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So grab your tissues and join us on this trip down a vampire-filled memory lane.
This week, Ian Somerhalder talks playing Damon Salvatore…
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When I saw the pilot, I said, “This is definitely going to go.”
It ebbs and flows, but we’ve had a really substantial, consistent, loving fanbase.
For me, season 1 was just the pinnacle for Damon.
That was the apex of the ability of this character to shine through story.
I loved a lot of that stuff.
That stuff was really fun.
All the stuff with Damon and Vicki, the dancing in the Salvatore house.
So those types of struggles, they were real.
But there has been an amazing string of very well written scenes throughout these periods of time.
170 episodes, that’s crazy.
That’s a lot.
Damon has had a very fun time for a very long time.
Damon’s had a great run.
This experience made me become a man.
It made me understand true social responsibility.
I got to meet a lot of amazing people.
It’s given me the ability to work with great people and have a family here in Georgia.
Those are amazing relationships.
I love these relationships.
I’m almost a 40-year-old man.
I started this show when I was 30.
Paul’s 34, I’m 38.
This hands down has been a very powerful and amazing experience.
As told toSamantha Highfill
The Vampire Diariesairs Fridays at 8 p.m.
