Ian Interview

SciFind has an interview with Ian Somerhalder.

Read the entire interview here.

Here is an excerpt:

What is the most challenging aspect of playing a vampire?
“The most challenging aspect of it is living the life of someone who is 150 years old. Imagine the amount of knowledge and cynicism you would have developed by that point in your life.

You would be walking around, living in a normal society, blending in as a normal person. However, every sense that you have; sight, sound, smell, hunger and emotions are heightened by 10,000 per cent. Imagine how difficult that would be. Communicating that and experiencing that on a real level is interesting. It’s a challenge, but its fun!”

Are there are a lot of special effects used to turn you into an evil bloodsucker? Do you spend much time in make up?
“At the beginning of the season we were in make up quite often but now we’ve decided it’s easier to use CGI. The effects level and the value of it are just amazing. They’re doing such an incredible job. They put dots on our face for the effects and it saves a lot of make up time. It’s very convenient!”