Former soap star Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing, General Hospital; ex-Whip Jones, The Bold and the Beautiful; ex-Carter Mills/Matt Clark, The Young and the Restless) is making a guest-starring appearance on Vampire Diaries.Soap opera alum Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing, General Hospital; ex-Whipple Jones, B&B; ex-Matt Clark, The Young and the Restless; ex-Alan-Michael Spaulding, Guiding Light; ex-Scotty Banning, Days of our Lives) recently made a quick return trip to GH's Port Charles, and it must have given him a hankering for vampires (Caleb Morley, anyone?), because he's now heading to The CW's Vampire Diaries."So stoked! Just booked an episode of #vampirediaries," the actor tweeted along with a hilarious meme to go along with the news. "Will there be blood? Wait and see..."So stoked! Just booked an episode of #vampirediaries. Will there be blood? Wait and see... pic.twitter.com/gL2xE13ylx Rick Hearst (@rickhearst) July 30, 2016Hearst later took to Instagram with a photo of him on the set of the popular primetime series with the caption, "My Digs for the next 2 Days! #thevampirediaries #actorslife #thisdoesnotsuck" My Digs for the next 2 Days! #thevampirediaries #actorslife #thisdoesnotsuck A photo posted by Rick Hearst (@rickhearst) on Aug 3, 2016 at 4:08am PDTUPDATE (October 24): Hearst took to Instagram to share that his Vampire Diaries episode will air on Friday, October 28. He opens the scene, so make sure you're prompt! Made the previews! Don't forget to start your pre Halloween weekend with #thevampirediaries. Friday 10/28 on #thecw. I'm in the opening scene with #iansomerhalder. #tvdseason8 #tvd #actorslife #grateful #blessed?? A photo posted by Rick Hearst (@rickhearst) on Oct 24, 2016 at 6:51am PDTAre you looking forward to Hearst's role on Vampire Diaries? Would you like to see him back in the world of daytime? We want to hear from you -- so drop your comments in the Comments section below, tweet about it on Twitter, share it on Facebook, or chat about it on our Message Boards.