Vampire Diaries star says a remake would be a "hard pass"
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Paul Wesley has shut down the possibility of his involvement in a Vampire Diaries remake.
The actor, recently seen as Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, played vampire Stefan Salvatore in all eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries, originally aired on The CW.
The supernatural teen drama ran between 2009 and 2017 and also starred Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert and Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore, Stefan's malevolent brother. The three of them were involved in a love triangle for most of the show's run.
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Looking back on the role that made him famous, Wesley said he's not open to wearing fangs again.
"I would never do another vampire anything, period, let alone Vampire Diaries," he recently told InStyle, calling any potential remake of the series a "hard pass" for him.
"I don't really miss anything about playing him, and I don't mean that in a [negative way]," he continued. "Eight years is a long time, and I'm so glad to put that to rest. Eight seasons."
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However, Wesley explained what he loved about the character of Stefan, highlighting how "dynamic" his vampire was throughout the entire series.
"Because the show ran for such a long time, in order for it to not become monotonous, every season, he sort of had a different arc," Wesley said.
"At one point he was pure evil, and he started out as the good guy and then he ended as the good guy. But I liked the challenge of trying to keep the character fresh."
The original television series spawned spinoff The Originals, which in turn was followed by Legacies. All three shows aired on The CW.
The Vampire Diaries is available to watch on Netflix UK.
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