Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley 'despised' each other
Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev played love interests Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbert on The Vampire Diaries.
However, the actress has revealed they actually 'despised' each other during the first five months of filming.
'I respected Paul Wesley, I didn't like Paul Wesley.'
Nina reveals all in an interview with her TVD co-stars Candice King and Kayla Ewell on their podcast Directionally Challenged.
She tells the girls that nobody could have guessed that she and Paul didn't get on.
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'I remember everyone would walk up to me after the show aired and they'd be like, 'Are you and Paul dating in real life?''
'Because everyone thought that we had such good chemistry.'
The actress says she's come to understand there's, 'a fine line between love and hate.'
'We despised each other so much, that it read as love... We really just didn't get along the first maybe five months of shooting.'
She explains why they didn't get on, 'when you work with anyone, or are spending a lot of time with anyone, little things are gonna annoy you about them.'
'It's like a relationship, we were basically married... we were together every day, we were kissing and doing all this stuff.'
'But we didn't have sex, so, yeah, just like a marriage!'
Despite their rocky start, Nina says they 'ended up in a good place' and he's become one of her 'best friends.'
She admits she, 'never thought that he would be one of [her] best friends.'
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The show ran for eight seasons however, Nina left at the end of season six.
