For those of you who are brand new to The Originals and may have never watched the Vampire Diaries, Julie Plec has a character breakdown for you via
TV Guide. This is a way for you to get to know all the new characters in preparation for tomorrow night's premiere.
Julie Plec - The maturity of The Originals is rooted in a lot of that mafia-like tone, but when all is said and done, it's got not only the power of the family drama, but a romantic and bro-mantic history amongst all these characters.
Marcel - As the current king of New Orleans, Marcel has managed to rule both the vampires and the witches. But what happens when his old mentor returns determined to take him down? "He's got his inner circle to protect him," Davis says. That's something that will throw the always-in-control Klaus for a loop. "Klaus has a tendency to run in like a bull in a china shop — make a scene and throw a tantrum, toss his power around and then exit," Plec says. "He's going to learn very quickly that's not easy to do in Marcel's world. That kind of display of power does more to alienate than to inspire, so he's going to have to exercise his intellectual muscles to be more strategic, to be more restrained. Part of the fun will be how he does that and then what his history with Marcel does to him emotionally, even as he's plotting to take this man's life over."
And then there's the history between Marcel and Rebekah that will further throw a wrench into things. (What is it with Rebekah hooking up with her brother's friends?!) "There's still a really strong attraction between Marcel and Rebekah," Holt says. "There's a really long history there, and I don't think when you have a deep forbidden love that just goes away."
Get to know the rest of the characters at
TV Guide.
