Steven R. McQueen & Trevor Jackson: 'Elysium' L.A. Premiere

Steven R. McQueen at the Elysium premiere held at the Regency Village Theatre on Wednesday night (August 7) in Westwood, Calif.

The 25-year-old Vampire Diaries actor was joined on the red carpet by actor/singer Trevor Jackson.

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“He’s got to deal with the fact that his peers already had a memorial for him,” TVD executive producer Caroline Dries told Wetpaint about Steven‘s character Jeremy in season five. “So he has to deal with the awkward social situation that he’s about to walk into, and he actually takes on a very man kind of role. He becomes the man of the house. He really grows up between last season and this season. He takes on a protagonist type of action role.”

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