Ian Somerhalder Says Elena 'Will Resurface at Some Point' on 'The Vampire Diaries'

Ian Sommerhalder shows off his smoldering grin while arriving for an appearance on Extra at Universal Studios on Thursday (July 9) in Universal City, Calif.

The 36-year-old Vampire Diaries star recently talked about how the show will move forward without Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev).

“The way it was done was great. The way it was done was actually incredible, because it allows people to know that she’s still there…she’s not dead,” Ian said. “In seventy years or however long Bonnie lives, Elena will resurface at some point, although we’ll be very old when that happens.”

Ian added, “We’re actually very excited about telling this story. Mystic Falls without Elena Gilbert is going to be very different. We want to go back to that Season 1 and Season 2 of storytelling… I think that the last scene in the last episode that you see is truly a depiction of what this next season’s going to be.”

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