Originally appeared on E! Online

Ian Somerhalder wanted to sink his teeth into more complex characters.

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That's why the "Vampire Diaries" star was prepared to walk away from the hit TV show at the height of its success. In fact, he revealed that as his character Damon Salvatore grew closer to Nina Dobrev ’s Elena Gilbert during season three, he grew concerned over where he felt his role on the series was heading — leading to a frank conversation with co-creator Julie Plec.

"I was so upset about the trajectory of Damon, so much so that at one point I was sitting across from Julie in her office in Atlanta almost in tears — actually, my eyes were quite misty — and asked out of the show," Somerhalder, 46, explains i

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