Wesley, Nina Dobrev, and Julie Plec discuss season 2 on EW’s Binge podcast.

Katherine Pierce’s season 1 arrival in Mystic Falls changed everything forThe Vampire Diaries… and for actressNina Dobrev.

But Katherine’s arrival didn’t just make things crazy behind the scenes.

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Katherine’s goal was simple: She wanted the happy couple to split.

The result was one of the series' most devastating breakup scenes, which Wesley still remembers vividly.

And so [director John] Behring kept pushing me.

I would do the same as a director.

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