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ForThe Vampire Diariescreatives, casting Enzo was a particularly difficult task.
Because originally, the role was going to be very different.
Michael Malarkey as Enzo and Ian Somerhalder as Damon on ‘The Vampire Diaries’.Annette Brown/The CW; Bob Mahoney/The CW
But that wasn’t the only plan that changed in the writers' room over the years.
“We went back and forth in the writers' room all season long,” Plec says.
“We finally landed on: We’re killing Damon.
That’s the right thing to do.
He is the one with the consequence to pay.
Stefan was morally a bit stronger of a character.”
“To save her, they would die together, and that was always the pitch.
(One other way Dobrev leaving changed the plan?
