Here’s an awesome casting update that hits close to home…as in Cleveland.  Parma Padua grad Sean Faris is in Atlanta today to begin filming (at least) a multiple-episode arc on The Vampire Diaries.  He’ll play a former high school football buddy of Matt (Zack Roerig), with both guys employed at the Mystic Grill hangout.  And, of course, we fully expect Sean’s entanglement with the freaky town’s supernatural entities and eligible bachelorettes.  Often compared looks-wise to Tom Cruise and Travis Van Winkle (Jamie on 90210), Sean’s kept busy in film work since the conclusion of his two TV series, Life As We Know It and Reunion.  The Bruins’ four-sport HS star (soccer, basketball, baseball, diving) put his natural athleticism to work in Forever Strong—where he played rugby opposite Penn Badgley (Dan on Gossip Girl)—and in Never Back Down, a mixed martial arts fight club drama.  Smallville fans might also remember Sean’s appearance as one of LuthorCorp’s “experiments gone wrong” in season two.  With two vampires and a rising death toll in Mystic Falls, nobody’s neck is safe for very long.  But we can’t wait to see how our charismatic hometown star shakes up the dynamics on The CW’s biggest hit series ever.

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