The Vampire Diaries' Caroline Forbes is blonde, beautiful and a hoot to watch as she navigates through teen life as a newly turned bloodsucker. Candice Accola, who plays the undead beauty queen, explains it all for us.

TV Guide Magazine: Why is Caroline plus likable as a vampire?

Accola: Caroline started out as a narcissistic, queen-bee bitch. What's so much fun is that in vampire form, she's trying to figure it all out. If she gives in to her own selfish needs as a vampire, people die.

TV Guide Magazine: Sort of a vamp coming-of-age story?

Accola: [Laughs] She's grown up a lot since she's been...