{"id":47296,"date":"2013-08-05T18:25:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T17:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=47296"},"modified":"2013-08-06T11:46:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:46:30","slug":"the-vampire-diaries-season-5-casts-janina-gavankar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/the-vampire-diaries-season-5-casts-janina-gavankar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vampire Diaries Season 5 casts Janina Gavankar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_47298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47298\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/The-Vampire-Diaries-Season-5-Janina-Gavankar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47298\" alt=\"Janina Gavankar as Luna Grazi in HBO's True Blood\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/The-Vampire-Diaries-Season-5-Janina-Gavankar.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/The-Vampire-Diaries-Season-5-Janina-Gavankar.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/The-Vampire-Diaries-Season-5-Janina-Gavankar-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janina Gavankar as Luna Grazi in HBO&#x2019;s True Blood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/tvline.com\/2013\/08\/02\/vampire-diaries-season-5-cast-janina-gavankar-tessa\/\"><em>TV Line<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/46524\/true-blood-season-6-new-trailer-is-full-of-sex-and-screaming\/\"><em>True Blood<\/em><\/a> regular&#xA0;Janina Gavankar will be appearing in <em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em> Season 5, Episode 3 playing Tessa, who visits Mystic Falls on the trail of an old flame, and the site reckons there&#x2019;s a chance she could reappear later in the season.<\/p>\n<p>Gavankar also plays shapeshifter Luna Garza in <em>True Blood<\/em> (first appearing in Season 4), and was a recurring character in <em>Arrow<\/em> Season 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em> Season 5 is set to air 10 October 2013 on The CW. <em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em> Season 4 is available on DVD from 26 August 2013, pre-order it now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/The-Vampire-Diaries-Season-Copy\/dp\/B008CPG8LA\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375722872&sr=8-1&keywords=the+vampire+diaries&tag=scifinowmag-21\">for &#xA3;17.51 from Amazon.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-47296-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y--Jju8bBQw&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y--Jju8bBQw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y--Jju8bBQw<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True Blood shapeshifter Janina Gavankar is set to appear in The Vampire Diaries Season 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