Ian Somerhalder Defends His Vampire Character to Matthew Fox's Daughter

Ian Somerhalder probably didn’t expect his role as the deliciously devilish Damon on The Vampire Diaries would get him in trouble with his old colleagues on Lost. Or at least with their children.

The actor tells TV Guide Magazine that Damon was just too bad one night for Matthew Fox’s daughter. The “sweet, hyper-intelligent 12-year-old" was none too pleased that Damon engineered the staking death of his goodie vamp brother Stefan’s BFF Lexie.

“It’s 1:30 in the morning—there’s a six hour time difference between Hawaii and Atlanta—and Matthew calls me and says, ‘Listen, dude, she wants to talk to you. You need to justify some things to her. She’s not happy with you.’ So she drilled me with these questions and I was explaining my actions and saying, ‘There are times when you find yourself in situations that you may have to hurt someone for the betterment of the family, which is what Damon was doing.’ And every time I’d start explaining something, she’d go ‘Yep, uh huh. And...?' It was an interesting hour for me!"

The dirty deed was all "so Damon could make himself look like a vampire killer who’s helping the town council and the sheriff,” says the actor, adding that we should look for more of Damon playing double agent in future episodes. We’re in fang heaven.

Source: TV Guide Magazine