10 Interesting Things You Didn’t Know About ‘The Vampire Diaries’

1.Sibling Numbers

Nina Dobrev may play Steven R. McQueen's older sister, but in real life she's actually six months younger than him.

2.Up a Creek with No Paddle

Dawson, err James Van Der Beek, was considered for a part on the show but obviously didn't make the cut.

3.Up North to Down South

The pilot was shot in Canada, but the remainder of the series has been shot in Georgia.

4.Native Tongue

Many of the cast members speak more than one language. Nina speaks Bulgarian, Paul Wesley can talk to you in Polish and Kay Graham has four she can contribute: English, Spanish, French and Hebrew.

5.Daddy Life

Zach Roerig is a father in reality to a little girl he has sole custody of due to the mother being incarcerated. So yes, he's a bona fide DILF.

6.’Arrow’ Vamps

Stephen Amell from "Arrow" was in a few episodes of TVD

7.The Jig is Up

The network actually wanted Ashlee SImpson to be Elena. Oh the horror!

8.Original Wedding

Daniel Gilles, who is now on "The Originals", is married to 90s icon Rachael Leigh Cook.

9.The Believer

Paul Wesley believes in ghosts. He told Girlfriend magazine, "saw a ghost once. When I was a kid my family was staying in a rental in Rhode Island in Cape Cod. I woke up and saw a woman standing with her arms crossed, starring out the window. I realized she wasn't with our group, so I called out to her and she turned to me and faded. I was confused and I didn't realize it was a ghost until later, but by that point I was scared."

10.True Diaries

Fans almost lost Ian Somerhalder to "True Blood". He auditioned for that show first.

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