CASTING NEWS: MYSTIC FALLS HAS ITS NEW VAMPIRE HUNTER + EW’S BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS

Entertainment Weekly‘s Mandi Bierly has just blogged the news that The Vampire Diaries has cast its new mysterious Season 3 vampire hunter, and – wait for it, Supernatural fans (andGeneral Hospital fans!) – it’s Sebastian Roché (@sebroche on Twitter), who recently had quite the memorable turn inSupernatural as angel Balthazar. Roché will be a recurring guest star…and he sounds like a force to be reckoned with:

Executive producer Julie Plec tells EW Roché will play “a very mysterious man who appears to be hunting vampires, most specifically Klaus.” Mysterious indeed. As Plec explains, “For some reason, Klaus, who shouldn’t be afraid of anybody, seems to be concerned about this person.”

Plec explains the character was originally supposed to be named Eric (you’ll have to read why they’ve changed their mind over at EW.com) but will now be renamed – so he’s “He-Who-Shall-Be-Renamed”, for now.

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY.

Also, Entertainment Weekly has launched a gallery featuring more behind the scenes photos from the filming of Vampire Diaries’ Season 3 premiere (following up their feature in the print issue). Check them all out at EW.com!