‘Vampire Academy’ EPs: ‘The Goal’ Was To Create A World Totally Different From ‘TVD’

Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre are diving into a full caller satellite of vampires. Their caller show, Vampire Academy, premieres September 15 with the archetypal 4 episodes. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with the show’s enforcement producers astir exploring a amusement that’s wholly antithetic from their past amusement The Vampire Diaries.

Daniela Nieves and Sisi Stringer arsenic Lissa and Rose. (Peacock)

“That was the goal. The extremity that I deliberation we achieved astatine the extremity was creating a satellite that doesn’t consciousness similar we’re conscionable reaching into the aforesaid container of tricks, which I would ne'er privation to bash this if that was the mode it was going to be,” Julie told HollywoodLife astatine the show’s property junket.

Julie and Marguerite person been friends for a “long time,” good before The Vampire Diaries premiered successful 2009. “We some read Vampire Academy unneurotic connected a holiday. We some truly fell successful emotion with those books backmost then, and past we some went connected this full Vampire Diaries franchise travel unneurotic from her being an histrion to her being a writer,” Julie explained. “I’ve ever wanted to person her arsenic my partner, truthful each clip I get a caller job, I benignant of telephone her up and say, ‘Do you privation to bash this?’ And I called her up and I said, ‘Do you privation to bash Vampire Academy with me?’ Thinking she was going to beryllium like, ‘Yes.’ And she was like, ‘No. Why would we bash that? Why are we going to bash different vampire show?’”

Julie continued, “And past I dangled this small food of the happening that she loves the most, which is the royal intrigue, the palace, the down the scenes of the quest for power, the governmental elements of each of that.” In re-examining the books, Marguerite noticed the “obvious parallels to today… It could beryllium truthful resonant for radical portion being beauteous portion having vampires and castles and fights and each the things you’re besides telling a communicative that resonates today.”

They some acknowledged that the astir hard quality to formed from Richelle Mead’s books was Rose. “Originally, we had seen Sisi I deliberation for Lissa, truthful it took immoderate maneuvering. Dani [Daniela Nieves] was benignant of undeniable arsenic Lissa, adjacent though she had besides work for Rose,” Julie revealed.

She added, “Sisi [Stringer], I think, dropped retired of the equation for a portion due to the fact that we had seen her arsenic Lissa, and past idiosyncratic had the contented to bring her backmost successful oregon immoderate for Rose. And past it became much undeniable. But during that model of time, we were like, ‘Where’s our Rose?’ I mean, you can’t miss that casting up. She is idiosyncratic who successful the books is precise fierce, precise opinionated, speaks her mind, a small hot-headed, got a small temper. Even her carnal statement successful the books is truly vivid and precise assemblage positive, and we wanted to bash close by that.”

Sisi Stringer arsenic Lissa. (Peacock)

Rose and Lissa’s relationship is astatine the bosom of the books, and the aforesaid tin beryllium said for the Peacock series. “The instauration of that relationship is truly the astir important portion of the show. It’s Rose and Lissa, 2 champion friends successful a nine that would similar they were not. And past what they past successful crook are challenged to bash successful bid to support not lone their quality to beryllium friends with each other, but besides to possibly benignant of shingle up this nine that is steeped successful these rules that is adjacent having an sentiment astir that benignant of thing, if that narration doesn’t work, past the amusement doesn’t work,” Julie told HollywoodLife.

The EP promised a “really vivid, almighty tally astir the relationship betwixt these 2 women. As successful the books, it’s not ever creaseless sailing. They’re not ever connected the aforesaid page. There are times wherever their relationship volition truly person to look immoderate superior challenges, but they are the 2 astir loyal and loving radical successful this satellite and what they mean to each different is truthful almighty that we conscionable pledged to ever beryllium telling a communicative astir that.”