Daniel Gillies has given a new interview in which he talks about recent developments on The Vampire Diaries, a potential Originals spinoff and more.

After last week’s shocker, when Esther bound the Original family together, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen next. And while Gillies doesn’t give any concrete spoilers, he speculates to TV Line:

[Esther] needs to be taken out. When a collective of people know they could potentially die, it makes them powerful [and] I’m really eager to look at that kind of unity between them, because it’s exciting for me when I watch the Originals working together.

When asked about a potential spinoff series about the Original family, he says that he’d “love to be a part of something new like that.”

However, Gillies’ new role on Raising Hope might interfere with his commitment to The Vampire Diaries. But the actor says he would be able to work it in, and:

I can always come back. … Wild horses couldn’t drag me away from The Vampire Diaries.

Would you like to see the Original spinoff happen?!