The first book of the saga, "The Vampire Diaries" came to light in 1991. The trio of novels, "The Awakening", "Hunger" and "Rage" quickly gained popularity and love of readers, but the possibility for release story of love and the confrontation of the girl and the two vampires received only in 2009 after the sudden popularity of "Twilight" and "vampire" epidemic , seized America and the rest of the world along with it. Thus began the "Vampire Diaries" first season.

Not "Twilight", but almost

The main objective of the first season of the new series "The Vampire Diaries" was to attract the potential audience, so the similarity with the "Twilight" at the beginning of the project creators Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec fended very sluggish. Channel CW, who bought the series for display, not worked hard to create a project of any single memorable image. As a result, "The Vampire Diaries" was launched in the shadow of other literary vampire saga and the wave of popularity of the show is very good ratings, even without much effort on the part of the issuing company.

The authors of "The Vampire Diaries" was used in the creation of several successful series components: laid the basis for a popular novel, and was invited to the role of young attractive actors. The role of Elena Gilbert went to the Canadian actress Nina Dobrev. This can be seen as a surprising flair creators of "Diary": they could not take the lead role in any way known actress, otherwise I would not work "charm" first starring role, but to invite to the place of the central character of the series inexperienced girl without a decent track record for shoulders - too much risk. They took a chance and won. Nina Dobrev, despite the fact that the "book" Helen she had little to do, embodied on the screen the image of the lyrical and moving rapidly maturing under the influence of the circumstances of the girl.

Roles vampire brothers in the series got the actors Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder. Paul Wesley originally auditioned for the role of "bad" brother Damon, but got the role of "good" Stephen. Ian Somerhalder after "Lost" for a long time could not find a suitable series and decided to try to play in something other than the actor's previous works. Damon was as exactly as demanded by the show - an attractive and exciting villain with a good heart.

A girl and a vampire

The first season of the series tells the story of Elena Gilbert. The story begins with the tragic events of the death of Elena's family, after which it is left alone with his brother Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and aunt. Start events - this knowledge Helena herself and the world in which she lives. She meets Stephen, who communicates with her and helps to survive the loss, she soon learns the truth - the vampire Stefan, who lives on the land for many hundreds of years.

Her hometown of Mystic Falls is a very popular destination among all sorts of mythological evil and best friend Elena, Bonnie (Katerina Graham), as it turns out, it is a real witch. After Stephen is coming to town and his brother Damon. Their tensions affect Elena. Its addictive cycle of unexplained events and deaths, but she is not one of those who step back from the target. Elena Stefan falls in love and is willing to fight for it though with vampires, werewolves though, even with ghosts. But Mystic Falls keeps more secrets than anyone could expect.

The completion of the first season is the emergence of the storyline, Catherine - double Helena. That is the very mention ex-girlfriend of Damon and Stefan fragile balance of forces and influences the relationship Elena and Stefan, and it has the appearance of a disaster threatens. Perfect foundation for the second season of the authors create their own series this way.

Results start

"Vampire Diaries" in the first season consists of twenty two episodes (including the pilot). At the end of the first season of the series received the prestigious youth award «Teen Choice Award» in seven nominations and the award "People's Choice 2010" as "Favorite New Drama Series." A special mention was awarded critics Nina Dobrev as a debutante in American television and Ian Somerhalder for his work on the image of Damon Salvatore.

After a good start, the tale of the vampire healed his own life and the CW extended one of his best new products in recent years for the next season.

Anna Chizh

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