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

 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  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  2009  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 asre 40. I was 30 and now I Am in my mid 40s What the f--k?

Indeed Wesley told E News The Vampire Diaries  does feel like a lifetime ago. So what are he and Somerhalder up to now? They HAve both appeared in other roles with Somerhalder playing Luther Swann in V-Wars and Wesley portraying Tucker Reed in Tell Me a Story and have founded the bourbon brand Brothers Bond.We first met getting fitted for our fangs and that was literally 13 years ago Somerhalder told E News while at a cocktail party for their company and the Tennis Channel in New York later adding We are brothers because we were contractually bound to live this life. But we became brothers because these boys bonded on-screen over bourbon. Paul and I bonded off screen over bourbon. So its really powerful man that this is what we ended up doing with our lives together.