Paul Wesley might have captured hearts on the hit teen drama The Vampire Diaries, however he admits that he doesn’t miss enjoying the youthful Salvatore brother.

Throughout a latest interview with InStyle, revealed on-line Thursday, the actor opened up about his position as Stefan, a candy but brooding vampire, and why he “would by no means do one other vampire something, interval, not to mention Vampire Diaries.”

Wesley starred reverse Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder on the sequence that ran from 2009 to 2017. And whereas the present helped launch the actor into fame, he stated he doesn’t “actually miss something about enjoying him [Stefan].”

“I don’t imply that in a [negative way],” he defined. “Eight years is a very long time, and I’m so glad to place that to relaxation. Eight seasons.”

The sequence follows Elena (Dobrev) as she navigates a love triangle with two vampire brothers (Wesley and Somerhalder). However alongside the way in which, all of them discover themselves dealing with hazard and catastrophe at each flip within the small city of Mystic Falls, Virginia.

Wesley advised the outlet that he does admire “how dynamic” his character was all through the present.

“As a result of the present ran for such a very long time, to ensure that it to not change into monotonous, each season, he form of had a special arc,” the actor stated. “At one level he was pure evil, and he began out as the great man after which he ended as the great man. However I preferred the problem of attempting to maintain the character contemporary.”

To at the present time, Wesley nonetheless will get acknowledged probably the most for his position within the TVD universe. However he admits that he’s prepared to maneuver on from Stefan, particularly since he has starred in a number of different tasks since Vampire Diaries ended, together with Inform Me a Story and Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds.

“It’s the most important factor I’ve ever performed, so far as reputation,” he stated. “I’ve performed a bunch of roles since The Vampire Diaries, however nothing has been almost as in style, so I feel it’s a must to get that subsequent factor that places you right into a dialog that includes you and never the character that you just’re identified for taking part in.”

As for what’s subsequent for him as an actor, Wesley stated he doesn’t wish to “simply sit again and look ahead to roles to come back to me.”

“Typically they do they usually’re superior, like Star Trek, however different occasions I like to only create my very own path,” he added. “It’s very rewarding.”