Candice King and Kat Graham jumped into action at a recent press event to stop their Vampire Diaries co-star Nina Dobrev from being hit by a falling stage piece.
The three actresses were on stage for a panel discussion at the I Was Feeling Festive 2 fan convention in Georgia, USA.
Dobrev was in the middle of answering a question when the stage backdrop began to fall.
Watch the video above.
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King and Graham noticed it falling and immediately jumped out of their seats as the crowd yelled out in shock.
Before Dobrev had even noticed what was going on, King reached over to push her out of the way of the way to protect her from being hit.
King then jumped behind Dobrev to catch the falling piece.
When Dobrev noticed what was happening, she jumped out of her seat and instinctively pulled her jacket off – a seemingly odd choice, but she would later explain why.
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She took a moment to compose herself after the shock while King and Graham proceeded to stand the backdrop back up.
The crowd cheered for the stars’ quick action as they reset the stage, and King sweetly pulled Dobrev in for a hug afterwards.
Still reeling from the shock of the moment, Dobrev addressed the crowd.
“I thought it was a spider,” she said as the crowd burst into laughter.
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An audience member with the username @autumnskyfalling shared a video of the moment on TikTok and it went viral.
At the time of writing, the TikTok has over 6 million views and thousands of comments.
Many complimented King and Graham’s quick thinking and protective nature.
“The way Candice instantly tried to protect her,” one commented.
“The way you see Candice’s mom instincts kick in so fast,” commented another.
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“[Graham] appeared out of nowhere almost like magic,” another wrote.
Others made comparisons between the actresses and their Vampire Diaries characters.
“Bonnie, Elena and Caroline together again, this is so awesome,” one user wrote.
”After all these years Caroline and Bonnie are still saving Elena,” original poster captioned the video.
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Another video of the moment, with over 7 million views, was posted to TikTok with users amused by Dobrev’s instinct to take her jacket off.
“The way Nina’s instinct was to take off her jacket because it could be a spider is totally relatable,” one commented.
The poster Alexia agreed: “No literally, I would have done the same thing”.
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The trio’s appearance at the convention served as a sweet reunion for the actresses who starred alongside each other in the popular drama.
At the event, they posed for a sweet video where they recreated a photo of their younger selves to commemorate the moment.
The video was set to the Simple Plan song I’m Just A Kid and posted as a joint post to their Instagram accounts.
“We’re still just kids,” they captioned the post.
Dobrev, Graham and King first appeared onscreen alongside each other during the Vampire Diaries premiere in September 2009.
The show wrapped after eight seasons in 2017 although Dobrev departed the show at the end of season six only returning for the series finale.
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