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The pair, alongside co-creator Julie Plec, talk about what's ahead following last night's fall finale. The Futon Critic

For fans of Julie Plec's supernatural work, this series is often viewed as a strange outlier in her career. Most viewers associate her with the complex world-building of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals , making her role in a weight-loss reality show a frequently forgotten footnote. Interviews | TheFutonCritic.com

"Shedding for the wedding" worked for Julie Plec because she treated it like a character arc: Her advice to future brides? "Don't kill yourself to be someone else's version of beautiful. Shed the pressure, not the pounds. And if all else fails? Hire a good lighting person."

"Shedding for the wedding" wasn't just physical. Plec admitted she had to shed . "I kept trying to write the perfect wedding episode for myself," she joked in a Variety interview. "But real life doesn't have a script supervisor."

Julie Plec, the creator of The Vampire Diaries and its spin-offs, including The Originals and Legacies, has been open about her personal life, including her struggles with weight and body image. In 2016, she revealed that she had lost a significant amount of weight in preparation for her wedding.

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