RepeaterItem.DataItem will not cast to DataRowView? [C#]

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I'm attempting to use the following code to conditionally drop a link inside a Repeater, and from what I've read everywhere, I should be able to cast the RepeaterItem.DataItem to a DataRowView to access the current row of information so I can decide if I need a link or not. Does anyone see why this isn't working?

Code: 
private void rptrActiveBlogs_ItemDataBound (object Sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e) {

  if ((e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item) || (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)) {
    [color=red]DataRowView drvCurrent = (DataRowView) e.Item.DataItem;[/color]
    Literal litAuthor = (Literal) e.Item.FindControl("litBlogAuthor");

    if (drvCurrent["AuthorEmail"].ToString().Length == 0) {
      litAuthor.Text = drvCurrent["AuthorName"].ToString();
    } else {
      litAuthor.Text = "<a href=\"mailto:" + drvCurrent["AuthorEmail"].ToString() + "\" title=\"Contact " + drvCurrent["AuthorName"].ToString() + "\">" + drvCurrent["AuthorName"].ToString() + "</a>";
    }

  }

}

The error occurs on the line in red. The error specifically says "Specified cast is not valid."
 
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