Throwback to this Ian Somerhalder interview, in honor of “Vampire Diaries” premiering 16 years ago.

Throwback to this Ian Somerhalder interview, in honor of “Vampire Diaries” premiering 16 years ago.

Are Damon and Elena going to have a happy ending? This is the end of the series. All I can say is from what I know, which is it’s Mystic Falls. There are no happy endings. Listen, to be honest with you, I honestly think that these two guys came into this town. They wreaked havoc. And this girl, this poor 18-year-old girl, talking about robbing the cradle, I’m like 165. These two guys came into her life and they destroyed it. Everything she’s ever known is gone. Almost everyone she’s ever known is dead. She burned her house down. She’s now in a box. Paul and I literally think that the boys should jump on a flight, go somewhere really nice and warm like the Caribbean, sit on a beach in their their their little speedos, drinking a beautiful bottle of like 50-year-old Caribbean rum. And they should have a toast as the sun comes up. And they should take their rings and throw them off into the sea. And then just [Music]