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Before Ian Somerhalder became the heartthrob of millions of young teens withThe Vampire Diaries, he was one of the lead characters inLost. The actor had his breakthrough with the role and was one of the first main characters to die in the series. Despite that, he reportedly considers the show the best time of his life.
Somerhalder recently gave an interview stating the reasons why he left acting at the peak of his career. Playing Damon Salvatore inThe Vampire Diariesseemed to be a position that people killed to have, but Somerhalder mentioned that he wanted to focus more on his family and the environmental conservation projects that he was working on.
Ian Somerhalder Left The Glitz To Go Live The Farm Life Five Years Ago
Ian Somerhalderreportedly celebrated the 15th anniversary ofThe Vampire Diariesand the 20th anniversary ofLostthis September. The actor has stepped away from the limelight for the past few years, working on his production and environment conservation projects. Somerhalder mentioned that his true passion lay in the farm life.
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Talking toPeoplemagazine, the actor opened up about the type of reach he had as the lead ofThe Vampire Diariesand how that fame has helped him shed light on the projects he has been working on. He credited the advent of streaming for giving him a much larger audience and a new generation of them who would see what he had been working on.
Celebrating his fifth year of retiring from acting, Ian Somerhalder expressed why he found stopping away was the right choice and how he has prioritized his family.
I say this in all humility, in all respect, but I would much rather do this than go spend two months in some city, shooting a TV show away from my family or transporting my family back and forth…Once you reach a certain level, you’re like, ‘Okay, I want to focus on family and the future of farming and food and energy and the big things.’ I don’t need to chase awards and anything that would make me feel better about myself.
The Vampire Diarieswas the CW’s most-viewed show until the beginning ofArrowand still remains one of the network’s biggest crowd-pullers.
Ian Somerhalder CreditsLostFor Inspiring His Conservation Work
While his role as Damon Salvatore inThe Vampire Diariesmay have given him the attention of more than a billion people, Somerhalder credits his role as Boone Carlyle inLostas one of his greatest works. The actor was reportedly the first character to be cast in the series and was also the first main character to die.
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Despite his short time on the show (though he returned as a guest star in later seasons), Somerhalder reportedly owes a lot to the show and its filming location in Hawaii. He told People,
I got to work on a lot of reef conservation. I got to work on a lot of soil and water conservation even there. This is 2004, I was already doing this, my voice just wasn’t as big. Cut to 2005, [I] left Lost, which was humbling. And then very beginning of 2009 came Vampire Diaries. And that was a rocket ship. Initially, it was a very, very, very young audience, but that audience matured and it got bigger and bigger.
The actor also reportedly adopted a feral cat named Roo with hisLostco-star Maggie Grace. The two reportedly found it while filming for the show in Hawaii.
The Vampire Diariesis available to stream on Max.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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