Watching your celebrity idols on film is one thing, but meeting them in person elicits a range of emotions that only die-hard fans will understand. After retiring from acting at the age of 45 and choosing to live a farm life instead, Ian Somerhalder surely has a word or two to teach about life and choices.
One lucky fan got just that while celebrating her birthday with a few pals when she stumbled into Ian Somerhalder, who gave her the most valuable advice she could have asked for.
Ian Somerhalder’s beautiful advice for his fan
While not entirely out of Hollywood, Ian Somerhalder has ventured into executive producing, something that he wanted to try out for a long time. The most recent project was Common Ground, an environmental-themed documentary that both he and his wife, Nikki Reed, produced. While the star couple is busy with their own endeavors, fans have been eager to know the whereabouts of the actor.
To their surprise, a lucky fan happened to stumble across The Vampire Diaries actor in Toronto while they were both at the same restaurant. In an Instagram reel shared by Somerhalder’s fan page, Medieval Sally, the actor was seen wishing the birthday girl and added
Make great decisions; be kind to yourself; just make great decisions; society depends on you
This video is undoubtedly a blessing for fans who have missed watching the actor on the screen since his last project, V Wars, was canceled by Netflix in March 2020.
Following that, he worked on some environmental documentaries as an executive producer as well as a narrator, featuring alongside famous personalities like Jason Momoa, Woody Harrelson, and Bill Maher, to name a few.
One factor that nearly caused Ian Somerhalder to reject The Vampire Diaries
After appearing in the sci-fi adventure drama Lost Till 2010, Somerhalder was looking for a fresh part to try out. During the time he was looking for work, vampire-themed stories and films were quite popular in Hollywood, so when the actor was offered a role in The Vampire Diaries, he turned it down because he did not want to be a part of a knockoff, and he revealed on The Drink with Kate Snow that
Long of the short of it, they sent me a script of The Vampire Diaries. I picked it up, and I said, ‘This is Twilight on TV.’ And I threw it on the ground.
However, after a few days, he reconsidered his decision after reading the pilot of the series and realizing that his character had the potential to be the coolest guy on television.
This was undoubtedly true, given the character’s continued popularity after all these years.
