Marvel star Sebastian Stan was nearly a Salvatore brother in The Vampire Diaries . The behind-the-scenes tidbit comes directly from a new book, I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries , which spills on-set secrets and untold stories about the CW hit that spawned a franchise .

I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries releases on September 9, but Entertainment Weekly has an excerpt detailing the casting process for Stefan and Damon.

The Vampire Diaries ' bloodsucking brothers were played by Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, but the supernatural drama could have had Stebastian Stan as a lead before he was cast as Bucky Barnes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read the excerpt below:

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