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Who tin defy a bully supernatural ship? In an interrogation with E! News, the Vampire Academy formed teased their excitement implicit bringing the book's beloved romances to beingness connected the Peacock series.
Vampire Academy Stars Discuss Show's Connection to Novel Series
The teen vampire genre has had its just stock of memorable couples—from Twilight's Edward and Bella to The Vampire Diaries' Stefan, Damon and Elena—so it's nary astonishment that the formed of Peacock's Vampire Academy is already gearing up for the galore ships to come.
"I'm ace excited for each the ships," histrion Daniela Nieves—who plays Royal vampire Lissa Dragomir—exclusively told E! News. "Just seeing what the fans deliberation and who they privation who to extremity up with and what they would similar to see, it's truly fun."
Portraying Lisa's BFF and half-vampire protector Rose Hathaway is Sisi Stringer, who echoed her co-star's words. "I truly anticipation that we embody those relationships," she said, "because they're truthful important successful the books and they're truthful important to the fans."
Though a wide array of ships are definite to aboveground arsenic Vampire Academy progresses, fans tin expect sparks to alert betwixt Lissa and Royal vampire Christian Ozera (André Dae Kim). Rose, connected the different hand, volition get caught up successful a emotion triangle with her chap half-vampires (a.k.a. Dhampirs) Dimitri (Kieron Moore) and Mason (Andrew Liner).
Speaking to that dynamic, Liner teased however the show's emotion triangle differs from others similar it. "Mason and Dimitri person an utmost respect for 1 another," the histrion told E! News. "And with that comes this shared emotion for 1 pistillate and comradery, and they're some struggling arsenic Dhampirs. So, I deliberation it's benignant of this shared live-in acquisition completely, which is fascinating."
Those relationships are cardinal to the publication bid of the aforesaid sanction by Richelle Mead. And portion co-creator Julie Plec whitethorn person tweaked a happening oregon two—namely fixing Rose and Dimitri's astir 8-year property gap—she wanted to support the relationships arsenic adjacent to the books arsenic possible.
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"Dimitri and Rose, Lissa and Christian, they are publication canon," the Vampire Diaries co-creator told E! News. "We're not going to effort to rewrite canon aboriginal connected due to the fact that that would beryllium disrespectful to the root material."
The showrunner is unfastened to alteration down the line, though—and there's 1 mates the show's starring ladies cognize fans would emotion to see.
"I cognize radical are gonna beryllium like, 'Oh my god, Rose and Lissa," Nieves joked. Stringer adjacent has the cleanable vessel sanction for the 2 besties: "Rolissa."
Watch Nieves and Stringer interruption down the show's galore antithetic kinds of vampires successful their exclusive interrogation with E! News above.
Vampire Academy premieres Thursday, Sept. 15 connected Peacock.
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