Who was almost cast as Elena?

Ashlee Simpson
According to E! News, the songstress almost nabbed the role of Elena before it went to Nina.
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Who auditioned for the role of Elena Gilbert?

Stephen Amell (Brady) previously auditioned for the roles of Mason Lockwood and Elijah. Alexandra Chando auditioned four times for the role of Elena Gilbert. She later went on to guest star in final season episode The Vampire Diaries: We Have History Together (2017).
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Who almost played Elena in vampire Diaries?

Per E! News, the frontrunner and studio choice for the role of Elena Gilbert was initially Ashlee Simpson, pop star of the early 2000s and younger sister of Jessica Simpson.
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Who almost played Stefan Salvatore?

5. Paul Wesley (who went on to play Stefan) and Michael Trevino (who went on to play Tyler) both auditioned for Damon on The Vampire Diaries. Candice Accola (who played Caroline) stated that all the girls also read for Elena, and she believes that something similar was done with the boys.
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Who was the highest paid actor in Vampire Diaries?

Some salaries of 'The Vampire Diaries' cast is unknown

Roerig starred as Matt Donovan, the human who refused to die. And King played Caroline Forbes, arguably the best vampire in the series. It's entirely possible that Davis, Roerig, or King made as much as the highest paid The Vampire Diaries cast members.
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Actors Who Were Almost Cast In VAMPIRE DIARIES



Why did Elena look different in season 8?

They could've found a better one for the finale. The wig was awful. They should have bought a better one. It was parted differently and was higher up on her forehead which are two reasons why she looked different.
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Who played Elena Gilbert in Season 7?

The Vampire Diaries fans were shocked to learn that Nina Dobrev, who played Elena Gilbert, was leaving before season 7. Like many other actors, Dobrev decided it was time to part ways with Elena.
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Are Elena and Katherine played by the same person?

Nina Dobrev played the dual roles of Elena Gilbert & Katherine Petrova in The Vampire Diaries. Here's why the role of Katherine took a toll on Dobrev. Actress Nina Dobrev, who played the dual roles of Elena and Katherine in The Vampire Diaries, struggled with the latter role throughout the course of the show.
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Is Elena Gilbert in legacies?

Legacies season three is happy to please any fans of The Vampire Diaries, with its latest episode featuring a surprise reference to Elena Gilbert and Damon Salvatore.
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Who played almost Damon Salvatore?

David Gallagher

The 7th Heaven star almost played one of the Salvatore brothers! “He impressed us so much originally … but the whole 7th Heaven thing, I wonder if he'll ever be able to get past that,” cocreator Julie Plec told E! News.
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Did Paul Wesley auditioned for Damon?

Wesley also admitted his age was a problem so he auditioned for Damon. “And they wouldn't see me for Stefan because they thought I was too old,” he said. “[Laughs] So I went in and read for Damon and had a callback and did okay. Then I didn't hear anything and went on with my life.”
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Did Nina Dobrev pay double?

Nina Dobrev played multiple 'The Vampire Diaries' characters but only got paid one salary. In June 2021, Screen Rant published a list of the most important The Vampire Diaries actors and their pay throughout the show. According to its findings, Dobrev earned $40,000 per episode when she left the series.
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How did Nina Dobrev get into acting?

Modeling jobs led to commercials, which turned into film auditions; she booked roles in the feature films Fugitive Pieces (2007), Away from Her (2006), and the popular CTV television series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001), which led to The Vampire Diaries (2009), where she played the lead role for 6 seasons.
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Did Candice and Joseph date in real life?

Candice Accola

After Dobrev introduced her to Joe King at a 2012 Super Bowl event, the duo started dating and became engaged the following year. They tied the knot in October 2014. King and Accola welcomed daughter Florence in 2016 and daughter Josephine in December 2020.
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Is Vampire Diaries coming back in 2021?

But according to ScreenRant, it looks like a potential ninth season of TVD is completely unlikely. Keep in mind that Nina parted ways with the show after Season 6 and only showed her face again in the series finale at the end of Season 8.
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Is Katherine on the originals?

Katherine Pierce (born Katerina Petrova) was one of the main characters from The Vampire Diaries and eventually became a major supporting character in the second season and third season of The Originals Fanfiction and the first two seasons of Eternal Darkness. She later became a main character in the third season.
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Is Elena and Katherine twins in real life?

They weren't biologically related, yet the two them look exactly alike. Ambra flew across the country to meet her twin stranger and her mother in person, and the whole experience was captured in a YouTube video uploaded Monday, August 31.
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Who played Elena in season 8 episode 16?

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.
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Who plays Elena in season 8 of Vampire Diaries?

Nina Dobrev played Katherine Pierce and Elena Gilbert again in 'The Vampire Diaries' Season 8.
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Why did Vampire Diaries get rid of Elena?

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.
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Did Elena wear a wig in season 8?

While most people expect actors to undergo makeup or hair changes, it's shocking to learn that a character's hairstyle is actually a wig, not a haircut. It might seem minor, but something odd you may have never known was that Nina Dobrev's hair during her run on the show was fake.
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Does Bonnie wear a wig?

' And I'm like, 'Guys, I've been wearing a wig since season 1, but nobody knew it. ' So, everybody in the world knows about it now." Janney told Fallon she took that Mom wig as a souvenir from set, along with a few pairs of sweatpants because her character, Bonnie, "loved to be comfortable as does Allison Janney."
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What did Stefan whisper to Elena in the last episode?

And while we're talking about bringing people together, Caroline walks out to find Elena standing there, and finally, Damon gets his reunion, kissing Elena like he means it. Elena then sits Caroline down to tell her what Stefan whispered in her ear: "Tell Caroline I heard her," he told her.
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How are the Salvatores rich?

Giuseppe Salvatore was one of the leading business men and paraphrasing Damon when they were hunting for answers regarding the serial killer in 1912 he said that one of the many businesses that made their family rich was that they owned all the logging mills.
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