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"Julie Plec has suggested that Joseph Morgan will return for the fourth season of The Vampire Diaries.  On the third season finale, Morgan&amp;#039;s character Klaus appeared to burst into flames when he was staked by Alaric. However, at the end of the episode, his soul was found to be intact inside Tyler&amp;#039;s (Michael Trevino) body. The executive producer has now revealed that Klaus&amp;#039;s body is also fine.    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d say there&amp;#039;s a fairly significant chance, if not a 99.9% likelihood that body did not burn up in that coffin,&amp;quot; Plec told Zap2it. Plec went on to say that viewers will see Klaus enjoy the perks of being in Tyler&amp;#039;s body - namely, being in a relationship with Candice Accola&amp;#039;s Caroline - before going back to his own.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s definitely going to prolong his stay, at least in the first episode, due to circumstance,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Whatever goes down between Caroline and &amp;#039;Tyler&amp;#039; in the first episode will actually be happening between Caroline and Klaus, so we&amp;#039;ll have some fun there.&amp;quot; The executive producer previously revealed that the finale&amp;#039;s twist had been in the works for two years. The Vampire Diaries was renewed for a fourth season on May 3.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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