So grab your tissues and join us on this trip down a vampire-filled memory lane.
This week, David Anders remembers Uncle John…
I love them all.
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It was just an absolute pleasure to play vampires with them.
Youre just like a spit older than me, how does that work?
That was a fun thing to play with.
And actually, the stuff where John was being a dad to Elena, that was fun for me.
But even then I was still trying to kill her boyfriend.
Its interesting because everybody hated my character until he killed himself.
It was nice of them to give this much-hated character an honorable death.
It was a bit unexpected.
He was just finally coming into his own as a dad.
He was owning his fatherhood.
I think when they offered me the role, they said its going to be an extensive arc.
I did like 15 or 17 episodes over two seasons, which was fine by me.
So that process was filled with a lot of apologies.
But a lot of people died that episode.
It was an episode of death.
John served his purpose.
I wasnt the young guy.
It was like, Hey were all peers here, man.
Lets all learn together!
I was sad to leave the show, but it was fun while it lasted.
I lobbied [showrunner] Julie [Plec] to bring him back.
Shes like, Uncle John didnt have any supernatural powers.
I was like, He had a ring that brought him back from the dead, thats pretty supernatural!
She was like, Yeah but that was just jewelry.
So I gave up on coming back to the show.
What do we got, 10 episodes left?
Alright, Ive got 10 episodes to get John back in the fray.
As told toSamantha Highfill
The Vampire Diariesairs Fridays at 8 p.m.
ET on The CW.
