Nina Dobrev Talks 'Flatliners' & Sharks In Diego Uchitel Images For Ocean Drive September 2017

Actor Nina Dobrev chats with Ocean Drive magazine's Jared Shapiro on her life and death role in 'Flatliners', her Bulgarian birth and Canadian upbringing, her "doctor-certified emotional support animal" dog Maverick and her activist passion for saving sharks. Ilaria Urbinati styles the actor in 'The After Life' for images by Diego Uchitel. 

Dobrev is swimming with oceanographer and conservationist Ocean Ramsey to film a new project called 'Our Planet 360', focused on activists working to benefit both the global environment and the culture around them. See ourplanet360 Instagram.  She explains:

Sharks are so misunderstood and we have a terrible fear of them because of movies and they get a bad rep because of the press. On the rare occasion there’s some sort of accident, you hear about it because it gets publicized, but you don’t hear about all the times when nothing happens, which is more often than not. There are sharks in the water all the time swimming with people, and they don’t do anything because they don’t care about us. They’re animals and they make mistakes so every once in a while, you have to realize that if you’re in their home, you have to play by their rules and you are taking a risk when you’re in the water with them, but they’re not really interested in humans. I want to spread that awareness and make sure they get protected because they don’t have anybody looking out for them. I’m going to be the voice for these amazing and beautiful creatures.