The show has shirked any preconceived notion about its “Twilight”-similarities and evolved into one of the smartest, sexiest, funniest, scariest and most enthralling shows on television. Tonight, “Vampire Diaries” — which has made a habit out of one-upping itself every week — takes things to the next level with its most harrowing episode to date.

But as star Nina Dobrev tells PopWrap, this is only the beginning. The season long rollercoaster climb is nearing the top and the deathdive season finale will have fans dying for season two!

PopWrap: It’s been roughly six months since “Vampire Diaries” debuted. Has it been a whirlwind?
Nina Dobrev: Oh my god, it truly feels like it’s been six days because everything happened at such a fast rate. It’s been intense and incredible and I wake up every morning and can’t believe it sometimes.

PW: When we spoke back in October you were clearly confident in the show’s ability to find an audience — one People’s Choice Award for Best New Drama later — how excited are you that it clicked?
Nina: You know, I remember shooting the pilot and I did feel good about it. I had this sixth sense that told me not to worry and it turned out that all the hard work and enthusiasm we have for the show has been matched – if not exceeded – by the fans.

PW: What’s your favorite part about working on the show?
Nina: I know a lot of people dread going to work every morning, but my work is playing pretend and doing stunts and screaming. It’s a lot of fun and I get to play dress up. Every day is exciting and different and new and cool. I couldn’t be more grateful.

PW: And when you play Katherine, you really get to play dress up. Have you enjoyed getting to create two completely different characters in the same show?
Nina: [laughs] That’s what’s most exciting about it – it’s a really rare opportunity that I have. The fact that I can play this nice, strong, courageous girl but also this conniving narcissistic, selfish self-indulgent woman is amazing. Katherine’s been around for hundreds of years and she is threatening and scary and dangerous.

PW: Will we be seeing Katherine again this season?
Nina: I don’t want to give a spoiler – just wait and see.

PW: Fair enough. What we do already know is that Elena and Damon team up tonight when Stefan is kidnapped — what else can you tell us?
Nina: Elena and Damon team up out of circumstance and love and need [to save Stefan]. This episode is very pivotal – something will happen that has not happened in the past to one specific character and it’s going to change, jolt and affect everyone in some way. It’s kind of shocking and will be interesting for the audience to see where it goes from there because after tonight, it gets really crazy.

PW: For many fans, the idea of Elena dating Damon is more intriguing than Stefan.
Nina: Really? That’s funny.

PW: You don’t see them as a viable couple?
Nina: I think people think that because it’s such a forbidden attraction. Everyone knows that Damon is dangerous and sooooo not right for her in all these ways, but there is an understanding between them. She doesn’t like him but she understands where he’s coming from and why he does what he does. Their relationship is getting more complex. Who knows what could happen in the future, but right now, it’s all Stefan all the time for Elena. She will do anything for him. Including having to put up with Damon.

PW: But it seems like the show wants us to want them together — especially in light of this picture (below) from the episode about Miss Mystic Falls.
Nina: All I will tell you is that as things keep progressing, them teaming up in any way is always out of circumstance. It’s always out of necessity. Elena is very loyal, has high morals and whatever she does, it’s for good. She’s nothing like Katherine. She’s not conniving and she would never do anything to hurt Stefan.

PW: Speaking of the Miss Mystic Falls pageant, did you have any experience with that world?
Nina: No, I hadn’t — but it’s not your typical beauty pageant. It’s not throwing batons and wishing for world peace. It ties into the history of the town and it’s all building up to that big event, Founders Day.

PW: Your show is one of the only ones that ends every episode with a cliffhanger. Does that — no pun intended — raise the stakes for the season finale?
Nina: Oh yeah, oh yeah. Every episode has to be shocking — especially the finale, which we start shooting next week.

PW: Have you read the script yet?
Nina: No one’s seen the script yet, but we’re hearing rumors and I guarantee that there will be more than one, two, three or four cliffhangers, “oh my god” moments that will be extremely shocking. The summer will be excruciating on fans as they wait for season two. You’ll just want to know. Hell, I want to know!

PW: Lastly, when I talked to Kevin Williamson in November, he picked Taylor Swift as his dream guest star to play a vampire on the show — who is yours?
Nina: Amanda Seyfried. I think she would be a bad-ass vampire. She’s so talented and has that look – those piercing eyes. And I’m sure she could be a vicious and terrifying vampire. I’d love it if she came on the show!

“The Vampire Diaries” airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on The CW

Julie Plec, executive producer of The Vampire Diaries, is teasing fans with major plot info about what’s to come when the show returns on March 25. When we last watched, Elena already knew she was adopted so the search to find her true ancestry was on. The show hinted that Alaric’s wife Isobel may be her biological mom. To this suspicion, Julie reveals, “The signals are pointing very much in that direction.”

We knew it! To our delight, Julie’s also spilling deets about the season finale. “What we’ve been building to from the beginning — it’s something we took directly from the books — is this event called the Founders’ Day Celebration, which is the anniversary of the founding of the town. We’re looking into big period costumes and Civil War reenactments and maybe some parade action with some big floats. It’s going to be the big event that connects us back to 1864 and what went down back then. It messes things up so when we come back in season 2, everyone has a reason to tune in again.”

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Confused by her apparent connection to the woman responsible for turning the Salvatore brothers, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder), into vampires, Elena will have to do some digging into her own past to find answers.

While doing press at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, Nina Dobrev talked about playing two different characters in two different time periods (along with Elena, she also portrays the villainous Katherine), and how much fun it is to be bad.

Q: Why do you think Elena was so upset about seeing the photo of Katherine and how much she looked like her?

Nina: I think that it’s shocking. It’s one thing to have a crazy ex-girlfriend and come to terms with that. It’s like, “Okay, you have a past? That’s fine.” It’s another thing to look identical to the crazy ex-girlfriend. I think Elena will always feel like, “Why are you dating me? Do you want to replace her with me? Isn’t that selfish of you?” There’s a lot going on. You don’t want to look like someone else, especially an ex-girlfriend.

Q: Do you ever play Elena and Katherine in the same day?

Nina: Playing Katherine takes so long. Getting into the character, there’s the hair and make-up process, and just getting dressed, alone, takes half an hour because there’s corsets and pantaloons. There’s so many layers that it takes half an hour to put the outfits on, so I couldn’t play both in one day. It’s very good because it takes a lot of energy. When I’m in that corset for 17 hours, at the end of the day, I feel like I’ve done a work-out. I remember looking at my stomach and thinking, “I should get myself a corset for every day.” It really tones you up. You’re sucking in, all day.

Q: Have you had any embarrassing moments on set?

Nina: When we’re doing scenes, we have mic packs, usually in the back pocket of our pants or somewhere. I went to the restroom once, forgot about my mic pack and it fell in the toilet. And, a mic pack is $2,000 or $3,000. I don’t think they heard it. I was just really embarrassed and I felt really bad. They announced it on the mics on the set, so everyone knew and everyone laughed at me. I offered to pay for it, but they wouldn’t let me.

Q: And you never did that again?

Nina: No. Now, I go to the bathroom and I hold my mic pack.

Q: What advice would you tell teens who have an embarrassing moment?

Nina: To just embrace it because, if you laugh at yourself, then everyone will laugh with you.

Q: Do you like to prank people on the set?

Nina: Yeah. I’ll go into dark corners and scare everyone, all the time. I love doing that.

Q: Are there any cool things you can hint at, leading up to the season finale?

Nina: You’ll see a lot more Katherine coming up, and I had a lot of fun shooting all of that. There was a lot of blood and teeth. Just getting into that world and being crazy is always fun when you’re so different from the character.

Q: What is the most surreal aspect of all of this success?

Nina: I’m one of those people that appreciates and never takes anything for granted. Every morning, every scene, every place I get to visit is just so cool. I’m so lucky, and I realize that and don’t take it for granted at all. I went to London for the first time, and I got to go to Elton John’s charity event, and I got to go to the premiere of Sherlock Holmes and meet Rachel McAdams, who’s a fellow Canadian and idol of mine, and Guy Ritchie and Robert Downey, Jr. I’m in such a great position, I really love my life and I’m really lucky, and I know it.

Q: What kind of letters do you get from fans?

Nina: I get little drawings.

Q: Are you a reader? What kind of books did you read when you were younger?

Nina: I was into Harry Potter. I’ve read all the Harry Potter books and I’ve watched all the movies. When I went to London, I got to visit the set. It was insane. It’s huge! The whole place was massive. It was the Hogwart’s set, and I sat in Dumbledore’s chair. But, I signed a confidentiality agreement, so I can’t tell you anything else. I’ve read The Lovely Bones. I’ve read all the Lord of the Rings books. I love fantasy and sci-fi. When I read a novel, I like to get away from normal life. It’s an escape for me, so I like to read a lot.

Q: Have you read the Twilight books?

Nina: I have read the Twilight books. I actually read them before all the movies came out. I shot a movie in Salt Lake City, where Stephenie Meyer is from, and somebody who knows her gave me the books and said, “You need to read these. They’re great.” They are really good. She makes Edward seem like the ideal man, and that’s what makes you really fall in love with him.

Q: What do you do to stay in shape?

Nina: I do hot yoga, three times a week, if my schedule permits it. In the summer, I like to surf, play volleyball and wakeboard. But, it’s hard because the schedule is so crazy.

Q: Is there any chance you’ll ever go back and do an episode of Degrassi?

Nina: I did two episodes at the beginning of Season 9. That’s all I’ve done and that’s all I will be doing, as far as I know. It’s only because The Vampire Diaries takes so long that I just don’t have the time to go and do other things until the hiatus.

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Many held roses and home-made posters, and some wore “Vampire Diaries” T-shirts and their hearts on their sleeves.

“I think I’m Ian’s [Somerhalder] biggest fan. I got him a rose and made him a card, and I started crying when I found out I was going to meet him,” said Bianca Iannacco, 16, of Wayne, who was first on the scene with friend Aylin Erzene, 16. They arrived Saturday at 5 a.m. to get in line for a 3 p.m. appearance by the cast.

The popular television series stars Somerhalder and Paul Wesley as vampire brothers and Nina Dobrev as the female protagonist, Elena.

Due to cold weather, mall security and Paramus police directed fans to wait in the delivery passageway near Hot Topic, where an autograph signing took place.

Sonia Polichetti from Highland Mills, N.Y., arrived at 7 a.m. with her 20-year-old son, Joe, who was there to meet Dobrev.

“We sit together and watch the show and I love it,” said Sonia Polichetti. “I’m here for the two brothers. I’m taking them home with me.”

Attendees had to purchase a $25 “Vampire Diaries” T-shirt from Hot Topic to get a wristband to the event, which sold out earlier in the week.

The 3 p.m. signing was followed by a performance by Atlanta-based band The Constellations and a question-and-answer session with Somerhalder, Wesley and Dobrev.

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“With a vampire show come the night shoots and the long hours,” says a weary Dobrev, speaking from Atlanta where the series is filmed. “DeGrassi had a large ensemble cast, so we wouldn’t shoot every day and, because it was a high-school show, most of the scenes were shot during the day. On this show, we start late on Monday and every day we push later and later. By Friday night, sometimes we end up shooting until 4 or 5 a.m. on Saturday morning.”

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The CW recently interviewed Nina Dobrev who plays Elena Gilbert on their new hit vampire show, “The Vampire Diaries,” which is originally based on a popular book series that holds the same title. She started off by describing a little bit about her character on the show. She goes on to explain the premise of the show in great detail.

She said Elena was involved in a car crash with her parents. They died,but she survived,so now she’s struggling to get over that. Then she meets these two guys, Stefan and Damon that fight over her. They both grew up in the same town that she’s in,and now they have returned.

She said right now, her character doesn’t now that the guy she’s dating,Stefan is a vampire,but as soon as she finds out,it’s going to get crazy. Next, she describes Damon’s character. She said he tries to come in and mess everything up.

She says her character is the moral center of the show,but can sometimes make mistakes. She concluded the interview by saying it’s hard to date a vampire.

Vampire Diaries airs on Thursdays nights at 7pm central time on the CW.