Gearing up for premiere of the fourth season of ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ Nina Dobrev covers the October 2012 issue of Seventeen magazine.
The actress whose new film ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower‘ comes out September 23rd opens up about her role in the film and even dished about her romance with her ‘Vampire Diaries’ co-star and real-life boyfriend Ian Somerhalder.
On playing a character in an abusive relationship in ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’: “It’s a really heavy topic, and I hope my character gives girls some perspective. I think more than anything, girls allow abuse to happen because they’re embarrassed it happened and that they allowed it to happen. They know it’s not right. There’s no excuse for it. That’s why it’s so important to show girls that they can admit that it’s not their fault.”
On falling for Ian Somerhalder: “The first time I was on the cover of Seventeen, the cover line said ‘Nina: Why she wouldn’t date any of her co-stars.’ And then cut to two years later…it’s funny that I said that, but you know what? It was honestly what I believed at the time. I didn’t want to be dating one of my costars—my goal on the show was to be professional. But sometimes you can’t help who you have a connection with, and you can only fight it for so long—which I did for a really, really long time.”
On the pressures of being famous: “I try not to read best-dressed lists or anything like that. For every good thing, there will often be a not-so-nice thing people would say. My mom sends me lots of messages like, ‘You’re standing next to Kate Winslet! Oh my god, I love Kate Winslet!’”
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Photo Credit: Yu Tsai/ Seventeen
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