Ian Somerhalder of The Vampire Diaries shares his reaction to the big Damon and Elena moment in last week’s episode and discusses casting rumours in a new video interview with Ryan Seacrest.

Talking about the long-awaited Damon/Elena kiss, Ian says:

It was definitely three years for us on the show, but I think our season is about six months each. You figure about a year and a half of them knowing each other. It’s a pretty big build up!

Ian also addresses the rumours that he has been cast in the anticipated movie Fifty Shades of Grey. Hypable readers might be interested to know that this book, written by E.L. James, was originally released as a Twilight fanfic, and includes some very racy material.

Encouragingly, Ian says that he would definitely be interested in a role:

I absolutely would be up for that. I have the book and I just started reading it. That would be a pretty incredible thing, and hopefully that could pan out, I think. Yes, beyond the shadow of a doubt I think that would be a phenomenal opportunity!

You can read more about Fifty Shades of Grey in this Hypable news post.

You can read more from the Ian Somerhalder interview here at RyanSeacrest.com.