‘The Vampire Diaries’: Paul Wesley On Stefan & Damon Childhood Flashbacks

Stefan and Damon Salvatore are about to take a trip back in time on Thursday’s “The Vampire Diaries.” 

In the “Mommie Dearest” episode, airing at 8/7c on The CW, the brothers head to flashback-land, as old memories from their early childhood take center stage in the vampire drama. 

“You see two actors — young actors — who are playing Stefan and Damon as I believe like 6 and 8-year-olds or something or maybe 8 and 10-year-olds,” Paul Wesley told reporters on the show’s set in Atlanta last week. 

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“You do a flashback and you sort of see this  they had an abusive relationship with their father and so you kind of get a glimpse of that,” he said.

Paul, who plays Stefan, said the scenes will shed new light on mama Salvatore.  

“I think it’s also insight into Lily’s psyche and perhaps explains her behavior a little bit more, by showing some of her past — some of the things that occurred in the past,” he added

While Stefan’s feelings for Julian won’t be changing, the flashbacks could change how Stefan – and possibly Damon – view the past. 

“Initially it makes them hostile,” Paul said of how Stefan and Damon react to the flashbacks. “But then, I think then it makes them more empathetic to her struggles because she reveals some key things that they didn’t really know. They thought that she was just being a selfish person and really just not a good mom when ultimately there was sort of a softer side to her that they were just unaware of.” 

“The Vampire Diaries” continues Thursday at 8/7c on The CW. 

Production assistance provided by Warner Bros.

— Jolie Lash