Paul Wesley Bravo interview (Germany)
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*translation to English thanked to Bee. Please, don’t republish without the credits*
BRAVO: How do you relate to your character? Do you recognize yourself in Stefan?
PAUL: Sure! I also hunt my food in the woods (laughs). But Stefan and I indeed have a very similar character.
We are both introverted and brooding. And believe it or not: When we started shooting my colleague Nina really thought I was a vampire…
BRAVO: Why’s that?
PAUL: Because my canine teeth are very pronounced. Many people think that I constantly wear plastic-vampire-teeth – but they really grew like this.
And I’m very pale. But the biggest similarity between Stefan and me is that he’s also been on his own from an early age on – you’ll find out more about this in the upcoming episodes. At the age of 16 I also moved from Marlboro/ New Jersey to New York – on my own!
Vampire Diaries Scoop!
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by Andrea Simpson February 16, 2010 08:44 AM EST
Fans of the CW’s fang-tastic new series The Vampire Diaries are definitely giving Twi-hards a run for their money. Hundreds of devotees proved their neck-and-neck loyalty during an autograph signing at Hot Topic in Westfield Topanga Mall over the weekend – and appropriately enough for the Valentine’s Day weekend, fans came prepared to profess their true love with red roses, cards – and phone numbers! – in hand.
Star Paul Wesley spoke to TV Guide Magazine about what’s in store for young lovers Stefan and Elena, Katherine’s whereabouts, and Damon’s (Ian Somerhalder) heartbreak and continued vengeance.
Exclusive Interview: ‘VAMPIRE DIARIES’ STAR PAUL WESLEY TALKS ABOUT LIFE PLAYING THE UNDEAD
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The star of The CW series discusses his good fortune, the vampire legacy, and where the show may be headed this season
By CARLOS DELGADO, Associate Editor
Published 2/4/2010
Last year, the CW introduced THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. Before they knew it, they had a bona fide hit on their hands. Leading the charge is Paul Wesley, better known as Stefan, the sullen 160 year old vampire who is the love interest of the show’s lead, Elena, played by Nina Dobrev. iF Magazine had a chance to talk with Wesley about his blossoming stardom, why he likes playing vampires, and a little about where he hope THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is headed this season.
iF MAGAZINE: How does it feel to don the mantle of the next hip vampire a la Kiefer Sutherland or Brad Patt?
PAUL WESLEY: Amazing. It’s great to be a part of that lineage. I’m a huge fan of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. I love films like SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE with Willem Dafoe and the old Dracula films. So being a part of that mythology is fantastic. It’s an honor.
Paul Wesley Talks Vampire Diaries
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Published February 3, 2010 By Fred Topel
The Vampire Diaries centers on a pair of vampire brothers. There’s Stefan, the “good” one, and Damon, the “bad” one. The siblings play extremes of the vampire continuum, from the sensitive emo ones to the traditional blood suckers. Paul Wesley, who plays Stefan, says that he and Ian Somerhalder, who plays Damon, really take the roles seriously.
“We do analyze it,” Wesley said. “We do a lot of work and spend a lot of time talking about our roles, but then we let it go and drift. We are bros in real life and you can’t fabricate that.”
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: INTERVIEW WITH PAUL WESLEY (STEFAN SALVATORE)
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February 2nd, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Tell us about your character Stefan.
“Stefan is a tormented vampire around 150 years old. He doesn’t look his age though! He was turned into a vampire when he was a young man so he eternally looks the same age as he was back then.
“He is tormented and anguished as he really hates being a vampire and he doesn’t want to be in this state. I don’t know for sure but the assumption I make is that Stefan was turned into a vampire against his will. He hates it.
“He falls in love with Elena and she bears a striking, uncanny resemblance to a girl he was in love with over a century ago. Damon shows up and wreaks havoc and tries to ruin their relationship and steal Elena from him.”
A look at Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley
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For many readers of the Vampire Diaries book series, Paul Wesley fits the description of Stefan Salvatore perfectly. He’s handsome, smoldering and mysterious. He even has some prominent fang-like teeth. So while he may now seem like a shoe-in for the part, Paul admits that the audition process was grueling. In fact, he only had about two weeks from the time he was cast until they began filming the pilot.
While it was a summer arts program in third grade that introduced Paul to acting, he didn’t land his first television role until high school. Since that time he has honed his craft in numerous television roles. Ironically, his first starring role was in the series Fallen. His character was a young man struggling to come to terms with the fact that he was half angel. It’s quite a jump from angel to vampire, but Paul seems more than ready to take on the challenge.
Vampire Diaries Hottie Paul Wesley Gives CW Fans Biting Performances
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September 21, 1:13 AM
Anaheim Celebrity Headlines ExaminerJodi Jill
Move over Robert Pattinson, there is a new hot vampire actor in the building and he is moving up the celebrity meter. His name? Paul Wesley.
Seen on The Vampire Diaries as Stefan Salvatore, Paul Wesley is creating quite a stir with his character on the CW every Thursday. Vampire friends and fan are coming out of the darkness to support this show and it is catching on fast.
The Vampire Diaries, a show about About a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers, which is based on the tagline: Love Sucks. Elena Gilbert (played by Nina Dobrev) needs to choose between two hot vampire brothers Damon Salvatore and Stefan Salvatore. Along with some blood spattering and romance, fans will find the performances of the characters strong and unlike other vampire stores.
The plot of The Vampire Diaries is losely based off the books titled the same. However, this show is anything but a Twilight remake. The books, published over ten years before the Twilight Series are a different spin on how vampires live and it definitely is a different world.
Wesley isn’t new to the entertainment business. This New Jersey native has been seen on Army Wives and will be bumping in to Jack Bauer in Day 7 and 8 on Fox TV ‘s hit show 24 later in the Fall. While his face may not be on the tip of every teenage girl yet, don’t fret it will be very soon.
Check out the Vampire Diaries on the CW Network every Thursday.
Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley was once a werewolf
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October 26, 12:59 AMVampire Diaries ExaminerAmber Lemmons
That’s right, years before Paul Wesley was cast as Stefan in the Vampire Diaries, he played Luke Cates in the series Wolf Lake. The short-lived show began on CBS in 2001, then moved to UPN. Only 10 episodes aired.
Wolf Lake, set in the Pacific Northwest, explores what happens when a Seattle suburb is overtaken by werewolves. Socialite Life has screen caps from an episode showing Paul and some of the other characters nude. While the pictures show, well, a side of Paul that hasn’t been seen on Vampire Diaries, the most striking thing may be the fact that he hasn’t aged a day in the eight years since Wolf Lake.
Once again, there are Twilight connections. Not only is Wolf Lake set in the same area as Twilight, and both deal with werewolves, they share an actor as well. Graham Greene, who plays Harry Clearwater in Eclipse, was in Wolf Lake with Paul as Sherman Blackstone.
It seems that in the realm of werewolves and vampires, it really is a small world.
The Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley is no Robert Pattinson
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August 1, 7:04 AMNewark TV ExaminerJerida Ndege
Last weekend Comic Con took place in San Diego and while many could call it “Twilight Con” due to the saturated “Twilight” coverage, there were other productions in attendance, such as the highly anticipated CW’s “The Vampire Diaries”. Even though in print “The Vampire Diaries” superseded “Twilight”, the comparison was hard to avoid during the event.
Many of the questions after the viewing of the full-length “The Vampire Diaries” pilot referenced both “True Blood” and “Twilight.” As one of the series stars Paul Wesley (pictured in the far right) noted, “I just want to create a character independent of [Robert Pattinson]. Besides, I think nine out of 10 girls would throw me under a bus to get to Edward Cullen.”
It seems like it’s going to be hard for ”The Vampire Diaries” to get out of the shadow of these two hit vampire sagas. However, being the only vampire show on network television, it has a greater chance at gaining attention from a larger margin of audiences unlike HBO’s “True Blood”. For those TV viewers sick of “Twilight” news, perhaps it’s time you took a media vacation because with the films release just months away and the third installment on its heels it’s going to be hard to ignore the amped up media blitz.
Vampire Diaries: Paul Wesley is ‘TV’s Hottest New Vampire’
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October 2, 10:22 PMCelebrity Fitness and Health ExaminerSunny Pepper
Actor Paul Wesley‘s acting resume is pretty hot, but of all the roles he’s encountered, none have quite the female draw like playing that of a blood-sucking vampire.
“Stefan hates being a vampire,” Wesley said of his on-screen ego, “Stefan Salvatore”, a 150-year-old vampire.
Wesley, on the other hand, loves his new role.
“People are really responding to Stefan and I’m just now starting to go, ‘This is nice, this feels good, this feels really like, nice to have people appreciate this character,’” he said in a talk with Access Hollywood.
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