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"Sebastian Roch\u00E9 has signed up to appear in the third season of The Vampire Diaries. Roch\u00E9 has landed a recurring role in the drama, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Vampire Diaries&amp;#039; executive producer Julie Plec explained that he will play a &amp;quot;very mysterious man who appears to be hunting vampires, most specifically Klaus&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;For some reason, Klaus, who shouldn&amp;#039;t be afraid of anybody, seems to be concerned about this person,&amp;quot; she continued. &amp;quot;He is big, and he is bad, but I would dare not say if he is the true Big Bad or not, trademark [Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator] Joss Whedon.  &amp;quot;If you&amp;#039;ve learned anything from the Whedonverse seasonal-structuring school like we have, then there might be some bigger and badder people coming [later].&amp;quot; Roch\u00E9&amp;#039;s vampire-hunter was originally called Eric, but Plec joked that his name will be changed as new cast member Jack Coleman&amp;#039;s character is called Bill and the writers wanted to avoid &amp;quot;accidental True Blood comparisons&amp;quot;. Roch\u00E9 recently appeared as Balthazar in Supernatural and has also worked on shows such as Fringe and General Hospital. The Vampire Diaries will return with its third season on September 15 on The CW. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Vampire Diaries&amp;#039; exec: &amp;#039;Klaus isn&amp;#039;t the worst baddie&amp;#039; Watch a teaser trailer for the third season of The Vampire Diaries below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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