TVD Season 3 Preview: bit.ly Facebook.com – Become a Fan! Twitter.com – Follow Us! Hi everyone! Welcome to ClevverTV, your hookup for all things TVD. I’m Dana Ward and today we’re filling you in on the practical joke that Ian Somerhalder played on co-star and girlfriend, Nina Dobrev. Apparently, it surrounds the season-3 opener which the vampire star said had him literally naked for almost 2 days of production. Ian told EW that as he was getting ready to shoot the first scene which starts with a reaction shot of Nina — ya know, from Elena seeing a completely nude Damon — the first assistant director suggested that he head on down to the prop department. The star of The Vampire Diaries went on to describe how the team used double-stick tape to attach newly-made elephant ears to his inner thighs to seemingly create an elephant with Ian’s body. Use your imagination, people! Apparently, Nina’s real-life reaction was a very natural “OMG” and Ian said that he hopes and prays that they use that initial expression in the episode final cut. Like I mentioned, this is for the season-3 debut which you can check out on September 15 at 8/7pm central on The CW. Thanks again for checking out ClevverTV. I’m Dana Ward and we’ll see you soon more TVD action. Bye!