Paul Wesley says ‘Vampire Diaries’ fame ‘freaked’ him out: ‘I did not like it’
06.03.2024 - 17:53
/ nypost.com
alongside his “Vampire Diaries” brother, Damon (Ian Somerhalder), again — at least for now.“We haven’t [talked about it]. Nina Dobrev and I talked about working on-screen again. Maybe in a comedy or something,” Wesley, 41, told The Post.
“That was a while ago. We hadn’t talked about that in a while. But, I love Ian.
I see him every day, whether it’s on a Zoom or [in person].”Wesley starred as Stefan Salvatore on the CW series alongside Somerhalder, 45, and Dobrev, 35, for eight years, from 2009 to 2017. He has since gone into business with Somerhalder, with their Brother’s Bond Bourbon, and he said that spending time with Somerhalder through their entrepreneurial partnership is enough. “We have a full company that we are running, and we have to get on work Zooms all the time, and we’re doing tastings.
We share an office in Malibu. I see that guy more than I see my own girlfriend,” said Wesley, who’s currently dating model Natalie Kuckenburg, 23, following his split from his ex-wife, Ines de Ramon, in 2022. “So I’m good with not doing an on-screen reunion,” he said about Somerhalder.
“I think we’re good.” Wesley’s beloved character Stefan ultimately died in the series finale — which is what he requested. “I love the show, and I was so grateful for it. And it was more that I wanted to die in the finale.
I thought me and Damon should have died in the finale. Because both of us were these guys that wreaked all this havoc,” he said. “And frankly, even Stefan went through a phase where he was ripping people’s heads off.
And I was like, ‘They’ve had a good run . . .
at this point, they’ve been around for 160 years’ . . .