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Previously known for her lead role on Degrassi: The Next Generation, Nina Dobrev stars as Elena Gilbert, a beautiful young woman caught between two vampire brothers — one good, one evil — in The CW
drama, The Vampire Diaries.
Confused by her apparent connection to the woman responsible for turning the Salvatore brothers, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder), into vampires, Elena will have to do some digging into her own past to find answers.
While doing press at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, Nina Dobrev talked about playing two different characters in two different time periods (along with Elena, she also portrays the villainous Katherine), and how much fun it is to be bad.
Q: Why do you think Elena was so upset about seeing the photo of Katherine and how much she looked like her?
Nina: I think that it’s shocking. It’s one thing to have a crazy ex-girlfriend and come to terms with that. It’s like, “Okay, you have a past? That’s fine.” It’s another thing to look identical to the crazy ex-girlfriend. I think Elena will always feel like, “Why are you dating me? Do you want to replace her with me? Isn’t that selfish of you?” There’s a lot going on. You don’t want to look like someone else, especially an ex-girlfriend.
ARAMUS — A crowd of about 500 excited fans waited in line Saturday at Westfield Garden State Plaza to meet the stars of “The Vampire Diaries,” the CW Network teen TV drama.
Many held roses and home-made posters, and some wore “Vampire Diaries” T-shirts and their hearts on their sleeves.
“I think I’m Ian’s [Somerhalder] biggest fan. I got him a rose and made him a card, and I started crying when I found out I was going to meet him,” said Bianca Iannacco, 16, of Wayne, who was first on the scene with friend Aylin Erzene, 16. They arrived Saturday at 5 a.m. to get in line for a 3 p.m. appearance by the cast.
The popular television series stars Somerhalder and Paul Wesley as vampire brothers and Nina Dobrev as the female protagonist, Elena.
Due to cold weather, mall security and Paramus police directed fans to wait in the delivery passageway near Hot Topic, where an autograph signing took place.
Sonia Polichetti from Highland Mills, N.Y., arrived at 7 a.m. with her 20-year-old son, Joe, who was there to meet Dobrev.
“We sit together and watch the show and I love it,” said Sonia Polichetti. “I’m here for the two brothers. I’m taking them home with me.”
Attendees had to purchase a $25 “Vampire Diaries” T-shirt from Hot Topic to get a wristband to the event, which sold out earlier in the week.
The 3 p.m. signing was followed by a performance by Atlanta-based band The Constellations and a question-and-answer session with Somerhalder, Wesley and Dobrev.
When it premiered in September, The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” drew the largest audience of any other premiere since the network’s 2006 debut, and it has maintained impressive momentum ever since. On the heels of a 2010 People’s Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama, the show returns tonight after a nine-week hiatus.
“Degrassi: The Next Generation” alum Nina Dobrev, who recently celebrated her 21st birthday, is pulling double duty. She not only stars as the show’s magnetic ingenue, Elena Gilbert, but also as her civil-war-era doppelgänger, the bloodthirsty vampiress Katherine Pierce.
The fall finale left us with a shocking cliffhanger. Elena, having discovered the disturbing truth about her resemblance to Katherine, stormed out of Stefan’s bedroom — only to get into a car wreck with a mysterious supernatural creature while driving through the woods.
Despite the demands of playing two characters, Nina made time to chat with me about her favorite episode, Elena’s post-car-accident dilemma, and which of her castmates served as inspiration for Katherine’s devil-may-care attitude.
Congratulations on all the success! To win something like a People’s Choice Award, that’s voted on by fans, must be incredibly gratifying.We felt so good to be nominated, but you never really expect to win, and then they didn’t fly any of us out there, so we just assumed that we didn’t win it. We wrapped for the day in Atlanta and went out to dinner, a couple of us, and we got a text message that we won and we all kind of freaked out, like, “What? Really? Are you serious?” It was very cool.
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