Heartbreaker, bloodsucker.
So at this point, if you don't aware that The Vampire Diaries will return to TV with a brand new season on September 15th, then I seriously suggest you re-evaluate your life and the decisions that led you to this webpage- but you do know! Of course! So let's get into a few spoiler details that will set season 3 on fire!
At Comic-Con this past weekend, blood and deets were spilling all over the place about Stefan's upcoming role in the new season. If you remember (if you don't, you're insane), Klaus recruited Stefan, and in order to save Elena's life, Stefan agreed to switch to the dark side. But what will that mean for Season 3, and how bad will things get?
Joseph Morgan, the man behind Klaus, teased that the biggest baddie yet has plans for his new accomplice. “What we’re going to get to see is how dark Stefan can go,” he says. “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.”
Executive producer Julie Plec says that exploring Stefan's darkness is a story that will last for a long portion of the season. “We’re going to be exploring the levels of Stefan and his dark side for hopefully a good amount of time,” she says. She also explains some of the questions that will be raised: “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?”
But there's good that will come of this, as executive producer Kevin Williams tells us. Paul Wesley has been really good as Stefan, and his dark side will unleash a new side of Paul we haven't seen before! “He... 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.”
