News | Entertainment
10 Jul 2025 15:01
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Ian Somerhalder says “parents are superheroes”

    The ‘Vampire Diaries’ alum is used to playing supernatural creatures on television, but has said in his latest role as Luther Swan on Netflix show ‘V Wars’, he’s playing a real “hero”, because his character is a scientist and a parent


    Ian - who became a father for the first time in July 2017, when his wife Nikki Reed gave birth to their daughter Bodhi - said: “I wanted to play a guy whose superpower was just being a good dad. He’s a dad, he’s a husband, he’s a doctor. Literally, that’s the guy’s superpower.

    “To me, scientists are superheroes. Great parents are superheroes. I am a parent now. I do recognise that it takes being a bit of a superhero to be a good parent, and that’s all I wanted to play - just this guy. What we realised was people don’t want an ordinary hero. They want an extraordinary hero. We retooled this entire trajectory of this guy.”

    ‘V Wars’ - which debuts on December 6 - sees Ian step back into the world of vampires, though this time he won’t be playing a bloodsucking creature himself.

    But the hunk admits his time as Damon Salvatore on ‘The Vampire Diaries’ gave him a sense of “social responsibility” to use his platform for good.

    He added: “When I first started 'Vampire Diaries’, the success of that show catapulted us into a place where we had very specific, let’s call it level of access to the public, the population. You do feel a certain social responsibility to help in every way that you can.

    “I think Luther Swan only wanted to do the best that he could. … It’s all relevant. It’s all very now. I think I’m going to have to do some deep therapy and I’ll find out why I wanted to be Luther Swan.”

    And Ian has assured fans his character is “doing the best he can trying to save humanity”.

    Speaking to Us Weekly magazine, he said: “Once you start sort of opening up the curtains, and you start peeling back the layers of the onion of Luther Swan, you’re going to find things start to unravel. The deck is very quickly stacked against this man, but he’s doing the best he can trying to save humanity.”

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     10 Jul: Lana Del Rey and Matthew McConaughey are among the stars who have sent their well wishes to the people of Texas, following deadly flash floods in the state
     10 Jul: Maisie Smith and her boyfriend Max George are "more impulsive" since he underwent multiple heart surgeries
     10 Jul: Ashley Roberts' body reached "the point of shutdown" during her gruelling stint in Pussycat Dolls
     10 Jul: Police Scotland has issued a statement on safety ahead of Kneecap's concert in Glasgow on Tuesday night (08.07.25)
     10 Jul: Hunter Doohan is worried about becoming "the Tom Holland of Wednesday"
     10 Jul: Terry Gilliam has almost enjoyed seeing Donald Trump and Elon Musk "go at each other like two children in the playground"
     10 Jul: John Cleese fans will see a "different side" to the actor for the first-time ever in a brand-new documentary
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Rieko Ioane will start a top level rugby match on the right wing for the first time since 2019 when the All Blacks play France in the second test More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Rents in the Capital are at their lowest since 2022 More...



     Today's News

    Business:
    Rents in the Capital are at their lowest since 2022 14:57

    International:
    Sarah Gigante claims Giro d'Italia Donne stage four win after six months out following surgery 14:37

    Entertainment:
    Lana Del Rey and Matthew McConaughey are among the stars who have sent their well wishes to the people of Texas, following deadly flash floods in the state 14:36

    Law and Order:
    Police say a man charged with murdering a 31-year-old in Hamilton last night was known to the victim 14:27

    Environment:
    More severe weather's on the way for the top of the South Island 14:17

    Law and Order:
    Kiwi electronic music duo Sachi are performing in Auckland and Wellington, next month 14:07

    Entertainment:
    Maisie Smith and her boyfriend Max George are "more impulsive" since he underwent multiple heart surgeries 14:06

    Rugby:
    Rieko Ioane will start a top level rugby match on the right wing for the first time since 2019 when the All Blacks play France in the second test 13:47

    Law and Order:
    An Auckland man who drove into a group in Ponsonby who'd attacked him, has been discharged without conviction 13:47

    Entertainment:
    Ashley Roberts' body reached "the point of shutdown" during her gruelling stint in Pussycat Dolls 13:36


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd