Casting. On January 26, 2017, it was announced that Nina Dobrev would return as Elena Gilbert in the series finale. At the end of the episode, "It's Been a Hell of a Ride" on February 24, 2017, it was revealed that Dobrev would reprise her role of Katherine Pierce as well.
While Bonnie's unconscious, she reunites with her best friend Elena (Nina Dobrev), who's been stuck in a mystical coma since the season six finale.
In April 2015, Dobrev announced via Instagram that she would be leaving The Vampire Diaries after portraying Elena for six seasons. In January 2017, it was announced that Dobrev would return as Elena and Katherine in The Vampire Diaries series finale.
she wanted to pursue more in her career rather than end it as elena and so she left. “She was also afraid that not moving on would doom her to be typecast for the rest of her career – a fear many actors and actresses face when they've played the same role for too long.”
In an Instagram post shared by the 31-year-old actress, after saying goodbye to the show, she stated that she decided to leave it because she felt like Elena's journey had come to an end. “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.
It turns out that the decision not to return for season 7 was entirely her choice, and it was actually a super-important crossroads for the actress. In an interview with E! News, Nina explained: "If anything, the fact that [leaving] terrified me drove me even more.
However, as The Vampire Diaries developed, its focus expanded beyond Elena to include an ensemble cast. Dobrev's departure led to a major shake-up as the show moved on without her. But the reason why she left The Vampire Diaries was simple: She was just ready to go.
Nina Dobrev played the dual roles of Elena Gilbert & Katherine Petrova in The Vampire Diaries.
Nina Dobrev, who played Elena for six seasons on The CW's bloodsucker drama, posted a photo on her Instagram account on Thursday morning revealing she's returning to the series for its finale.
Indeed, Stefanie Salvatore — as referenced during a Season 1 episode of The CW's Legacies — is the daughter of Elena Gilbert and Damon Salvatore, named in loving memory of the late, great Stefan.
Bonnie ended up finally taking control of her witch powers in the finale, saving Mystic Falls and breaking the curse keeping Elena asleep without having to die in the process.
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Legend has it, coming off of her run on High School Musical, Ashley Tisdale was also offered the role of Elena, but turned it down to star in Hellcats, which aired for just one season on The CW.
Casting. On January 26, 2017, it was announced that Nina Dobrev would return as Elena Gilbert in the series finale. At the end of the episode, "It's Been a Hell of a Ride" on February 24, 2017, it was revealed that Dobrev would reprise her role of Katherine Pierce as well.
Elijah Mikaelson: Elijah is the current husband of Elena Gilbert and the father of their son, Johnathan Mikaelson and an unnamed daughter. He is also the step-father of Jenna, Grayson, Zachary, Stefanie, and Sarah Salvatore. Elian Konstantinov: Elian is the former lover of Katherine and the biological father of Nadia.
It is revealed that Elena is a Petrova Doppelgänger (like Katherine and Nadia), which is thus responsible for her being identical to her ancestor, Katherine Pierce (née Katerina Petrova). This also has the implication of making her a supernatural creature.
From Matt's text, who used "K" and not "E", they put the pieces together and they realize that Katherine is in Elena's body.
Katherine pretended to be Elena again and fooled Stefan and Damon, pleased she was improving in her impersonations. Katherine insisted she wanted to help and posed as Elena when Jonas came to kill her.
Isobel was a distant descendant of Amara. Elena Gilbert (3rd Petrova Doppelgänger): Elena was born on June 22, 1992, in Mystic Falls, Virginia. She was the biological daughter of John Gilbert and Isobel Flemming, and was therefore a descendant of Katerina Petrova, to whom she bears a striking physical resemblance.
Quite similar to Jenna, the writers felt the need to write off Jeremy, too, to keep the plot of the show fresh. And they did rightly so by driving him away from Mystic Falls under the guise of attending art school when he, in reality, became a vampire hunter.
Somtime during season six of The Vampire Diaries, Elena give birth to her and Jacob's first and only child, Bonnie Rebekah Fogerty. They named their daughter in honor of their two friends, Bonnie Bennett and Rebekah Mikaelson.
Some suggest that Nina Dobrev looked very different in the 'Vampire Diaries' finale. For one thing, they suggest her weight had fluctuated since she last portrayed Elena. Plus, there were some "bad eyebrows and a bad wig" that added to the overall strange vibes of their favorite character.
5 or 6 years. Kai puts Elena in the coma in I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime which takes place June 23, 2013. She does not wake up until just before May 2019, when Bonnie somehow finds a way of breaking the spell. This puts the time that Elena was in the coma at 6 years give or take, as mentioned above.
Without thinking it was real and just another cruel hallucination outside of the Phoenix Stone, Damon pours gasoline onto Elena's coffin and body and hallucinates seeing Elena burn to death. Damon was horrified at what he had done though and this showed Elena's coffin burning to ashes, although it was fake.
But it wasn't plastic surgery recovery that Nina was in for; she had a reaction to something and went into anaphylactic shock. In Julianne's story, Nina had an oxygen mask obscuring her face and Julianne also put a sunglasses emoji over her face.