With Elena’s boyfriend and best friend gone to Plec-knows-where, Nina Dobrev tells TVLine that her character’s choices in The Vampire Diaries‘ sixth season “will ultimately define who she is.” And that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Below, Dobrev discusses Elena’s “odd” response to Damon’s apparent death in Thursday’s premiere (The CW, 8/7c) and addresses some major developments — like why the heck Elena and Stefan are holding hands in the official Season 6 poster.
TVLINE | Elena looks to be at her lowest point in Season 6, which must be rough for you as an actress. Has this been some of your most intense work yet?
Weirdly no. To be honest, the past six years have kind of blurred together. I can’t even separate specific episodes as being more difficult than others, though I’ve definitely had difficult experiences that have pushed me as an actress. This is just another one of those experiences. I mean, Jeremy’s died, Bonnie’s died, my parents have died, I’ve died — about three or four times — so I’ve had to go through a lot on this show. It’s like actor boot camp, I love it. Continue Reading at TV Line
Elena Gilbert has lost a lot of loved ones in the past five seasons. Not only did The Vampire Diaries start with the death of her adoptive parents, but from there, she lost friends, an aunt, birth parents, a caregiver, and her brother. But in the season 5 finale, she experienced a new sort of loss when Damon, the man she loved, died.
However, as fans of the show now know, Damon might have died, but he is by no means gone. (And the same goes for Bonnie.) So where we will we find Damon and Elena when we pick back up for season 6? Physically, they’re in two very different places. And emotionally? Well, the same rules apply. Continue Reading at EW
Mystic Falls is a very different place when “The Vampire Diaries” returns for Season 6 Thursday (Oct. 2) on The CW — a spell that eliminated magic within its city limits has exiled all supernatural creatures from the former magical hotbed. Here’s what you can expect in the premiere:
No more magic in Mystic Falls. There’s a force field around the city preventing magic from being performed — and supernatural creatures from even stepping foot within the town border. It’s like “Under the Dome,” except it’s not actually a dome. At least we don’t think so. That said, supernatural stuff can happen just outside the border. And it does.Jeremy in a downward spiral. Jeremy hasn’t been the best at dealing with his myriad issues in the past, so it makes sense that he’s coping with Bonnie’s death (maybe? We don’t know where she is!) by getting wasted and hooking up with random chicks. Continue Reading at Zap 2 It
