"I-Vampire Diaries", u-Ian Somerhalder edlala apho sele isesithathu sesithathu, ekuqaleni wayefana "neTwilight", kwaye ke, akuyena wonke umntu owakuthandayo. Kodwa, ngokugqithiseleyo kwexesha, kwacaca ukuba abalinganiswa apha baninzi kakhulu kwaye banangqiqo. Enyanisweni, indima kwi "Vampire Diaries" ngu-Ian Somerhalder yenye yeyona nto ibetha kakhulu kwaye ikhethekileyo. Ukuba ekuqaleni uvela kwi "Vampire Diaries" njengombulali onobuqili noqili, ngoko, ngokuhamba kwexesha, yonke into iyatshintsha. Siqala ukuqonda ukuba yintoni eyenza i-vampire efana nale nto kwaye kutheni umda wakhe onobukroti kumda nokuzinikezela. "Iidayari" ngowokuqala kwiminyaka edlulileyo, i-saga enhle kwaye inomdla malunga ne-vampires. Mhlawumbi, emva kwechungechunge elithi "Buffy", ayizange ifakwe uchungechunge olulodwa olufanelekileyo, ngaphandle kwalokhu. Kakade ke, ngoku akukhona nje kuphela "iiDayari" ezazisasazwa kwizikrini, kodwa kwakhona esinye isichungechunge, esithi "Igazi leNyaniso." Kodwa ayihambelani kwi-canon ye-serial ye-serials nge-supernatural, yingakho kunzima ukuyilinganisa kunye ne "Diaries".
Kodwa, nangoko, buyele kumdlali wendima yeDamon. U-Ian ngumdala kunabo bonke, ngaphandle kwabadlali abadlala abantu abadala. Wazalelwa ngoDisemba 8, 1978, eCovington, eLouisana. Le dolophu yayincinane kwaye iyancwina. U-Ian wayenokuphumla apha kwindalo, angene ekhwela ihashe kunye nentlanzi. Kodwa, ngaphezu koko, uMncedi omncinci wayenexesha lokuzibandakanya kwiqela le drama yesikolo, enze kunye neqela lendawo kwaye abe ngumzekelo. Sekuneminyaka eli-10 ubudala, inkwenkwe enhle yonke ihlobo yazuza ngokuphila kwayo ngokubetha eNew York. Kodwa, nangona kunjalo, uMncedi akazange azibone njengomzekelo. Xa ephazamisana naye, lo mfana waphela umzekelo wakhe wemisebenzi ngaphandle kokuzisola kwaye wazinikela konke ixesha lakhe lokukhulula lokufunda kunye nemidlalo. Kodwa, ngexesha elifanelekileyo, lo mfana wakhula waza wahlaziya isigqibo sakhe. Xa wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe ubudala, u-Ian wathola ithuba lokusebenza njengomzekelo eYurophu. Amathemba anjalo anomdla. Wayefuna ukuhamba aze abone ihlabathi. Ngombulelo wokudubula, lo mntu wakwazi ukutyelela eParis, eMilan naseLondon. Kodwa, emva koko, u-Ian waqala ukufunda izakhono zokwenza kwaye asebenze notitshala owaziwayo uWilliam Esper. Xa inkwenkwe yajika iminyaka eyi-9 ubudala, ngokuqinisekileyo yagqiba ekubeni ayifuni nto ngaphandle kokuba ibe ngumdlali kunye nokudlala kwisigaba. Ewe, ekuqaleni oko konke kwakungelula, kodwa emva kokuba u-Ian wangena kwisihlwele se-movie "Black and White". Emva koko, mhlawumbi, kwangenelela kwangaphambili, ekubeni ukudubula kwaba ngumphathi owayekhangela italente. Akukacaci ukuba wambona umfana, kodwa uSomerhalder unethamsanqa kwaye kungekudala watyikitywa kunye nesivumelwano sokudubula. Ukususela kuloo xesha ebomini bomntu yonke into ishintshile. Ekugqibeleni wayekwazi ukuhlala eNew York, isixeko esiyithandayo, sifunda ukwenza, ubhale, wenze i-yoga kunye ne-ski, zombini namanzi.
Ukuba sithetha malunga nobuntwana bukaJena, kuyafaneleka ukuba abazali bakhe bahlukane xa inkwenkwe yayineminyaka elishumi elinesithathu ubudala. Le nkwenkwe yayikhuliswa ngumama, owayengumntu onqulo kakhulu, ngoko, u-Ian wafunda kwizikolo zamaKatolika. Ngendlela, egazini likaJena kukho iindawo ezininzi ezahlukahlukeneyo. Uyise uRobert unezimpembelelo zesiFrentshi nesiNgesi, kwaye unina kaEma uyingcambu yamaNdiya ase-Ireland naseChoctaw. Kwintsapho, uJena unabantwana ababini: udadewabo uRobin nomzalwana uRobert.
Ukukhumbula malunga nezinto ezikhethwa nguJena, okokuqala kukubalulekile ukugxila kumculo. U-Ian akayena umtsalane wesitayela esithile, kodwa unikela ngokukhethekileyo kwidwala le-orchestra. Uthanda umculo ukuzola kunye nomculo. Ifilimu yakhe ayithandayo "yiGraduate", kunye neengcali zefilosofi u-Ian wabelana ngemibono kaFriedrich Nietzsche. Kwakhona, umfana uthanda iphunga le-cologne iDolce noGabanna kunye newayini elibomvu. Ukuba sithetha ngendlela umdlali othanda ukuchitha ixesha, ngoko kuye indlela engcono yokuphumla i-yoga okanye ukunxibelelana nezihlobo. Kwakhona, umfana udlala ibhola, ugibela ihashe, uphonsa isaphetha kunye nesibhamu, ugibela ibhasikidi, kwaye ufuna ukuqhuba ibhola ukudlala ibhola ye-Europe. Ukuthetha ngezithixo zikaJena, umdlali wakhe oyintandokazi nguSean Penn. I-Somerhalder ibonisa umbala ogqithiseleyo kwaye uyayithiya xa ebuzwa malunga nomsebenzi wokumisela. Umfana akafuni ukuphathwa njengebhokhwe elimnandi, ofumana yonke into ngenxa yokubonakala kwakhe.
U-Ian unobunzima kwisibilini sakhe, ngokuphindaphindiweyo utshaya, kodwa oku akuyona into yakhe embi. Xa umfana ebuzwa ngokumanga kwakhe kokuqala, uthi kwenzeka xa wayekho kwibanga lesihlanu waza waya kunye nentombazana e-ice rink.
Ngendlela, u-Ian uyakuthanda ucoceko. Yena ngokwakhe uyavuma ukuba ngamanye amaxesha lo thando lubukeka lubonakala njengobuthathaka. Umdlali onokuzihlamba kathathu ngemini, nangona uyaqonda ukuba oku kungenjalo. Umfana usoloko ehlaziyekile ezitrateni zakhe, okubonakalayo. Kodwa amanye amaqabane akhe akayi kubona ngokugqithisileyo, kodwa emehlweni ombala ohlaza okomhlaza ohlaza okomhlaza. U-Ian unomzimba omkhulu. Ngesinye isikhathi, wasebenza kanzima waza wanyanzeliswa ukuze akwazi ukufumana iindima zamadoda kwiiprojekthi ezithakazelisayo.
Ukongezelela, u-Ian, njengohlobo lwakhe kwi "Vampire Diaries", u-Nina Dobrev, usebenza ngokuzithandela kwaye uyazama ukunceda abo bafuna ngokwenene. Xa uYen ebuzwa ukuba ngubani oya kuyenza ukuba engakwazi ukuba ngumdlali, le nsizwa iyaphendula ukuba, kwimeko enjalo, yayiya kumisa ubunzima bombhali okanye i-biologist, okanye mhlawumbi ufumane indawo yakhe ekukhuthazeni ukukhangisa. Kodwa, ngenhlanhla, u-Ian Somerhalder usayifumene ngokuqinisekileyo oko wayekufunayo, kwaye ngoku ukhanya kwiimboniselo zeTV, ethanda ngantombazana amaninzi. Ubumnandi bakhe nobuhle bakhe buyamangalisa, kunye nokukwazi ukudlala ukuze abaphulaphuli bakholelwe-kubangelwa ukuhlonipha nokuhlonipha. U-Ian uyinkwenkwezi entsha yeeskrini zeTV, ebonisa umntu ombi, owela emthandweni ngaphezu kokulungileyo.