Julie Plec Explains Nina Dobrev's Decision to Leave 'Vampire Diaries'

Julie Plec Explains Nina Dobrev's Decision to Leave 'Vampire Diaries'

Fans are still upset over Nina Dobrev‘s decision to leave the cast of The Vampire Diaries and now the show’s co-creator Julie Plec is opening up about how she tried to get the actress to stay longer.

“She was just looking forward to moving on with no hard feelings and no drama,” Julie said on the KCRW podcast last week.

“This is taking the personal out of it completely, from a storytelling point of view it’s a great challenge. As writers in the room we’re finding it very rejuvenating. Just on a strictly creative exercise level,” she added.

Nina had said earlier this year that she wanted to be done and we spent a little bit of time trying to talk her out of it. [We'd say,] ‘Oh, look at all these great plans of how you can stay!’” she explained. “And she finally was like, ‘No, I signed up for six years. I’ve done my six years. I’m ready to move on and spread my wings.’”

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