In an interview for E! Daniel Gillies who plays Elijah in the Vampire Diaries dishes on his next show “Saving Hope”.
Check it out below:
Switching gears a bit, we had to ask Gillies about his new show Saving Hope and we’re betting this one sentence will get all of you TVD fans to tune in: “I play a hot surgeon in it.” Boom! Oh, you need a bit more information than that? “It’s this very dreamy, hospital procedural. That makes it sound boring! It’s actually really amazing. It’s stunning and I never say that about anything that I’m in ever. Usually because I’m in it and I’m soiling it, but even this project was Daniel-proof! It’s just beautiful.” Daniel Gillies, just call him the master of modesty!
“One of the main protagonists played by Michael Shanks falls into a coma in the pilot and he basically becomes this phantom narrator of the show,” Gillies explains of the series’ premise. “My character comes in to essentially kind of replace him, athough I’ve already been brought on staff anyway.” Gillies plays Joel, the ex-boyfriend of Erica Durance’s character…who is engaged to the guy in a coma. So yes, expect a lot of “friction” between the two of them. (P.S. How awesome is it that Lois Lane and Elijah Mikaelson are going to be on the same show?!)
To hear more from Gillies, including why he thinks TVD fans have become so attached to Elijah and what his Saving Hope’s character’s Mc-moniker would be, watch our interview with him below!
“Saving Hope” starts filming next month in Toronto
