(SPOILERS) Originals’ Joseph Morgan and Charles Michael Davis on Chemistry, Costume Drama and More

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The Originals stars Joseph Morgan and Charles Michael Davis have known each for a while, and we’re not just talking about the hundreds of years of history their characters share.

The two actors have spent long hours facing each other across the poker table. (More on that in a minute.) But when The Originals premieres this Thursday (The CW, 9/8c), they’ll be battling for something much greater: control of New Orleans.

Below, Morgan and Davis talk about creating chemistry on screen, who gets the better historical costumes and why the season premiere will look familiar and unfamiliar at the same time .

TVLINE | Most of the Originals cast knew each other because they were coming from The Vampire Diaries. Charles, what was it like coming into this group?
CHARLES MICHAEL DAVIS | Well, I knew Joseph. We used to play poker, so I knew going into it that [he] was enthusiastic and smart and talented.
JOSEPH MORGAN | You can pay me later. [Laughs]
DAVIS | So there was a lot of trust there that the rest of the crew would be of a similar quality. It was pretty easy to just fall in line.

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(SPOILERS) ‘The Originals’ Premiere: Joseph Morgan On Klaus’ Weakness And His Fanboy Side

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NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — The big, bad villain on the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” is getting his own series.

Joseph Morgan first appeared during season two as Klaus Mikaelson, one of the world’s first vampires, who is also half-werewolf. He was a series regular in the third and fourth seasons.

“I love it,” said the 32-year-old Morgan. “It’s been one of the most fun characters I’ve ever played.”

Fans loved Morgan’s Klaus and his fellow vampire family members. They were making YouTube videos about the clan before the spinoff was announced.

In “The Originals,” Klaus moves to New Orleans after being away for about a hundred years and wants to take over the city, now ruled by his protege vampire, Marcel.

Morgan, who is joined on the series by “Vampire Diaries” cast members Daniel Gilles, Claire Holt and Phoebe Tonkin, says “The Originals” is darker in tone than its predecessor.

The show premieres Thursday (9 p.m. EDT), but will begin airing in its regular Tuesday time slot (8 p.m. EDT) beginning Oct. 8.

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(SPOILERS) ‘The Originals’ Joseph Morgan on what Klaus desires most of all

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Immortality can be such a lonely burden.

As the first vampire/werewolf hybrid, Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan) proves this in The CW’s “The Originals,” premiering Thursday, Oct. 3.

The spinoff of “The Vampire Diaries” features Klaus visiting New Orleans, which his family helped build. There he meets up with Marcel (Charles Michael Davis), once his protege, now a slick tyrant.

“He is a Jay Z character,” Davis says to Zap2it of Marcel. “He is rags to riches.”

“Marcel felt enslaved,” Davis says. “He just wants to be free in a sense. He is still a sensitive guy. He wants to rule over the witches and the werewolves, but he is a vampire. He is not an original.”

At only a few hundred years old, Marcel is a kid in the vampire world. But he now rules the werewolves and witches in New Orleans, killing at whim and making it very clear to Klaus that he is the boss.

“I’m not the prince of the Quarter, friend,” Marcel growls to Klaus in the pilot. “I am the king! Show me some respect.”

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Inside TV ‘The Originals’ star Joseph Morgan steals from EW offices — PHOTOS

On the Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals (premiering Oct. 3 at 9 p.m. ET on The CW), viewers will quickly learn that Klaus (Joseph Morgan) wants what his former protégé-turned-rival Marcel, played by Charles Michael Davis, has. It’s a stance Morgan has been known to playfully take on set as well. ”I’ve been trying to get Julie [Plec, exec producer of both shows] to let me wear a vest for two years. It’s a British thing. I just like the idea of it. What I would call a waistcoat,” he says. “And then one of Marcel’s henchmen, his right-hand man Thierry [Callard Harris], shows up — vest in every scene. And my thing was, Klaus has a few necklaces. From the beginning I’ve done that. And then I’m like, ‘Here’s Charles Michael Davis with a cool necklace. But not only that, leather wristbands.’ And he looks like he spends every day in the gym. On the backdoor pilot, my stand-in was this sort of weedy-looking white guy. Charles Michael Davis’ stand-in was this hugely buff guy. I was like, ‘Look, this is how they see us. These two guys together.’” Morgan got a new stand-in when the show, which filmed the backdoor pilot on location in New Orleans, set up shop in Atlanta: “Now my stand-in’s too handsome,” he says, laughing. “He’s like a younger, more handsome version of me. Now I’m intimidated by my stand-in. I’ve been shot in the foot.”

In the spirit of Klaus/Morgan wanting what others have, we invited him in to different staffers’ offices at EW HQ to see what he’d like to steal from them. Let the tour begin:

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(SPOILERS) The Originals Star Joseph Morgan: “I Fantasized About Filming This Show”

The Vampire Diaries spinoff The Originals debuted last night on The CW! The series’s star Joseph Morgan visited POPSUGAR Live! in NYC speak about further exploring his character, Klaus, on the new show. Plus, Joseph explains why he’s hoping for more sword fights — and whether or not he’s in touch with the old Vampire Diaries gang! On Allie: Black Halo

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