Candice Accola for Nouveau Magazine

The Vampire Diaries' Caroline Forbes is blonde, beautiful and a hoot to watch as she navigates through teen life as a newly turned bloodsucker. Candice Accola, who plays the undead beauty queen, explains it all for us.

TV Guide Magazine: Why is Caroline और likable as a vampire?

Accola: Caroline started out as a narcissistic, queen-bee bitch. What's so much fun is that in vampire form, she's trying to figure it all out. If she gives in to her own selfish needs as a vampire, people die.

TV Guide Magazine: Sort of a vamp coming-of-age story?

Accola: [Laughs] She's grown up a lot since she's been...

'The Vampire Diaries': Candice Accola Dishes On Caroline's Birthday, Tyler's Future, Daddy Drama

After being absent from the epic midseason premiere of "The Vampire Diaries," Caroline (Candice Accola) returns for her 18th birthday party in this week's new episode, "Our Town."

The only catch? She doesn't really feel like celebrating. Even the undead have their emotional breakdowns. And we can't really blame her. With all of the angst in Mystic Falls, we can understand why she's not in the mood to party. She is, however, in the mood for tequila, but we'll get to that later.

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