"The vampires that are happening here, it's science-based," Somerhalder tells TV Guide, noting that this separates them from the more "fantasy" elements of the sexy teen drama. "This is more in real time, happening in front of you. So you're watching this disease take over but it's grounded. (If) someone dies on this show, they are gone so it raises the stakes. It's the what if — what if this was happening down the block from me?"
TOPICS: Ian Somerhalder, Netflix, The Vampire Diaries, V Wars