-Ian Somerhalder starred on The Vampire Diaries for 8 seasons as bad vampire boy Damon Salvatore

-With a new book coming out soon, he is revealing secrets from his past, one of those being a time he attempted to quit the show

-Ian revealed he attempted to quit during Season 3 "I was so upset about the trajectory of Damon, so much so that at one point I was sitting across from [showrunner Julie Plec] in her office in Atlanta almost in tears—actually, my eyes were quite misty—and asked out of the show. I was so angry about it. I wanted off. Because I saw the writing on the wall. Damon was heading toward the love-interest role. I was like, 'Sh*t, I’m in my early thirties, I’ve got a lot of this heat because of this show, I’m sure I could go find something that’s really cool and dark and edg

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