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The Vampire Diaries - Season 4 - Todd Williams Joins Cast

12 Jul 2012

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A mysterious and powerful new vampire hunter is coming to Mystic Falls.
Actor Todd Williams (In Plain Sight, The Chicago Code) has been cast in a recurring role in the show’s upcoming fourth season of popular CW drama. His Van Helsing newcomer will first appear in the show’s second episode this fall. Expect Connor to be an imposing and lethal killing machine.

Source: EW
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17 comments:

  1. Katarzyna Skop12 July 2012 at 20:43

    Van Helsing, huh? Damon's not gonna like him, I assume. And he's not even gonna try and like him because we all remember how his last attempt at befriending a vampire hunter turned out. (You know, with heartbreak and having your best/only friend die in your arms.)

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  2. Jimi Sturges12 July 2012 at 20:55

    Not sure how long this guy will last with Klaus and Damon hanging around

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  3. Borednow12 July 2012 at 21:14

    So considering he is not caucasian and TVD is incredibly racist. I guess he will die within an episode or two, with his role eventually not even mattering in the long term(just like entirety of S2 and S3)

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  4. nellymendezcolon12 July 2012 at 21:28

    A...badass.possible hot,lethal and sexy vampire hunter...MMMMM,..YES..absolutely..//.AWESOME.//

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  5. 24fan12 July 2012 at 23:06

    reminds me of Mikael..too much hype not seeing him in action enough.

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  6. Bruce_F13 July 2012 at 00:02

    Todd Williams is some nice casting. He'll do a good job. It's also nice to see a person of color on this show who isn't a witch, related to Bonnie, or a love interest for Bonnie.

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  7. Borednow13 July 2012 at 00:14

    Watch him be revealed as ALL OF THOSE, in the classic TVD S3 style...as in retcons.

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  8. prpleight13 July 2012 at 01:50

    "powerful new vampire hunter" is starting to read to me as "impotent and ineffective vampire hunter" in the Vampire Diaries world. Honestly, they've had to dumb characters down and pull rabbits out of hats so much to keep their favorite characters around (Klaus) that the bloom is falling off this rose fast.

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  9. prpleight13 July 2012 at 01:59

    I don't doubt that you're right about the character ending up not mattering, but, given that The Vampire Diaries appears on the CW, I do think they deserve some credit for hiring more non-Caucasian actors that just about all of the CW dramas I've watched over the years put together. I also gave them points for acknowledging the racial realities of the time period during which Mystic Falls was founded, and especially in revealing that the "Founding Families" stole the land from the black folks who actually settled the area.
    Some might see the 'all African American characters are witches' story decision as racist (and to be honest, that was my knee jerk reaction as well) then I considered that, given my impression of the CW's overall casting practices, this was a way the showrunners could guarantee at least a small amount of diversity in the way their show was cast.

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  10. Luis L13 July 2012 at 04:42

    Cool. I really want to see his character.

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  11. Ajlin13 July 2012 at 07:03

    But do they really deserve props for hiring POC when they are only plot devices to be killed off almost immediately in 99% of cases? And when the only permanent POC is just a token character? We have met everyone else's parents but we still haven't met Bonnie's dad... whom she lives with! I don't necessary think that all black people are witches (or vice versa) is necessarily racist since it's been established that it's a genetic ability. I do however think it's racist to only use them as plot devices and have them serve vampires ("servants of nature") even though they are more powerful. I don't really believe it's better to have a token character of colour over none at all, since it amount to the same thing.

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  12. Ajlin13 July 2012 at 07:06

    There can never be an effective vampire hunter on the show, because that would threaten the existence of the Salvatores (and Klaus).

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  13. prpleight13 July 2012 at 09:23

    The test to use to answer that question is whether or not there is a significantly higher percentage of guest characters, played by Caucasian actors, that are NOT plot devices quickly killed off. (I'd have to really think about that before I can offer up a considered opinion.)


    Bonnie's casting is an example of something I've been annoyed with the CW for for years. (The most blatant and distasteful example, for me, was 90210.) The CW's shows too frequently have only one ethnic actor in the regular cast while most of the the broadcast networks have grown past that. I do give them some credit because on a network where they seem to make zero effort to reflect the diversity of this country, The Vampire Diaries is making an effort. That's the first step toward making a real meaningful change.


    However, what's happened with the writing for the character Bonnie, honestly doesn't feel like it has anything to do with the race of the character or the actor. For me it just seems like the writers have too much cast and not enough story. This is why Matt has disappeared from the canvas for weeks on end, why Tyler and Jeremy were both shipped out of town, and why Bonnie has left town. The fact that her character has basically become a prop is because they don't have a story for her so they don't bring her in unless they need a little magic to make something happen. But they did the same with Tyler; sent him out of town until they needed a werewolf to make Klaus' big spell work.

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  14. Borednow13 July 2012 at 12:11

    Frankly I'd rather take NO representation of non-caucasian race, over an extremely negative and racist one.

    Agreed on offscreen development, thats one of the BIGGEST offenses this show commits,a longside the complete destruction of realism of death and lack of any sort of consequences.

    However with Bonnie and the overall african-american population of the show, lets ask ourselves, how many black people survived in this show? How many died? When compared to caucasian people.

    The show does not know what the hell to do with all of those characters, that is true(writers seem to think that Elena is this flawless god messiah everyone should care about just because, for example), but Bonnie's treatment DOES have certain racist undertones, her newest "romance" being one of the best examples.

    With Bonnie its a mix of misogyny and sexism into which Vampire Diaries indulges A LOT, racism, and an outright writing incompetence.


    Then you have stuff like Matt Davis(Alaric's actor) attacking the fanbase through twitter, throwing around racist comparisons of "Jews and blacks" and the main writer of the show, Julie Plec, defending him and getting into outright flame war with bonnie fanbase.


    Everyone can draw their own conclusions.

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  15. prpleight13 July 2012 at 23:38

    I agree with you completely...we should be asking ourselves these questions, and, more importantly IMHO, the people working in the industry should be asking themselves these questions. That's the only way real change will happen.


    I'm not saying that VD is perfect by any stretch of the imagination. I'm just saying they're doing more than their counterparts on that network. But you really are making me think about the none vs bad representation. I grew up when most of the acting jobs in mainstream programs for blacks were criminals, maids, thugs, etc. Those actors opened the doors for parts like judges, lawyers, the president. So was it bad for those who came before to take the jobs they did? Hmm, I keep saying that I liken the CW's casting attitudes to the 70s. Does the situation we're discussing strengthen that analogy? Are the actors being hired by VD the people who will get the network overall to change? Or is it simply a step backward and should they stop all together? I honestly don't know but I do think that the best thing that could happen is that they start asking themselves these questions. If they do then, next season, maybe the casting people on Arrow, or Beauty and the Beast or any of the other shows will open their minds.

    I don't pay attention to twitter. The only reason I have a twitter account is so I can play points here. So I was completely unaware of the situation you mention. Flame wars, and well most contentious confrontations, unfortunately close minds rather than opening them and that makes it infinitely more difficult to make real true change.

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  16. Fide Sevgi15 July 2012 at 01:27

    I bet the council hired him. And also Damon'll probably kill him.

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  17. Lissie_Bee21 July 2012 at 02:03

    "Imposing and lethal killing machine"? He and Damon are REALLY not going to get along...

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