you know sooner than later and if we can't you will never
know what it was and you can ask me next year when I cry about how we couldn't make it happen oh um speaking of um characters possibly crossing over or coming in you've got some new characters coming in this season um that we probably don't want to spoil too much but there's always that possibility for mixing relationships up and Cat do you think that um a romance between Jeremy and Bonnie could still exist or do you think uh you know he'll be like hey there's a new girl in town uh yeah right dude you call
him I know said oh I'm sorry but he he's pretty forgiving right don't be mad at me click yeah he ran he did and also too also in that scene don't forget too that like oh I'm also stuck on the other side with like the horniest guy on television also true um no actually I think oh sorry no no I want to know no I want to know I was going to actually it's more about Jeremy even because you are stuck on the other not the other side but somewhere with uh you know what he
said um but the interesting thing about Jeremy right now is he everyone keeps telling him to kind of move on and he's like how dare you like nobody knows what I went through and uh nobody knows nobody else had their girlfriend call them and basically be like dude I'm dying today sorry peace out you know so um for Elena and also allic as sister and you know sort of former guardian and still family having to deal with him when neither of them can actually enter Mystic FS is actually complicated because they want to be good
you know good family and good disciplinarians but Jeremy who's sort of like trying to keep his distance is staying in town um so Alaric Matt you have to kind of you know step up and figure out a way to wait do we see like a weird Alena laric Guardian thing is that what you're alling wa what what Elena and L are going to hook up Elena is that what you just said that'd be hot oh I called that well actually Matt I I wanted to ask cuz um whenever Damon gets back um how's Rick going
to feel about Enzo like these two are buddies and then they old buddies that would be a hot hook very territorial I don't know very jealous I'm sure I don't know how is that going to develop Denzel no I I think like the beauty of Enzo is um I think that he has a way with people and and he's got a charm but he's also got this way of completely pissing people off um and you strike me as the kind of person who would be a little bit sort of like listen buddy I ain't having
your like English charm whatever part of England that you're from can't really tell I see through you buddy I see through you this stick of yours isn't going to work I like it go ahead hi I'm Claire and um this question is for everyone nice yeah nice and um I know the set is taking place in Virginia where I'm from but I know it's filmed in Georgia so I was wondering what is y'all's favorite southern food o I got to have my Grit a whole table look at me no I don't know for advice um
I am pry you like to eat I do like to eat um I mean fried you can't go wrong with Fried Chickens Fried Chickens what's that I know where that is that's it's on CH it's right by my house yep pimento cheese oh yeah a burger with Pento cheese HS everything else on the planet just mac and cheese or just really anything deep fried but I'll there's that PL what is it Mary U Mary Maxx there's a place in in in Georgia I mean Atlanta where it is literally in this huge place it's very famous
it is a heart attack just to walk in but you can just have little bits and pieces and you realize how rich I'm from New Orleans man I know all about rich food but the southerners yes what people don't realize is you can't have that every day MH you will die fast so I think we we have spread it out we spread it out yeah we like biscuits season one was a real wake up call I think for everybody season one a little yeah you know set a precent we're going to keep you guys naked
just enough so you eat like a couple leaves of lettuce a day oh man and um yeah enjoy that steam room buddy yeah thanks for the question thank you thank you darling go ahead hi my name is Isa look at that smile so cute crush my question is for everyone I wanted to know if you had to choose would you be Team Stefan or team Damon that is the most original question I've ever heard that before this is really good what would you think oh me do do I have by the way does no one
recognize that this woman should not be with either one of these guys that that we've single-handedly I saw hand up like I'll be with them then we've killed every person in her family everyone in her family is dead her house is burned down she's a wreck why does why why are do you guys want to abuse this woman anymore I think she should end up with Matt yeah he's human he's handsome he's not going to kill her it'll be great with Matt Donovan Matt Donovan for God's sake she dated him already he was not going
to die him God she likes it to salvor nice nice so the answer would be team Elena team Elena I think it's a good team I like team Elena and by the way what do you think Elena's freshman year GPA is 1.7 this girl is going to fail out in her first year she she's going to compel all give her good gr um go ahead stay in school kids we have time for one more [Music] question hi I'm Taylor hi Taylor Tor oh you cried in line I remember oh yeah out no you're making again
good you're good you're good you're good you're good you're good good keep happy because I remembered your name and now I'm remembering your name again so you can it's a there you go don't cry smile am I right I'm not wrong right no okay good she's like I've never seen you before good memory talk to us lady come on okay so our question is for Ian cat uhoh um what was your reaction when you read the script that they were killing you off first thing I thought was vacation and then I thought if you're going
to go might want to go with a woman it's that hot we're going to go at least we're going again yeah yeah is that all right or I mean I don't know if you if you wanted a deep profound answer um I know I know I think and we said this before I think that this season again going with the idea that it's sort of this reboot you know we've been telling these stories for five years and they're great and they're Dynamic but just like life evolves we all evolve as people the story needs to
evolve and now by virtue of having all these different characters now interacting with each other that's going to create a lot of different Dynamic and it's going to be great for us it's going to be great hopefully for you um but it's exciting for us change is good what I really love and I'll just um end it with this but I really loved that Bonnie was a character that Julie created that was really about um really selfless character that was about sacrifice and I love that when she went out it was her choice and I
think that was something so powerful so when I read the ending I I wasn't sad I actually felt empowered by it because it was a choice of the character she made a choice she knew what was going to happen she knew for episodes many episodes before that it was going to happen which is why she didn't tell Jeremy because she didn't want to change the ending of their relationship she wanted to keep it pure she wanted to keep the love and I really love that in the end it was her choice right what she said
okay um before we wrap it up the show is I mean you guys are great with the hashtags but for you guys for the actors give us a the appropriate hashtag that you would assign your character how would you hashtag Your Role hero yeah hash hero hair hero sexy Wesley sexy sex Wesley no your character your character character Wesley's kind of a character # triple [Music] ganger hash # bbon # bourbon buddy yeah and has # bearce bears that up hash thank you you guys are amazing let's give thank you guys so much thank you
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