Jim Halterman recently interviewed The Vampire Diaries executive producer Kevin Williamson, and oh my goodness, we all love hear a little bit of Candice Accola praise, don’t we? Part of the interview can be read below, but check the rest out at the source!

JH: In the second season, you’re really giving a lot of the supporting characters a chance to shine. Can you talk about giving particularly Candice and Michael more to do this year?

KW: Well, Candice, I just kind of knew that this girl had it. I just knew if I could get to a second season that she would blow up. I knew I wanted to go this route with her. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to pull it off or that the network would support it but I wanted to turn her into a vampire. I knew it would open up the supporting character world and the dynamics. If you noticed last year, if you weren’t in the know about the vampires you kind of got side-barred a little in terms of storyline so I needed the story to involve our secondary characters – by that I mean not our triangle – like Tyler. I knew Trevino and Candice would get a lot of focus this year. Now Jenna and Alaric are on my radar and I’m kick starting them for the back nine to get their storyline up and running. There’s just so much you can do with 42 and a half minutes.

JH: That was one of my wants last year was more Trevino! He’s not only hot but he’s really showed that he’s a good actor!

KW: He’s really very skilled and he’s got the goods. He just needs the material so that’s been fun this year to be able to give him more to do. As we move forward, you’ll see a lot more Candice and Trevino and actually Zach Roerig (Matt) pops in the middle and comes forward really quick.

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