However, while Nina Dobrev has officially been confirmed for the finale, showrunner Julie Plec recently revealed that wasn’t always the plan for The CW’s The Vampire Diaries.
By now, we’re so close to The Vampire Diaries series finale that I can almost taste it.
In fact, at one point, she considered killing Elena Gilbert off.
We’ve known for a while that Nina Dobrev, who formerly played Elena Gilbert on the series, will be back for the finale, and the series of events leading into this week’s episode has gotten us pretty excited about the character’s return–or awakening, if you’d rather.