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The Vampire Diaries centered astir (mostly saving) the 1 and lone Elena Gilbert for the show’s archetypal 6 seasons. Fans were past shocked erstwhile Nina Dobrev announced that she was leaving the deed bid aft play 6. Nina’s abrupt departure changed the people of the amusement successful its last 2 seasons.
Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, and Paul Wesley successful the aboriginal days of ‘The Vampire Diaries.’ (The CW/Everett Collection)
With The Vampire Diaries disposable to watercourse connected Max, caller viewers are discovering the fashionable vampire play and experiencing the daze of Nina’s exit for the archetypal time. So, wherefore did Nina permission The Vampire Diaries? How does she consciousness astir the amusement now? Here’s everything you request to know.
Why Did Nina Dobrev Leave The Vampire Diaries?
Nina archetypal announced she would beryllium leaving The Vampire Diaries successful a heartfelt Instagram station connected April 6, 2015, during the show’s sixth season. With conscionable a fewer episodes near successful the season, Nina revealed that play 6 would beryllium her last.
“I ever knew I wanted Elena’s communicative to beryllium a six play adventure, and wrong those six years I got the travel of a lifetime,” she wrote. The histrion asked fans astatine the clip to “hop connected the roller coaster thrust that is Elena Gilbert’s beingness and articulation maine arsenic I observe her and hole to accidental goodbye to her — and to my enactment household — arsenic I determination connected to the adjacent section of my life.”
Nina revealed successful an interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter that the quality of her exit “leaked a small earlier” than she had anticipated, truthful she was “forced” to “make a connection prematurely.” She added, “But it was a blessing successful disguise, successful retrospect. It didn’t deed me; I got to accidental goodbye with my household and with the fans. People made videos of — what was successful their sentiment — the champion moments of the past six years. It helped maine relive the past six years, and beryllium nostalgic, grateful and look backmost astatine those moments and observe this acquisition arsenic it ends, alternatively of mourn it aft I left. I got to accidental goodbye to my family, and walk my past moments with them, and look backmost and retrieve however awesome it has been.”
Nina signed a six-year declaration erstwhile the amusement began, truthful she ever knew she’d beryllium leaving the amusement aft play 6. “I’ve loved moving connected this show,” she told SELF successful 2015. “It’s been specified a crazy, awesome adventure, and I’ve been surrounded by truthful galore radical who I see family. I cognize this is simply a caller breathtaking measurement successful the close absorption for me, but it’s going to beryllium truthful unusual not to beryllium with them.”
What Happened To Elena When Nina Dobrev Left?
The Vampire Diaries wrote successful Nina’s exit successful a clever mode astatine the extremity of the sixth season. In the play 6 finale, the villainous Kai (Chris Wood) placed a sleeping spell connected Elena that connected her to Bonnie (Kat Graham). As agelong arsenic Bonnie stayed alive, Elena would enactment comatose. Elena was alert of the stakes and wanted Bonnie to unrecorded a agelong life. Once Bonnie died, Elena would aftermath up precisely arsenic she was.
Thankfully, Elena was capable to accidental “goodbye” to her loved ones. Elena and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) shared a gut-wrenching goodbye that ended with a creation successful the mediate of the roadworthy wherever they archetypal met. Once Elena was comatose, she was placed successful a coffin and safely stored successful the Salvatore mausoleum.
Did Nina Dobrev Return To The Vampire Diaries?
Yes, Nina returned for the bid finale of The Vampire Diaries as some Elena and Katherine. She announced her instrumentality successful an Instagram station connected January 26, 2017. “I cognize it’s Thursday, but this is not a TBT. #BackOnSet #TVDForever,” she captioned a photograph of her bid finale script.
“I’m thrilled to bring this amusement to an extremity the mode we ever intended — with Nina backmost to assistance america accidental goodbye,” showrunner Julie Plec said successful a connection astatine the time. Executive producer Kevin Williamson added, “I’m truthful excited to person Nina backmost to guarantee our farewell occurrence is genuinely epic!”
The bid finale picks up successful the midst of Stefan and Caroline’s wedding day. After Bonnie falls unconscious, she crosses paths with Elena and Enzo. Elena seemingly awakens from her coma, but it’s really Katherine. Katherine rapidly reveals her program to destruct the municipality and everyone near successful it with hellfire.
Damon is consenting to sacrifice himself to marque definite Katherine stays dormant and goes backmost to hell. However, Stefan has a program of his own. Damon thinks helium compels Stefan to leave, but Stefan’s already taken vervain. Stefan gives Damon the cure for vampirism and dies with Katherine.
Stefan is capable to stock 1 past infinitesimal with Elena successful the hallway of Mystic Fall High School wherever helium tells her what’s happened. “He’s the amended man. He’s the close man,” Stefan tells Elena earlier helium finds Peace.
Nina Dobrev successful the ‘TVD’ bid finale. (The CW/Everett Collection)
Elena writes successful her diary for the archetypal clip since she’s woken up astir being capable to unrecorded again. Elena reunites with Bonnie aft Bonnie is capable to unlink them. Elena and Damon stock an epic reunion. Elena tells Caroline the connection Stefan gave her: “I volition emotion her forever, too.”
Elena finished aesculapian schoolhouse and came location to Mystic Falls to unrecorded her life. She grew aged with Damon and got the blessed ending she ever wanted. Elena recovered Peace successful the extremity and was capable to reunite with her parents, Jenna, and John.
What Is Nina Dobrev Doing Now?
Following her exit from The Vampire Diaries, Nina’s archetypal bid regular relation was successful the short-lived drama bid Fam successful 2019. Her show arsenic Clem was radically antithetic from her Vampire Diaries roles. Nina has besides starred successful films similar XXX: Return of Xander Cage, Love Hard, Flatliners, Redeeming Love, and more. Her latest movie, The Out-Laws, deed Netflix connected July 7. The histrion has a mates of films successful the works, including Reunion and The Bricklayer. She besides had a Degrassi reunion with Drake and much successful the rapper’s 2018 euphony video “I’m Upset.”
Nina and BFF Julianne Hough person launched their ain vino brand, Fresh Vine Wine. Nina started dating Olympic snowboarder Shaun White successful 2019.
Nina Dobrev with fellow Shaun White astatine ‘The Out-Laws’ premiere. (John Salangsang/Shutterstock)
Would She Ever Return For A Vampire Diaries Reboot?
The Vampire Diaries spawned 2 spinoffs: The Originals and Legacies. Even though there’s lone been a fistful of years since The Vampire Diaries ended, there’s already been speech amongst fans astir the possibility of a reboot down the road. Nina addressed her feelings astir a reboot connected Sirius XM’s The Jess Cagle Show successful July 2023.
“I deliberation it’s mode excessively soon to beryllium talking astir a reboot due to the fact that the amusement didn’t adjacent extremity that agelong ago, but I mean I cognize that I americium very adjacent with Paul and Kayla and Candice and Kat and the database goes connected because, you know, it was specified a large portion of our lives for truthful galore years. It’s hard to not enactment successful interaction with everybody and spot them erstwhile we can,” she said.
Paul Wesley had precocious told InStyle that helium would springiness different vampire-related task a “hard pass,” truthful Nina was asked if she felt the aforesaid way. “I don’t know. I mean, I deliberation it ever depends connected the relation and the director,” she said. “I don’t privation to accidental ne'er due to the fact that if Steven Spielberg is directing oregon if Martin Scorsese has a vampire flick coming up and there’s a large relation that volition situation maine successful immoderate way, maybe, truthful I guess, yeah. Steven, telephone me. Martin, fto maine know.”
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