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.

Paul Wesley on ‘The Vampire Diaries’.The CW
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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