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.