Nina Dobrev won t be part of The Originals final season

Los Angeles Aug 4 (IANS) Actress Nina Dobrev will not be seen in the fifth and final season of the hit sitcom "The Vampire Diaries" spin-off "The Originals".

Dobrov will not reprise her role as Elena Gilbert in the spin-off as she is currently busy with other projects reports ew.com.

"No I will not be on The Originals no " Dobrev said.

"We literally just wrapped a few months ago. I doubt that would be in the books for me. But yeah no I ve been so busy with all kinds of other things going on right now that I don t know that I d be able to sign on " she added.

The 28-year-old said that being old is another reason why she opted for not appearing on "The Originals".

"I m not a young twenty-something anymore. I don t think I could play a vampire. I m getting old " she said.

"The Originals" season 5 is scheduled to premiere in 2018.

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