Here’s for an interesting twist: in a new interview, Zach Roerig talks about his role as Matt on The Vampire Diaries, the supernatural powers he almost got to have, and why he thinks that his character should be hooking up with Sheriff Forbes or Carol Lockwood!

Speaking to Hollywood Life, Zach says that he doesn’t believe that Matt should be hooking up with any of the younger girls, but rather one of the moms:

Matt needs an older mentor to talk to, and he’s probably also lonely in a physical sense. So I could see him turning to Sheriff Forbes or Carol Lockwood. He’s got some serious mommy issues.

Another romantic possibility for Matt of course is Rebekah; how does Zach feel about that?

If I could be guaranteed not to be killed for doing so, I could see Matt maybe hook up with Rebekah. Maybe she feeds on him a little and doesn’t kill him.

In the interview, he also reveals that Matt was originally intended to have supernatural powers! He says:

When Melinda Clarke was playing Matt’s mom, they were originally going to have her be a Succubus. And if she were a Succubus, that would make Matt a Succubi, which would happen when he matured to 18. I don’t know if your history serves you well enough to know, but Merlin was actually a Succubi.

Read the full interview, where Zach talks about Matt’s relationships with Tyler and Elena, at Hollywood Life.