T H E B E A U T Y O F C H LO E
DOLCE & GABBANA
Blazer shirt & pant at Harry Rosen
TIGER OF SWEDEN Belt & shoes
It could not have been a more perfect Toronto
Diaries spin-off called The Originals, slated for
summer day, breezy and bright and beautiful.
October 2013. Yup, the brooding “Elijah Mikaelson”
Multiple passers-by glance over the sidewalk to see a
is starring in his own show, with an ensemble cast of
tall, statuesque figure preening and posing in front
his vampire family. If that doesn’t spell success, call
of Lucien, an upscale downtown Toronto restaurant.
the network producers crazy.
Our photographer snaps away at his subject, decked
“I’m incredibly blessed that Elijah’s stuck around,”
out in a breezy, carnation pink linen suit. The same
Gillies says, as we have a chill-out interview session,
one Leonardo DiCaprio wore in The Great Gatsby.
surrounded by the muted earth tones in Lucien.
Unexpectedly, some passers-by start pulling out their
“They actually shot one version where I actually
own cameras, presumably because they’re left in a
died. Then I shot [scene] one more; I was impaled by
state of “hey, isn’t he...?”
the banister of a staircase in an old house. From
Daniel Gillies is standing on the cusp of global
pulling the pole out of him to having [his] own
success. I mean, paparazzi at a photoshoot can only
show... it’s ludicrous!”
be a tell-tale sign. He’s got all the elements of a
breakout television actor, with two films bought out
by Showtime USA, the return of CTV’s hit drama
SAVING HOPE this summer, and a Vampire