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"The Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev has hinted at a &amp;quot;really intense&amp;quot; fourth season. Dobrev&amp;#039;s character Elena was turned into a vampire in the CW drama&amp;#039;s last season finale. &amp;quot;This season is really intense, for me especially because [now] I am a vampire,&amp;quot; the actress told E! Online. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m getting to kick some more ass.&amp;quot; The actress - who previously claimed that Elena would &amp;quot;freak out&amp;quot; following her transformation - added that the character is &amp;quot;becoming a tough cookie&amp;quot; in the new episodes. &amp;quot;Before she used to talk about being independent, and now she has a chance to be,&amp;quot; Dobrev explained. The Vampire Diaries recently cast 90210 actor Blake Hood and Southland&amp;#039;s Alyssa Diaz as new followers of the evil Klaus (Joseph Morgan). The series returns to The CW in the US for its fourth season on Thursday, October 11 at 8/7c. In the UK, new episodes are expected to air on ITV2 in late 2012. &amp;gt; Vampire Diaries Phoebe Tonkin teases new character: &amp;#039;She&amp;#039;s tough&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Olympic athlete Gabby Douglas to appear on Vampire Diaries Watch a clip from the Vampire Diaries season four premiere below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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