Stephen Moyer on Vampires and Love Scenes

Stephen Moyer, True Blood's darkly handsome Bill Compton, shows off his lighter, humorous personality in real life. In Now Magazine's "Cheeky Questions" feature, he answered several questions about getting naked for work. In general, Stephen sees nudity as a regular part of acting because it's a regular part of life:

"When you're a young actor starting out, usually the young character is the love interest. I've done that for 15 years and it's always like: how long before I get my kit off? It's a novelty when I get to keep my clothes on! But we all make love, we all kiss, we all have sexual relationships with people and it's funny to me that people are surprised that those things feature in dramas because it would be strange to me if they didn't."

The specific scene that had fans talking was the graveyard scene in Season one's "The Fourth Man in the Fire." Stephen laughs about the reality behind that scene, which had him emerging from the ground covered in dirt:

"That was me in the earth--it wasn't a butt double! I hadn't really thought about it, to be honest--I was too busy lifting weights in the gym! But you get earth in bits you wouldn't want it to get into!"

Fans were also curious about what made him fall in love with Anna, and as always Stephen responded with great praise for his fiancee:

"She's sharp, she's funny, she's brilliant, she's incredibly talented and she's an ultimate professional. She's probably the most straight-talking woman I've ever met and she's caring, generous, and kind. And I think she's beautiful."

For their intimate scenes together, they are obviously very comfortable with each other. This gives them the freedom to add some variety to how they film those moments between Sookie and Bill. Above all, they want it to be natural:

"I would love to think that, as a professional, if I have to have a love scene with somebody else it would be just as good! There's a scene in Season two in which Sookie and Bill consume each other in bed. We'd done naked blood sex and romantic sex so we thought: 'How could we make this look different?' "

It is certainly no surprise that Stephen would be thrilled about his job! He gushed over how working on True Blood is a dream. The characters are deeply layered, even the vampires. It's not just a one-dimensional supernatural show. They are able to balance many tones. Comedy, romance, drama, violence, social meaning--True Blood has everything. Stephen joked that if he could bite someone's neck, it would be musician Tom Waits:

"If I could get a little bit of his blood it could do something crazy to me…he's my all-time hero."

This interview is just another example of what a fun guy Stephen is, and how much he enjoys being part of True Blood and talking about it with the fans who sometimes send him strange items in the mail.

"I get everything from knickers to plasters for covering neck bites.  I was recently send a photo of a naked German lady lying down next to her white horse?"

SOURCE: nowmagazine.co.uk via confuzzledreel.blogspot.com (Photo credit: TV Guide)

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