Becoming The Main Actor, Nina Dobrev Is Paid Cheaply In The Vampire Diaries Series

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JAKARTA - The Vampire Diaries series is indeed famous, but actress Nina Dobrev did not get the appropriate payment. Recently, he revealed that he did not get a salary as big as other co-stars, namely actors Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley.

Quoting Deadline, Nina Dobrev said she was fighting for their pay to be equal since the first season considering that the three were the main characters.

"Canice (King), Kat (Graham), and I am the player with the lowest salaries in the first two seasons," said Nina Dobrev.

On the way to the story, Dobrev also played with several characters, but that didn't change their salary increase.

"It's a difficult situation because my contract wrote I played Elena, but I played several characters who made my job double. I had to be at the location several times, I had to memorize dialogue twice," he continued.

"I want to playxy, but I want to be paid fairly for that and I want my pay to be equal to the male actors," said Dobrev.

He started getting a salary increase when the series entered its third season, but the number was still not the equivalent of his co-stars. Initially the production house agreed to pay double because of two characters but in the end they canceled doing this.

Nina Dobrev then came out of season six and was open to returning to play in season eight and season one, but she never got the change in salary increase.

I'm always open again for the last season, and the story makes sense. I think it's important for the series. It's very important for me, as a woman, I want to make sure I'm paid well and balanced with my co-stars," he said.

Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder have been revealed to have received a many-fold salary increase since Nina Dobrev left, but the production house did not do the same with her.

"That's the only reason I almost didn't come back. I want our pay comparison not far away. If that doesn't happen, I won't come back. It's not about the money, I don't care about the money. This is a matter of principle and this is my second time doing this. It's not about numbers but about equality, "explained Nina Dobrev.

In the end, The CW as the production house approved an increase but only for one episode before the series ended.