Ian Somerhalder revealed that he wanted to step back Vampire newspapers After season 3.
In a recently released bookI felt epic: an oral story of vampire newspapers, He frankly discussed the reason for his decision to leave the series.
Recalling when his character on the Damon Salvatore screen got closer to Elena Gilbert de Nina Dobrev in season 3, the Hollywood actor started: “I was so upset by Damon’s trajectory, so.”
Sharing her conversation with the writer, Julie Plec, Somerhalder continued: “At one point, I was sitting in front of Julie [Plec, the show’s creator] In his office in Atlanta, almost in tears – in fact, my eyes were quite misty – and asked out of the show. »»
“I was so angry about it. I wanted to leave. Because I saw the writing on the wall. Damon was moving towards the role of interest in love. I have a lot of this warmth because of this show,
“I said to myself, ‘S ***, I am at the beginning of the thirties, I am sure that I could go find something that is really cool and annoyed.” I said to myself: “They will transform me into a Sappy character”, “he confessed.
Resting the reason for not leaving the series, Ian Somerhalder concluded: “Julie was like” you do not leave the show. First of all, you are one of the stars and one of the parts of the beating heart of the show; And two, you have signed a six -year contract, so it does not happen; And three, don’t worry, there are diapers. “”
Vampire newspapers Broadcast for eight seasons, from September 10, 2009 to March 10, 2017, concluding its race with a total series of 171 episodes.
