“I thought, ‘God, this is a good book.
God, I want to make this into a show.'”
“I readVampire Academyand I thought, ‘God, this is a good book.
André Dae Kim and Daniela Nieves on ‘Vampire Academy’.Jose Haro/Peacock
God, I want to make this into a show.’
Her answer was immediate:Vampire Academy.
But then she revisited the books and remembered just how much she loved the story and the characters.
“What an idiot I would be to not do this,” MacIntyre said.
Plec and MacIntyre aren’t the only ones who devoured the books when they were first published.
Stringer, who plays the fiery half-vampire (a.k.a.
Dhampir) Rose Hathaway, read the entire series when she was a young teen.
“She was so excited for me,” Stringer said.
The casting process was quite different from how it usually goes for a TV show, though.
That was especially tough since the two pairs of actors have to bring to life epic romances on screen.
“We’re very, very lucky.
And I’m going to say it: We nailed that Zoom.”
“She is a professional,” Plec said.
“I was like, this girl is too pretty,” Kim said.
“But in our chemistry read, I felt really comfortable with [her].”
But both chemistry reads went so well that the creators knew they landed on the perfect actors.
Watch the video above for more.Vampire Academydebuts Thursday, Sept. 15, on Peacock.
