E! Online has a new interview with Nina with More Finale Scoop so check some of it out below and the rest at the source.

Way back at the beginning of season three, Nina told us she’d love to see flashbacks to Elena’s life before her parents died and before her life became a way more awesome version of Twilight. So now that the show has actually filmed those flashbacks, what was the experience like?

“I really liked doing that. I liked going into Elena’s world when she was carefree, happy, smiling and not running from vampires trying to save her life every day,” she tells us. “It was nice. It was refreshing. I got to do scenes with Zach Roerig as Matt when they were dating. We got to do some flashbacks with my parents, which was fun. It’s just nice to see that world and meet the family and meet these people that we’ve heard so much about.”

According to Nina, fans can expect  “The Departed”  to combine the crazy cliffhangers from the season one finale with the emotional punch of the season two finale to create one super-intense and sad hybrid finale (our phrase, not Nina’s). “The stakes are really high in this one. Somebody has to die, if not more than one person has to die for the others to survive, so there’s suspense and everyone’s on their toes,” she explains. “At the same time, with the family, seeing all the flashbacks and how everything went down is very emotional and sad. Once someone dies, it’s sad, too. It’s a crazy one.” Continue Reading