Joseph Morgan, the newest addition to the Vampire Diaries family, has recently been cast as the original vampire Klaus in the CW's hit show. He starred in the first series of the Sky One television series 'Hex' as Troy and has appeared in supporting roles in the films 'Alexander' and 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' and the BBC2 miniseries 'The Line of Beauty'. He has also appeared the television series 'Doc Martin' and 'Casualty' and he played William in 'Mansfield Park' alongside Billie Piper. In 2010 he played the title role in the mini-series 'Ben Hur' and he will appear in the role of a Spartan Lysander in the up-coming film 'Immortals' alongside Superman actor Henry Cavill.
I immediately felt the love. There’s no doubt; the people are loyal to the show. All I got was, uh, a lot of requests like: ‘Please don’t kill this person, please don’t kill this person’. (x)