Ian Somerhalder Says Vampire Diaries "Rode on the Coattails" of Nikki Reed's Twilight Films

 Vampire Diaries Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley look back at the TV series in an exclusive interview with E News. Find out why Ian partially credits Twilight for the shows success.While Ian Somerhalder was in The Vampire Diaries and Nikki Reed was in Twilight theres no bad blood.

In fact the actor 43 who is married to the actress 34 recently expressed how he thinks the popularity of the film franchise helped the TV show.  The Vampire Diaries premiered shortly thereafter in 2009.You have to remember Twilight hit in 2008 I only know that because I live with Nikki and so we rode on the coattails of that theatrical success he exclusively told E! News Aug. 23.  We were the TV version of that.

Reed played Rosalie Hale in Twilight as well as in its follow up films The Twilight Saga New Moon    The Twilight Saga: Eclipse  2010 and The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn parts one and two  2011 2012  which also starred Kristen Stewart Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. As for Somerhalder he portrayed Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries which ran until 2017 and also featured Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley. 

And even Somerhalder can not believe how much time has gone by.  To think that it was 13 years ago  he told Wesley who portrayed Damons brother Stefan Salvatore  you were in your 20s and now you are 40. I was 30 and now I am in my mid 40s What the f--k?