-Nina Dobrev played lead character, Elena Gilbert for the first 6 seasons of The Vampire Diaries before exiting at the end of the 6th season, returning for the series (8th) finale. Originally she stated "“I want to be the first to tell you that it wasn’t just a holiday celebration, it was a goodbye party. 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.”

-But now the truth is finally out in the new book - I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries, by Samantha Highfill and that truth is: Pay.

-Nina revealed that in the first 2 seasons the women were the lowest paid of the cast with Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley being the top paid actors on the show. Nina was able to negotiate a higher salary f

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