The Vampire Diaries actor Ian Somerhalder received immense love for portraying the bad-boy, Damon Salvatore. However, do you know the actor wasn’t the only one considered for the role?
CW’s most popular series The Vampire Diaries ran for eight seasons. The series has been loved by the audience. There’s no denying! In the world of cinema, we have seen a lot of vampire characters. But Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries has always been everyone’s favourite which is played by Ian Somerhalder. Despite having a bad guy image, Damon’s character is full of colors that The Vampire Diaries fans could never hate him, and thanks to Ian’s charm. But do you know, Ian Somerhalder isn’t the only one who auditioned for the role of Damon Salvatore? There’s one actor who almost played the role of Damon. Find out who is he?
Ian Somerhalder’s co-star first auditioned for Damon Salvatore:
The actor who auditioned for the character of Damon is none other than Paul Wesley, who played the character of Stefan Salvatore in the series. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the creators of the show Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson revealed that Paul Wesley first auditioned for Damon Salvatore.
She said Paul originally read for the part of Stefan but was rejected because he was considered too old, so auditioned for the role of Damon. Julie Plec told The Hollywood Reporter “We read Paul Wesley for Damon on day one. He was a favourite of our casting directors. We said he’s not ready for Damon, not enough humour there”
However, the role eventually went to Ian Somerhalder. Plec explained the audition process “Paul and Ian kind of came in late in the process. Paul auditioned like 15 times and Ian kind of appeared out of the blue. The only one who wasn’t trying too hard that didn’t speak to me at any point unless we were filming was Paul Wesley—so it’s funny to think that he did the right thing”
Well, Paul Wesley isn’t the only one actor who tried to get the role of Damon. The Vampire Diaries’ cast members auditioned to get the part including Michael Trevino (Tyler Lockwood), Zach Roerig (Matt Donovan), and Nathaniel Buzolic (Kol Mikaelson)
