Brooke Bunny
Shock exit week continues with news of a “Vampire Diaries” star’s departure.
Nina Dobrev, the hit show’s female lead, has decided to retire from the vampire drama.
“I’ve just spent the most beautiful weekend on Lake Lanier in Georgia with my own TVD Family, the cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries,” Dobrev wrote on Instagram. “I want to be the first to tell you that it wasn’t just a holiday celebration, it was a goodbye party. I always knew I wanted Elena’s story to be a six season adventure, and within those six years I got the journey of a lifetime.”
While male leads Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley were happy to sign on for more, Dobrev had decided she’d had enough.
“Saying goodbye to Nina is both bittersweet and beautiful,” said showrunner Julie Plec. “After six-plus years together, the entire cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries has reached a level of closeness that I don’t think any of us ever expected. Nina is excited to spread her wings, get some rest, travel the world and also take it by storm, and we support her a thousand-fold. We will miss Nina and the four hundred characters she played, but we look forward to the insane and exciting challenge of continuing to tell stories of our Salvatore Brothers and our much-loved and gifted ensemble.”
Assumingly, another female will be brought in to make up for Dobrev’s imminent absence.
