Today we spoke with Richelle Mead about Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters. She gave us some insight to the script and our favorite characters Dimitri and Rose.
Question: I was wondering if a person or actor inspired the character of Dmitri? Or if you know any hot Russians personally?
Richelle: I’m afraid Dmitri came straight outta my brain. People have asked this and I have contemplated that maybe I should have mentioned it a long time ago, come up with a story to stick to and tell people. I can make up this great thing about maybe my car broke down and a hot Russian came and helped me fix my tire. I basically built a lot of mystique around the character. But the truth is he was born straight from me.
Question: From the actors that you have met playing the characters, which one have you met that matches your imagination from the character the best?
Richelle: I haven’t met any of the cast yet. They all are just spot on. I am so thrilled with the way that they did this casting. Everyone was just, I feel, very handpicked. The director was so conscientious about matching the character’s personality with them. I think the one that most is, Gosh, it’s really hard to pick anyone I would say is the most. I mean Zoey has that vibrancy and energy that Rose has. Danila’s got that stoic Dmitri thing going down. Maybe it’s ’cause he’s a little older than the rest of the cast, which is exactly how it should be for the books. I think the one that really knocked me out was when I saw Cameron Monaghan cast as Mason. He is just such a dead ringer for the Mason in my head, which is bitter sweet for those who know Mason and the rest of the series. I look, and I just think, oh Cameron. But ya, they all are, I just couldn’t be more thrilled with the way it panned out.
Question: You are pretty active online with your blog and your twitter. What have you noticed about the fan response since the movie has gone into production. Like, is it more new fans discovering the series or longtime fans rediscovering the first book?
Richelle: So far, with it being so early in production, we are mostly hearing from current fans, I think. When we actually start seeing some more footage and trailers, I think that’s when we are gonna see a big wave of newer people coming on board. But at the moment, I see a lot of long term fans, people who are following me into the Bloodline series who are going back and rereading the Vampire Academy books so they can be up to speed on it. They are super enthusiastic, and I think it’s really amazing that the people working on the movie and the cast are so active online as well. They feel very accessible, and I think that a lot of the fans, not just to be as they have in the past, but also to these people ’cause they are open, as much as they can be of course, about what they are doing and how excited they are for the project. And they have just generated a lot of enthusiasm for it that is spreading to readers as well.
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