Executive producer Julie Plec was nice enough to give fans of The Originals at Comic-Con a little taste of what’s to come in season three. She brought a video that recapped the first two seasons and introduced three new villains at the end.
We were supposed to meet these villains at the end of season two, but Julie said when they saw the season finale they thought it was better to end on Klaus’s emotional moment. “Sort of just t-ing up there were new enemies to come.”
Executive producer Michael Narducci said they’ve discussed how the Mikaelsons have been around for thousands of years and have probably sired vampires along the way. We know that when an original vampire dies, their sire line dies with them. Season three will be about what those vampire’s perspectives are about the continued existence of the Mikaelson family.
When we left the Mikaelsons in season two, they had just gotten rid of their parents and aunt. “Now they get to experience what it’s like to be so called parents themselves of the first line of sired vampires. So the children are coming to town with an ax to grind,” Julie said.
Not only are there new enemies coming, Klaus and Elijah are very estranged at the moment, but they still have to work together to take care of little Hope.
Joseph Morgan (Klaus Mikaelson) thinks that when The Originals returns that Klaus will be a bad father.
“I think he kind of knows he’s messing it up, but he’s trying at least. You gotta give him that. Even if he’s warping the mind of his young daughter before she’s uttered even a syllable,” Joseph said.
While Klaus and Elijah will try to take care of Hope despite their differences, Freya will also be there to help take care of the powerful baby.
Riley Voelkel was a new addition to the cast this season and Michael said, “Riley owned it.”
“She felt to me like a Mikaelson right form the beginning. Very strong, very intense and 25% bat s–t insane and a very, very great addition to the family,” Michael added.
Julie said Riley just fit right into the cast and they really wished she could of come with them, but she was at home in Atlanta with her mom.
There has been a lot of new additions over the first two seasons, but not all of them have stuck around.
“A typical day we’re sitting there thinking about how much we love our actors and our cast is phenomenal. We’re just kind of chilling out and then the angel of death walks in and says, ‘I feel like killing off so and so’ and then we figure that out,” Michael said, as he looked at Julie.
“They have a big roulette wheel with all of our names on,” Joseph said.
“I do. I do,” Julie joked.
Julie said the best death scenes are the ones they don’t want to do. The ones that hurt.
Julie was originally determined not to kill off Aunt Jenna from The Vampire Diaries, but then someone presented Jenna’s death in a way that was so terrible, she loved it.
There are other times when an actor wants to leave.
“Just from a logistical point of view, Daniel Sharman, who was so wonderful as Kol,” Julie started to say and the crowd screamed.
Daniel got a new job, so they had to write him off. Julie did say we will see Kol again next season, this time as Nathaniel Buzolic. We’ll even see him right away in flashbacks.
Davina isn’t going to stop trying to get her boyfriend back.
Danielle Campbell (Davina Claire) thinks Davina and Kol had a special connection, which is what made them able to do so much magic together. He’s the first person who’s understood her and is very important to her.
Davina has changed a lot in only two seasons.
“I think as an actor, I love it. It’s what you really want. I’ve gotten to experience so many different arcs and I’ve really gotten to grow with the character,” Danielle said.
Cami has gone through a lot of changes since The Originals started too. She came back to New Orleans not know anything about the supernatural world and now she’s the last remaining legacy of her family. And she has a very complicated relationship with Klaus.
Leah Pipes (Camille O’Connell) said Cami saw her twin brother plunge into darkness and she sees that darkness in herself. She also may see some of that darkness in Klaus that she’s repressing.
“I think there is an untapped darkness in Cami that we potentially will be seeing some of,” Leah said.
“I think that at the same time Klaus sees that darkness in her and sees someone highly intelligent who’s vulnerable and human and fragile. And yet sees him with sympathetic eyes and looks at him not as a monster, but as a complex soul. That’s something that he doesn’t necessarily get all the time and doesn’t necessarily think he deserves completely. So there’s some attraction there,” Michael said.
“She sees the good him,” Leah added.
“Yeah, perhaps,” Michael replied with a hint of a laugh.
“There’s silence in the audience. No one liked that,” Leah said and the panel laughed.
There’s a lot of powerful ladies on The Originals and we should hopefully see some great scenes with all of them together in the coming season.
“There’s a good faction of writers in our writers room who really believe that the female relationships and friendships are as strong and as important to the show as the supernatural stuff and as the bromance and the romance. They fight really hard to find ways to put characters together. We figure out ways to develop those bonds,” Julie said.
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The big romance on the show is Hayley and Elijah of course.
“He’s going to be holding a lot more coats out in the wilderness for her,” Daniel Gillies (Elijah Mikaelson) said.
“The coats are going to become exponentially smaller and smaller. It’s just going to be a tiny jacked. Just going to be a thong. Not even. A false mustache. He’s kinky,” Daniel joked.
Daniel got serious and said that Elijah has “monumental patients and I think he’ll just wait it out,” he said.
He said Elijah will always be there for Hayley when she needs him.
Joseph interjected: “Though his patients with Klaus has run out.”
“Well that’s a thousand years of it. He’s only had like what, two years,” Daniel replied.
“I think he’s going to remain devoted to her through whatever. And to the child,” Daniel added.
When Charles Michael Davis (Marcel Gerard) was asked about his character’s failed relationships he replied: “Wait, we’re talking about my personal life now?”
He hopes that Rebekah will come back in any body.
“You say that now and then she shows up, ‘Hello Marcel. I’m finally back in my new body. 86 years old. Give us a kiss, you devil you,” Joseph said in a fake old lady voice.
Charles joked and said he liked were this was going and Joseph said he would be playing the part “in a sort of Monty Pythonesque” way.
All fans constantly want to know when the next crossover will be. Michael isn’t such a fan of crossovers. He said he’s a producer and writer on The Originals, so he has his own characters to focus on. Then he waits “for my fearless leader to tell me, actually Mike, I have The Vampire Dairies and The Originals and we’re going to do a crossover with both of them and we’re going to bring in the people from Containment too, because I am God,” Michael said.
“And there you have it,” Julie concluded.
The cast were able to make a wish for their characters:
Leah Pipes:
I’m a human, so I just want to stay alive.
Phoebe Tonkin
I think my wish for Hayley would be that Hope can live a normal happy existence. I think that’s what she would want the most.
Daniel Gillies
I think for Elijah I would want, other than his girlfriends not being incinerated. (“Oh, come on,” Joseph said.) I’m saying I’m not letting that go easily. I’m actually wishing for something dark. Sort of would wish for a great division between the brothers before conciliation. (“So that’s how it’s going to be?” Joseph said.)
Joseph Morgan
I wish everyone would just do what Klaus says because he’s always right. He knows what he’s doing. It’s for the greater good. Come on, get on board with his plans and everything will be alright in the end. Not everyone will be alright in the end, but everything will be alright in the end. (Crowd laughs.)
Julie Plec
I just destroy wishes.
Charles Michael Davis
I wish Marcel would crossover. (“Whoa,” Julie said.)
Danielle Campbell
Davina’s a witch and I think it would be really cool if she could fly. So whether it’s a broomstick or something else. I still think it would be really cool.
Yusaf Gatewood
Mine’s pretty selfish. I hate shaving, so I wish we could work something out so Vincent can grow a huge beard. (“No, we can’t” Julie answered.)
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