United Kingdom, Sept. 4 -- Ian Somerhalder wanted to quit The Vampire Diaries after season three of the show.

The 46-year-old actor played Damon Salvatore on the teen drama series between 2009 and 2017, but Ian has revealed that he actually became disillusioned with the direction of his character after season three.

In an excerpt from I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries - which has been shared with Variety - Ian explains: "I was so upset about the trajectory of Damon, so much so that at one point I was sitting across from Julie [Plec, the show's creator] in her office in Atlanta almost in tears - actually, my eyes were quite misty - and asked out of the show.

"I was so angry about it. I wanted off. Because I saw ...