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by Katie Henry

Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, and Paul Wesley joined the rest of The Vampire Diaries cast in LA Saturday night for a PaleyFest Q&A panel. Before fans were treated to an exclusive peek at the next episode, we caught up with the stars backstage — stay tuned for more on PopSugar Rush! The actors agreed that though they all love Joseph Morgan, who plays Klaus, it seems Joseph's final days on the program could be near. Candice Accola, Nina, and Ian also shared their wishes to take the show to the tropics. A sunny beach location seems unlikely for vampires, but Candice wants to give Ian more opportunities to take his shirt off.

The show's creator Julie Plec tiptoed around upcoming storylines, but admitted she'd love to see a musical episode if it made sense. By the end of the season, Nina's character, Elena, will be forced to choose between her two loves, but no word on which brother she picks. Ian and Paul kept the crowd laughing throughout the night, and we've rounded up the top 10 quotes from the Vampire Diaries PaleyFest panel.

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by Shannon Vestal

If The Vampire Diaries' creator Kevin Williamson didn't give you enough season three dish, then you'll be happy to learn that executive producer Julie Plec also had lots of details to dole out at Comic-Con. She spilled about how Stefan will change and what's in store for Caroline and Tyler's werewolf/vampire romance.

How bad is Stefan going to get?
Julie Plec: Bad. Yeah. Yeah, he’s got it in him, man; he’s pretty hardcore when he falls off the edge, and it's not just going to be "one and done" with him. We wanted our hero to go down a really dark road and we’re going to take him down that dark road for a while. But you know, there’ll be levels of bad [that] I think Paul Wesley is really excited to explore. But no, we’re not going to back off of that.

Do you worry at all about crossing the line of irredeemable for him?
JP: You know, I will tell you this. I sort of decided there was no line when Damon killed Jeremy, and everyone was like “Oh, 'cause he was just really upset and sad." There’s a strange overwhelming majority that was totally fine with it, so it's surprising to us, and good for the character. So we’ll see if the same is true for Stefan or not. You know, what we don’t want to do is homogenize a hero or a villain by not taking them to the edge. You’re rolling the dice that your audience will be able to come back from it. So it’ll be risky — it's very risky — and we’ll see how we can get him out [to] the other side, but we’ll sure as hell be rooting for him to get out the other side. So that hopefully will go well.

To find out what else Plec said about Caroline and Tyler and whether Alaric will be moving in with Elena and Jeremy, just read more