Looking at the times the actors in this franchise drew us in with some stellar acting. If there was a scene you feel I missed, be sure to check out the second list as well: • Top 10 TVD Universe Sc...
Totally agree with number one, that was some of the best acting I've ever seen! Some scenes for part 3: Rose's death in 2x12, Rebekah learning the truth about her mother's death from Elena (3x09), Delena fighting over not working together as a couple but being unable to stop loving each other (5x16), Klayley fighting over trusting Jackson (2x12; the part that ends with "I do trust you Hayley" because they switch back from angry to quiet and emotional so fast) and Mikael realizing that Freya is the daughter he thought had died (2x15). Honorable mentions: Anna telling Jeremy that she didn't want to be alone anymore (3x07)
@@davidsamuel8993 yeah Julie plec planned to kill of klaus in the end of Season 2 but after seeing joseph morgan's acting she decided to give klaus another chance. Also the fans gave a huge support to the character. Both of those facts led to klaus being alive and eventually getting his own spinoff show(which became more popular than the original TVD show 😅)
The scene when Caroline turned her emotions back on after realizing she burned the last words from her mom. Had me in tears!!!!! Amazing performance by Candace.
Everything every damn thing candace and ian did around sheriff forbes death was beyond good and emotional as f I'm crying now! When Caroline thought giving her mum the bite could cure her... no honestly Candace crying or upset as Caroline sold me every time. Every time, it felt like my friend was hurting and there was nothing i could do 👏👏👏👏 not enough praise for her work on that show seriously and she propped up every scene she was in with her reactions in the background! 👏👏👏 and she wasnt even my favourite!!! But watching that elena scene at the end reminded me how this scene only made me emotional because of the others reactions more than ninas acting🤔
@@jessimarim_m9387 100% agree, Candace was in the top three actors in the show for me hands down, no question. She sold the shiiiiit out of her role, and to see her progression in character and how she executed all the different stages of Caroline Forbes was just a beautiful thing to watch. Her scenes were by far the most touching for me, the one where she felt betrayed by Tyler when he hesitated to rescue her, hit so hard for me too. Talented girl, and there’s just something more real and in touch about her acting that I didn’t really get much of with everyone else. Not to say they weren’t all amazing! Now you have me gushing. Lol
@@moo9293 no. cause do you realize how hard it is to play two complete different characters?? she played kathrine and elena amazing, even amara. that takes skills.
@@OnlyRihanna all her diff roles weren't difficult to play honestly. It looks like any actor would play 2 or 3 character you will consider him/her great actor wrong she's an average actor. Look at the scene where she cries it's doesn't look real while look at elijah crying scene you will know the diff. As I said she is great but there are better actor than her
okay number one deserves but we can’t have a list of best acting without these scenes, 1. elijah’s memories of hayley returning 2. elena turning her humanity back on 3. davina’s death 4. hayley and klaus “fight back” 5. bonnie’s grams death
I'm glad someone mentioned the ,,fight back scene'' because I had goosebumps from her permormance. For me it's still one of the best scene I have seen in tv. Great acting!
You should have done Kol’s “I’m not the bad guy in this chapter of our family’s story. I’m the wronged. I was the dead but never mourned” And whilst you got everything that you wanted, I got a family who didn’t care if I lived our died.”
That wasn't acting that was real pain and grief her grandmother had just died that day and Nina said in an interview she did her best to keep it together but it was too close to her real life she couldn't keep it together anymore
No one talks about what an incredible actress Kat Graham is !!! She cries in so many episodes as it was so easy!! She makes us feel so deeply with her... Without her, the show would not be the same.
Sorry for me Kat Graham (Bonnie) was not a good actress, she was crying to much, and her blabbling of the "spells" was ridiculous. If you want to see well done fantasy spells, watch first Lord of the Rings, Buffy or Charmed. These blabble spells in fantasy-Latin in the show had NOTHING in common with practical existing magic and occultism. And even so, Katia or the travelers in the show did it better. Boonies decisions were selfish, black magic, made things worse. She was hungry for power. Kat Graham should not got that important role. I guess she stayed because the producers needed someone of color. And that is a very poor excuse.
@@SusiBlumentopf First of all: Crying too much isn't Kat's fault. Blame the writer. Each series may have different kind of spells so that isn't her fault too. She was one of the most selfless people on the show tbh. She always put others before herself. She used that black magic to helps others but alr. She wasn't hungry for power. How many times did she die and was in danger because she helped other people? Kat Graham deserved that role and she acted perfectly. The actress herself was treated racist by the producers and some casts too so no I don't think they wanted color
@@user-nt9vp8pj7m Kat had to play a role written by the writers, true. But how depended on her and the director. Yes in the role was a huge greed for power and black magic. She had been warned by other witches not to do it, and in long term the friends had more problems afterwards then before. The babbling of nonsense-spells had been awful. See Esther, Qetsiyah, the Geminis or the heretics had the same babbling, but more silent and authentic. None of the writers or actors had any idea or experiences about clairvoyance, occultism, shamanism or magic. (The scenes in The Originals were much more authentic, but not Voodoo like done today in New Orleans.) I have seen it in a lot of paranormal or fantasy movies and series done better. So we had the crying to much and the nonsense spells. In all other scenes she did her job, but she wasn't my favorite. The writers with Julie Plec did not give her a good attractive role either (the same for hysterical unmature Elena). How you could make the best out of a very simple tiny role, see: Mason, Klaus, Elijah, Julian, Kai, Rose, Haley, Liz Forbes, Marie-Louise... The success of Ian was because he had brought into his role so much fun, emotions and sex appeal of his own. My opinion: after leaving the show, Damon should have gotten over Elena and come together with Bonnie, like Stefan did with Caroline. He waited for Katherine for 145 years and got over it. Plec just didn't dare to do it. Elena was fooling around with both guys and flirting and dating with others, that had she in common with Katherine. She couldn't even wait more then four months before erasing her memories about Damon - who in hell would ever do this??? Nobody! Bonnie had chosen Enzo only because Damon was not free. My opinion: for human Elena an human average Damon would have never been good enough.
@@SusiBlumentopf all~ that in one sentence: She did her job right and perfectly. idk why u brought up damon,elena, Enzo and compared bonnie with OTHER characters. they are supposed to be different alr alr I see
Joseph morgan is the only actor who was brilliant, his character was hard to play. The emotions, movement, eye gazing everything was on point and because of his acting his character was kept alive. I'm not saying others actors were not good but his acting was better than all of them
@@morganingleson7295 Vincent’s actor was really good because he played two characters and did them both well. All of the Esther actresses were really good too (and with all of her body jumping, there were several lol). But it’s difficult to be one actor having to take on multiple characters or to be different actors and you have to make sure that even though you’re physically different, that you maintain the personality and mannerisms of the one version of that character you’re all playing.
You can also call Paul Wesley. As for me, the strongest actor of the entire caste. He, like Joseph Morgan, was able to stunningly demonstrate the full range of emotions of his character, convey it to the viewer in all its glory. Damn, these two have to come back in the future. This Universe can't end on The Legacies
In a universe where people think Katherine and Elena are played by two different actresses? Cmon. Nina Dobrev had the hardest job and did it effortlessly
Marcel deserved a spot on this list, his acting on both times in which he lost davina and had to confront klaus and Elijah was some of the best acting and emotion I’ve seen in both shows
My favourite Marcel scene was on the bridge with klaus and elijah after he'd already drank the super juice (can't remember the real name so super juice will do) that was some great acting.
Agreed. How she can go from such raw emotion to flipping it off is impressive. Probably the most accurate representation of the whole switching off their emotions thing.
Amazing actress ..love her scene . ..i just didnt like it when she chow down and drink innocent people ....but her acting so amazing ..she should be on the top 10
No one can replace Elena and Katherine from Nina , Klaus from Joseph Morgan, Rebekah from Claire Holt (just think about the tvdu cast and these three actors are perfectly sketched their characters)
Not sure about Ian, he is overrated. Just everything is his good looking and smile. Emotions on his faces weren't always that good. But yeah the 4 others are amazing. ORIGINAL's actors did put a soul into bad vampires.
@@lilydreaming5816 “He is overrated” For you. “Emotions of his weren’t always that good”Wait What!? One of the things that Ian is famous for his Facial Expression, He is the only actor in TVDU Showcased millions of different levels of facial expressions. In fact, as Damon Salvatore has portrayed a WIDER range of emotions in just 1 season of The Vampire Diaries, Than some Actors twice his age have exhibited throughout their Entire Careers. Can you imagine anyone other than Ian Playing Damon, I mean do you know how many actors auditioned for Damon even TVDU’S so called many actors had auditioned for Damon and they only Chose Ian for it, He perfectly portrayed that role. In fact Damon and Ian wouldn’t be this popular if Ian didn’t do justice for his role. He is popular for just portraying Damon alone tells you why.
@@shade8569 well thank you for your comment, I don’t know why lan is been so disrespected in these comments?! Damon Salvatore is by far the most complex character in TVDu and portraying a complicated role like that requires huge talents and acting skills , as you said he is famous for his facial expressions , I’ve rarely seen an actor who could change his facial expressions so quickly from one to another, he could manage to show multiple emotions only in a matter of a minute or two , mastering every kind of emotions is hard enough for every actor let alone trying to change from one to another so quickly and makes it believable and most of the time only show it with your eyes and yet Ian does this effortlessly, the way he delivers his lines it’s like they’re coming straight out of his heart .because a good actor doesn’t play the character but actually becomes the character. One of the reason some people can’t get Damon is because he is too complex for an average viewer to understand cause most of the time he doesn’t say what he feels he shows it and for those who are not good at reading body language they miss the points of those scenes . The thing is all the actors in TVDu are great and all of them had moments of skilful actings but because of the complex nature of Damon , Ian had to be his best in every scenes thorough out the whole show, that makes him a phenomenal actor , the character has been written ingeniously so only a genius could play it and he should be praised for that
The scene where Hayley fights Klaus bc he reversed her werewolf curse and then says “I missed everything” when she sees hope walking. Hits different. Never say Phoebe Tonkin isn’t an amazing actress as well
Honestly,Joseph's acting is just brilliant!!! 1)"Turn it off." 2)"You are not my family. You are not my sister. You are nothing." 3)"You will never destroy me." 4)"I will kill you and everyone you've ever met." 5)"But in the one moment when you two could have chosen to stand by me,to believe in me. To believe my intentions for my own child were pure. You chose to stand against me. To side with my enemies." 6) "You were never the recipient of his cruelty. None of you were" 7)"As long as my blood runs in your veins,you will return to me." 8) "You turned me into the weakling he hated. You,mother, are the author of everything I am" 9)"You came for my child. My daughter. Your own blood. And for that I will make you suffer as only I can." 10) "There were moments when all you had to do was be my father. But even then you despised me, didn't you? I want to know why." You see where I'm going with this. I could write all of Klaus' speeches because they were ALL phenomenal!
"If you run, I will hunt all of you down" "Then you'll become everything you hate, our father" "I'm the hybrid, I can't be killed. I have nothing to fear from any of you" Joseph is phenomenal in that scene. The Mikaelson regathering is one of my favorite scenes in the TVDU.
I would be lying if I deny crying each time Rebekah cried and laughed at her destiny or brokedown about how life and people have been unfair to her. All the emotions that Rebakah felt were just so strong and Claire Holt was just so good as Rebekah.
Hopes birth was one of the most stressful scenes I have ever witnessed, it showed elite acting, to make a scene where you actually thought that she would be killed immediately by the witches. The sudden look on Klaus' face when he realises that Elijah was right, when he said "this child could be your redemption"
Nina was so young in tvd yet so damn talented she portrayed so many characters and different shades of each.her breakdown scene still brings me to tears
I needed the argue between Klaus and Caroline because the "I should've turn my back on you ages ago" it's just amazing, also when she lost her humanity 💯
No argument that the last scene with Elena’s breakdown was great acting. However I feel that the Originals scene when Elijah remembers Hayley and his family code after breaking through the red door was the #1 acting scene
Every scene of Joseph Morgan in TVD and The Originals is a masterpiece. I wish you have also included that scene where Klaus killed Michael on Season 2 ep18 of The Originals where he said “There were moments when all you have to do was be my father…”. That was such a powerful scene. It gets me everytime. 💔
Every actor in this set was phenomenal. The plot for the show was strong but casting and acting was stronger. While everyone did exceptionally well, Joseph Morgan as Klaus takes the cake for me. One of my favorite characters on any show. He was such a wonderfully complex character with some very intense emotions that would be impossible for most people to play. The character is so unbelievably deep and twisted yet lonely and afraid that it’s really hard to balance. And his redemption in the series is wonderful. S+ tier acting for an S+ tier character.
"Every inch of this house is filled with memories of the people that I love that have died. My mom, my dad, jeremy, and jenna, and alaric, john...and even john. I mean THEY'RE ALL DEAD. EVERYONE IS DEAD."
Kol's acting when he was told Klaus he's been dead but never mourned was really good, so was Marcel's breakdown when Davina died in season 1. Elena's breakdown at the end of the video was probably some of the best acting from TVD.
I love how people find goodness in klaus's darkness and darkness in elena's goodness😂😂...btw you forgot to mention the scene from tvd when elena switch back her humanity on...that was so emotional for everyone, the care she showed for matt no matter what, is undeniably strong♥️💕
Im sory but this tv show is one the best made. Everything acting, history, actors and i think its the best vision of vampire every made. I love it since i was around 16 now im 27 and still will rewatch it again
i was certain that the scene when stefan kills enzo in front of bonnie would be in here, kat acting in that literally gives me goosebumps every time i watch it
1. Bonnie’s reaction to Enzo’s death 2. Elijah getting his memories back 3. Hayley and Klaus “fight back” 4. Bonnie’s reaction to Grams dying 5. Elena’s reaction to Jeremy’s death 6. Klaus “Get out” to Hope 7. The whole cast in Davina’s death 8. Hayley’s death 9. 10.
That Elena scene always gets me. Still crying because I just watched it. From TO the scene right before Klaus kills Mikael is so emotional as well. Klaus simultaneously being angry yet so hurt when he asks Mikael why he always hated him and Mikael tells him he doesn't know, he just did. The hurt in Klaus' eyes is the pain he carried since childhood. Brilliant acting by Joseph. Ok, I need to go watch something funny now.
Joseph Morgan literally ate every scene he was in. Was giving everyone acting lessons the whole show. Best actor by far and the only one I hope continues to have a bigger career
The scene that Damon admits he misses being human is one of the most complex scene that I’ve ever seen , every thing about it is brilliant! The writing , the acting , the directing, Some people think acting is about who yell harder or scream louder when some one is dying but that’s not real talent The truth is acting is to be able to master a complicated scene like that, that is showing the hidden layers of the character but also at the same time keep it mysterious and open to discussion and that’s why every one has their own analysis about this scene , the scene gives you answer but raise more questions and makes you even more curious that who is really this Damon Salvatore? Showing a battle between light and dark , ever going inner struggle and makes you wonder about humanity and challenge your morality at the same time , the kind of scenes like this that could make you think is rare and they should be considered as a masterpiece and the actor who could manage that scene is one of the kind ,a genius and he should be praised for that
Ian is not a good actor, he is actually terrible at many scenes . The only reason he's famous because of his looks. If he was ugly no one would be talking about him
Leaving out the proverbial argument, Ian has picked the vibe of the character correctly. Problem is Damon's character was changed in unconvincing manner throughout the 8 seasons...
@@moo9293 I agree partially. He relied heavily on his looks and was being excused for many acting-wise poor scenes because of his handsomeness and natural charisma of Ian. As someone pointed out, Ian caught Damon’s vibe perfectly, at least in the first three seasons. He was the poster bad boy women supposedly are falling for, but this is only possible if you’re that handsome and the writing allows for you to cross moral lines. Damon’s whole charm was him being dark, sexy, mysterious, dangerous, unpredictable, snarky and a perv, but at the same time, being a complex character, who had issues with showing vulnerability, but he did that cause he indeed was vulnerable, at some point admitting when he felt, he felt too much and he thought showing it would make him weak, he didn’t want people to see him being that. The problem with his character is though, that the ways in which he showed all of that, has become dull. His mouth movements and the sound he always made while being cynical, his habit of rising eyebrows while being snarky, his one liners becoming repetitive. It just became boring at some point, he became so obvious, predictable. In some scenes it felt like Ian tried too hard to act or flesh out the “badness”. The scene the original commenter talked about is one of the rare moments his acting was actually on point, but as I said, the first seasons he did fine, which is weird, because with people being bad at acting you see them either stay that way or become better, not the other way around. It also happened to Nina. Her acting was phenomenal throughout the series, but in the last episode, it was cringy too watch. You got a feeling with her she’s tired of that character and doesn’t want to do this. One or more reasons for that being: she came back after being begged and nagged by the producers, she was disappointed she didn’t get any recognition after the series (her show, where she was the main lead got cancelled and the movies she was in were pretty much ignored by the mainstream), so she wanted to make herself relevant again, even if for a short period of time, or wanted to please the fans of the series.
The breakdown of every single character in this series was painful whether it was Damon or Stefan Bonnie or Caroline kol or Klaus Rebekah or Enzo or Elijah even Katherine Alaric or Kai they all were so painful that it shows how great actors they all are seriously
any scene with elena and katherine should be in here for sure. nina made katherine literally look like a completely different person from elena. thats some top tier acting.
The clip of Caroline and Elena arguing about turning off her humanity to make Liz's death easier for her to handle will always be in my top 5. It never fails to make me cry
When hope was born they fought as parents and when Jackson arrived as good as he was it drove them apart. There were many great actors here. Loved the parts where Klaus and Hayley fought as parents and for each other.
The last scene hurt me. It scares me to think about death and Nina shows how much it hurts. She is a great actor and she really showed the pain Elena was going through in that moment.
The fact that all of these scenes should be here and that I can think of multiple other ones that also deserve to be in this list just proves how good these two shows were. They don’t make em like this anymore
Make part 2 including Marcel loosing Davina, josh loosing Aiden, Hayley's death, Elijah remember the memory, Klaus hugging Marcel and calms him in first season, the list grows......
When Bonnie fake died at the decade dance fighting AlariKlaus. The look (and the blood) on her face when she turns around and looks at Elena 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #epic
I def think Bonnie fighting with damon over the ascendant is one also her crying when the spirits were punishing her grandmother for her doing dark magic
Honestly I think the best performance for me was number 8. Even though there was little backstory and character exploration I found it to be the most beautiful and the most tragic. Just imaging it from the characters point of view. The amount of emotions and depth to the conversation. The history of the two. The scene wasn’t a massive emotional display but it spoke far more volumes of the characters emotions and point of view than the other scenes. It was also a true Tragedy Aya faced and the realisation Elijah had over what he had truly done to her and how it affected her and him in the end.
I absolutelu agree. Elena's breakdown was one of the most brilliant acting in TVDU... Nina is just amazing. I am bummed though that there's nothing from Katherine.
In my opinion, The ending scene of TVD and TO is the best acting scene. And Rose's death. Even though they are sad they have a good story and are ready to die and the scene is so sad it must be so sad to act.
Like the story, don't like the story. Like the characters, don't like the characters. But we can all agree that this franchise has one of the best actors and actresses playing their part flawlessly. Even little Hope and teenage Hope acting was so on point.
U should have added the scene from The Originals where Klaus confronts Mikael about why he always hated him and Mikael replies he doesn't know, he just did
8 always tore me up. There’s nothing like loving someone and the loyalty not being reciprocated. Elijah’s trifling butt lived a life of misery because of his loyalty to Klaus.
These are absolutely phenomenal but here some more of my favorite scenes with amazing acting: - Katherine finds her family dead - Caroline turns on her humanity - Elena turns on her humanity - Elijah gets back his memories (absolutely got chills in that scene) - Klaus and Hayley emotional fight - Freya and Elijah kill Davina
11:20 The look in Elijah’s face… maybe it is just me, but i am sure he feels the realisation that Klaus is jealous of him and truly wants his daughter to love him, which he obviously does. And throughout that whole scene… the shock and regret that this was the one time klaus was actually trying… the irony
