Ian Somerhalder’s trip to London in 2009 came as quite a shock. The star of the TV show The Vampire Diaries faced more than a thousand screaming fans outside his hotel, who chased him through the streets à la The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night .
At the time, the show hadn’t even been broadcast in England. “I realized this was going to be an interesting ride,” says Somerhalder with a self-deprecating laugh.