In a castle full of lusty teen vampires, what could possibly go wrong?
Who better to helm a vampiric love triangle than “The Vampire Diaries” creator Plec?
Plec and MacIntyre were determined to cast the right actors without worrying about dialect training.
As it turns out, the dating life in a classist royal vampire society is a bit complicated.
Fortunately, these guys met the challenge of bringing these nuances to life headfirst.
Can we expect any of those characteristics to come into play during the series?
Kieron Moore:The essence of Dimitri, I can confirm 100%, will be there.
I believe I’ve completely [fallen] in love with what Dimitri represents.
Our backgrounds are massive parts of who our characters are, and we align that with the books.
Sorry, loved Richelle Mead’s original portrayal, but yeah.
I’m excited for you all to see.
[There are] some things that I really want to say yes and no to.
There [are] some things that I really want to tease.
That’s what I’m going to say.
[There are] some fun favorites incoming.
Could these actors show up in a second season?
Andre Dae Kim:Wow.
That’s like three questions in one.
Christian is so different than a lot of characters that I’ve played.
He plays with fire a little bit.
I have a really good buddy named Felix Mallard, who’s in “Locke & Key.”
Oh my God, I’m giving everybody.
Moore:You’re like [a] casting [director] right here.
Andrew Liner:This person, this person, this person.
Moore:You thought about this.
Kim:These are all the buddies that I love.
Felix is also a good friend of mine.
He’d do great.
Honestly, anybody that I’ve worked with.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with really awesome people.
Anybody who came on the show, I’d welcome with open arms.
It’s a great show.
You get to go to Spain.
You get to hang out with these guys.
Liner:That’s an interesting question.
I agree with you.
Mason did get a little bit of a coolness upgrade from the books.
He is a passionate person and he is very comfortable with himself.
I’m team Mason, but that’s the thing.
They have this lived-in experience of [the Dhampir tagline for Moroi]: “They come first.”
They see a lot of each other in themselves.
I’m 100% team Mason.
The little boy in me is like, “Eeeh!”
Kim:We’ll skip over that.
I did do some research into old Moroi.
Learning that language was really helpful because that’s something Christian is proficient in as well.
Yeah, it was super fun both ends of the spectrum.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
