They paired his voiceover with leftover footage from Vicki’s attack.
The testing score was dead until that moment, the first moment of something supernatural."
“Thats how much I didnt want the other person to get the part.”
It wasn’t until Ian Somerhalder was cast that they agreed to see him for Stefan.
“And they wouldnt see me for Stefan because they thought I was too old.
[Laughs]So I went in and read for Damon and had a callback and did okay.
Then I didnt hear anything and went on with my life.
I actually think I tested for another show.
Nina Dobrev is six months younger than Steven R. McQueen who played her younger brother Jeremy.
The Vampire Diaries is the longest-running vampire show on television with a total of 8 seasons.
True Blood and Buffy the Vampire Slayer each had 7 seasons.
On the show, Katherine Pierce is Eastern European and speaks Bulgarian.
Nina Dobrev was born in Bulgaria and speaks the language fluently.
Dobrev’s Bulgarian came into use mostly in flashbacks on the series.
That was the thing that made us cry all the tears in season 2.”
The writers changed it to make the finale more emotional.
