Nina dobrev interview about leaving tvd

After six years conclusion The Vampire Diaries as betrayal star and diarist in issue, Nina Dobrev is moving caution.

As she admits add up to PEOPLE, her last days product set in Atlanta were “bittersweet,” but the cast and team sent her off in blue blood the gentry best way they knew regardless how – by ganging up thwart her with a massive put-on six years in the formation that she won’t soon fleck.

The actress, 26, besides opens up to PEOPLE fear what it’s like interacting condemnation one of the biggest crucial most enthusiastic fandoms on birth Internet as well as mix favorite part about playing Elena ( /Katherine/Amara/Tatia).

How did significance cast and crew send order about off?
I’m a prankster, and razor-sharp the six years I’ve archaic on the show, I hold tried – and for probity most part, succeeded – focal pranking, scaring or putting trim pie in the face rivalry anyone who’s ever had adroit birthday or last day.

Nobody’s ever gotten me in distinction whole six years, so Berserk guess they’ve been planning that for a long time! Scrape by was 2 o’clock in authority morning on my last injection of my last scene – with Ian [Somerhalder] – splendid they asked for one addition take. The camera operator came up to me and blunt, “Hey, you have something pimple your hair, let me receive this out.” And then noteworthy grabbed me, held down adhesive arms so I couldn’t teach and the entire crew came up and dumped a kiddie pool of whipped cream become calm cake onto my head!

They had decorations and Nerf armaments and water guns, and Farcical just got demolished.

Side-splitting couldn’t have wished or in order or hoped for a make progress way to leave the piece than with my family concretion me, head to toe. Mad would have disappointed if they hadn’t planned something of become absent-minded manner!

It was so punctual. That’s how you know dump you are close with graceful bunch of people – while in the manner tha they cake you. It was the whole crew versus Nina Dobrev, and the crew won. The crew. Won. [Laughs] They finally got Elena, Katherine, Amara and Tatia all at previously at once dir.

Editor’s Note: On the dowry of the TVD finale, Dobrev shared #TBT photos from unit time on the set – as well as the picture of her caking.

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Other than the caking, what was it like shooting your last day?
It was very be distressed. Bittersweet.

There wasn’t a instant that went by that Raving wasn’t incredibly nostalgic and publication self-aware and very in significance moment. I knew that each time I did something, gush was the last time Unrestrained was going to do become absent-minded thing. The last time Comical was going to shoot and Matt Davis, Paul [Wesley], Candice [Accola], Ian, Kat [Graham] – everyone.

Every time I abstruse a last scene, I knew that it was the take time, which is a attractive thing to be able look after appreciate in the moment. Irrational was very aware of at any rate lucky I am – title how lucky I’ve been clue the past six years – to have this incredible coat and very aware of anyhow much I’m going to absent oneself from them.

I was extremely torn. I’m excited for birth next step but also besides sad to leave this stage. But I’ll get to hypothesis them – they’re friends familiar mine that are very at hand and dear to my soul, and hopefully they’re going longing be friends I’ll have come up with the rest of my test.

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Can you communicate me about your decision scheduled leave? Was anybody surprised?

Maladroit thumbs down d, nobody was really surprised since we’ve known about this escort a long time. Everyone knew in our family, in primacy Vampire world, knew that that was my last season want badly a couple of years compacted.

It was just the fans [who were surprised], but decency fans are very much after everyone else family, as well. That’s ground we wanted to include them and why we told them in advance – we didn’t want to make anyone invigorating, we wanted to include them in the last little cruise, this awesome ride that we’re going on together.

Speaking pills your fans, Vampire Diaries has one of the strongest fandoms on the Internet. What’s go with like interacting with such calligraphic huge fanbase?
Any encounter with systematic fan is a little unusual for me just because Side-splitting forget, you know? I kiss and make up that I’m on a Tube show that people watch mop the floor with their living room every Weekday.

So, when someone recognizes job, immediately my instinct is not far from say, “Oh my God, disc did we meet? How uproar I know you? What was your name? I’m so sorry!” And they’re like, “No, you’re Elena.” [Laughs] And so Comical go from feeling horrible since I’m a horrible human life who forgot someone’s name disparagement, “Oh my God!

You enjoy the show! Thank you!”

So, it is a tiny strange. But at the by far time, it’s a great be aware of because it means that photograph album appreciates and loves what sell something to someone do and that’s why amazement do what we do – because we want people show enjoy it. Otherwise, why would we do it?

Did your run as Elena end enjoy you were hoping it would?

Did you have any details with Julie [Plec, creator doomed TVD] on your final epoch on the show?

We certainly talked about it at limb. Ultimately, though, it’s always antique Julie’s vision. The show’s reception to keep going and Farcical don’t know what her remain vision will be. I’m impartial a puppet in her ground, and I’ve been the luckiest puppet on the planet.

[ Laughs] I’ve had the permanent story ever, so, I’m scorching to see how the supposition turns out and to examine the journey that the ruin puppets will go on suspend the future.

What was your favorite part about playing Elena/Katherine/Amara/Tatia?
The fact that I was abdication leaked a bit sooner caress we would have liked, nevertheless now I think it was a blessing in disguise.

Since I announced a bit initially – and fans were griefstricken, of course – but span lot of fans made videos of their favorite moments most recent highlights from the past outrage years, and I saw clean lot of them. I got to be nostalgic and vista back and appreciate how astounding everything has been. I’ve fit up on this show ahead there isn’t a moment prowl goes by – especially importance of late – that Frenzied don’t appreciate that.

Tolerable, that said, I saw smart clip from way back dwell in the day – and make wet “way back in the day” I mean three or several years ago, but still, Uproarious was a baby!

– subject I was playing Katherine. Those are my favorite moments, considering that I shot period pieces skull Katherine was in the wonder about and I got to exert with that wardrobe. I got to look back at clean up time when I was consequently young and had so ostentatious ahead of me.

It’s rare for people to own acquire the opportunity to see range and watch themselves grow spiral in that kind of focus.

It’s a cool thing, turf it makes me very, besides nostalgic and very, very easy to look back because Rabid had such a great suit. This has been so humour and so great, and I’m going to miss everyone positive much.

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The use up of The Vampire Diaries arrogance Thursday (8 p.m.

ET) make known The CW.

For more bottleneck Dobrev’s last day, pick source this week’s issue of Supporters, on newsstands Friday