With 4.9 million viewers, the series debut of The Vampire Diaries became the most-watched premiere in the history of The CW. Star Ian Somerhalder, who plays bad bloodsucker brother Damon, feels like celebrating — by taking your questions. Post them below before end of day, Sept. 14. Look for his answers on Thursday, Sept. 17.
Can’t wait to see what he has to say about our poll results. As I’m writing this, 2,400 people have voted: 12 percent said SLAP HIM, 7 percent said SMOOCH HIM, 81 percent said SLAP HIM, THEN SMOOCH HIM. (The poll was about Ian, not Damon.)
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when will we see Damon shirtless on the show? kthx.
love, the gays
I agree.
Love, the girls
I also agree.
Love, the gay loving girls
i know i love it he is so sexy ain’t he and that wicked smile and those candy eyes slap him and smooch with him lol
Ummm Please Keep your shirt on kthx “the not gays”
I second that!
Will Boone be less annoying when he makes his return appearance on Lost this year?
ok- so they say that Damon really doesnt care or regret anything right? so why is he determined to make stefans life living hell if he doesnt regret the suicide of Katherine? does he secretly regret losing her because of his brother?
err. its a lot more complicated than that. read the books. if the show doesn’t follow what happened in the books, i wil be so upset. i thought it was a great twist.
I know! I really hope they don’t turn Damon into a blood thirsty killer! I will be so upset lol
cause hes crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!! or cause hes a vamp or cause hes HAWT!!!! take ur pick lots of luv, jenna
would you like to play in a musical movie sometime? what is your fav. movie btw?
Is it hard work being so magically delicious? OK, got that out of my system, my real question is: I’m so excited to see you coming home for Lost’s finale season. Any idea how many episodes you’ll be back for & do you know if Maggie Grace might be returning as well? (And for the record, I loved Boone – just not his John Locke apprenticeship. Plus, coincidentally, he was magically delicious too!)
On that note: you seemed to have quite some chemistry with Maggie Grace’s character on “Lost.” Any chance of a reunion of sorts or if Maggie will guest star on TVD?
Ask him if he knows if/when Young Americans will ever be on DVD. I know it was just one big Coke ad, but I liked him and Kat Moenig on it. Also, I have no interest in the current stupid vampire craze, but Ian’s the kind of hot you don’t say no to, so, CW, you broke me.
is Elena a vampire?!?!?!?
Not yet, but she will be, and that is on the books, try reading them, at least the second and third one.
The show has potential but get rid of that terrible loud singing which tends to drown out the characters talking!
Ok so I actually had a real question, unlike most of these…
Ian I was wondering how working on something campy and soapy feels after working on something so serious and hyped like Lost? Is it nice to not have to protect your scripts under lock and key?
Dude, you are the reason I will be watching the show. Love the bad boy. Major crush going on. How should I “handle” it? Feel free to be creative
). Anna
Ask him how he finds playing this character on Vampire Diaries different from his stint on Tell Me You Love Me and, of course, Lost. As in, is there more or less of him in this role than the aforementioned roles.
Do you think Damon has the potential to seek redemption like his brother? Or is he purely evil?
How was filming The Vampire Diaries different from filming Lost?