'Vampire Diaries' Stars and EPs Reveal Season 5 Secrets

In front a very enthusiastic PaleyFest crowd, Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley joined executive producers Julie Plec and Caroline Dries to talk Twitter hashtags, dueling fandoms and Katherine's maybe-death. 

The three main stars of The CW's vampire drama, Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, returned to the PaleyFest stage Saturday evening fielding multiple questions about the series-long love triangle and selfie requests (but mostly the latter) to a crowd of 2,600 at the Dolby Theatre, made up of the show's core demographic (teenage girls and twentysomething women).
PHOTOS: PaleyFest 2014: 'Lost,' 'Pretty Little Liars,' 'Veronica Mars' Stars Celebrate
Ask a serious question about a character's free will, as one attendee attempted to do, and best of luck trying to hear the answer (Plec promised that they "dig deeper" into that in the March 27 hour.) And like the show's previous trip to PaleyFest in 2012, Somerhalder (or rather, "Smolderholder," as he was referred to multiple times) was the key draw, with many of the questions addressed to him and his alter ego, the sardonic Damon Salvatore. At one point during the session, Wesley quipped: "When in doubt, get a close-up of Ian's eyes," Wesley said, referring to Somerhalder's smoldering look.
Amid the incessant screaming and constant "I love you" declarations, the cast and executive producers Julie Plec and Caroline Dries dropped some hints about what's in store for season five. See more