Welcome to Julies Diary!
Every week during the season,Vampire Diariesshowrunner Julie Plec will add an entry to her diary.
Hello, Friday people.
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Its a big night for us.
Our first Friday airdate, for one.
Who can forget the Gentlemen as they floated silently through the streets of Sunnydale inBuffys brilliant Hush?
Weve never done one onThe Vampire Diaries.
We have always wanted to, and the construct of the Phoenix Stones Hellscape gave us the opportunity.
We got an overwhelmingly positive reception on this episode from our team in Atlanta.
It felt like shooting a movie.
We had Civil War reenactors who came with their own wardrobe and gear.
We built an entire army camp in the woods outside our office.
We had cannons, grenades, amputees, burning bodies, horses.
It was a spectacle.
Every single department didGone With the Windlevel work and they did it in 10 days.
Spearheading this operation was a director who, hilariously, none of us had ever met.
Deb Chow won the episodic lottery on this one.
This was her very first episode ofTVD.
The whole team was very excited to meet her because she had recently done an episode ofMr.
We are all obsessed withMr.
To quote Holly, I want to be Deb Chow when I grow up.
Most of all, this episode could not have been made without Ians unwavering enthusiasm.
He was a leader and a trooper.
And he was in every single scene.
Ian is a class act.
We never answered how Henry knew Damon, and this was our opportunity.
He called Damon a hero.
Come to learn that the line in question got CUT from Blood Brothers due to length.
I had completely forgotten.
