Ian Somerhalder might have been unknown for the majority of his career until he took up the role of Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries, but ever since there has been talk of him taking up Christian Grey, the actor has hit the spotlight. He has the look and the commanding presence to play Christian Grey, and it’s very easy to see why the fans adore him.
Ian hails from the Deep South, from Louisiana, and broke onto the scene at an early age as a model when he was 10, deciding to become an actor when he was 17. He got his first big part in Lost as Boone Carlyle, but alas was one of the first characters to have got killed off in the series. It wasn’t until the Vampire Diaries that he began to register on the radar once more.
One interesting point about Ian Somerhalder is his dedication to charitable work. He’s passionate about environmental issues and animal rights, and ever since the BP oil spill in his home state of Louisiana, he set up his Ian Somerhalder Foundation to help raise awareness and help out these issues. This is a quality Somerhalder shares with Christian Grey, who is passionate about helping the poor and the starving in Africa.A fan tweeted a picture of Ian Somerhalder in a masquerade mask with a quote with the book, to which E.L. James tweeted back a wide-grin smiley face. Maybe this means something, maybe not.
Somerhalder is the bookies’ favorite for Christian Grey, but he does suffer from some tough competition from Matt Bomer and Henry Cavill. Bomer has a continuously rising fan base, and Cavill ticks many of the boxes. The question is whether Ian can keep up in the lead by the time casting comes around, and whether the casting directors are going to go in the direction of the fan hype or not.
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