Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Stephen Moyer on Vampires and Love Scenes

92945_512x288_generated__u5999ghTjkmd36gnwKA+VQStephen 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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True Blood Season 3 Spoilers: Alan Ball and the Writers Reveal

True-Blood-Season-FinaleAlan Ball, writers Raelle Tucker and Alexander Woo spoke with SciFiWire recently and revealed 12 major spoilers points for season 3 of True Blood.  So get ready True Blood fans for some major spoilers news. Remeber if you do not want to know DO NOT read any further. Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer): Alan confirmed that the storyline of Bill's kidnapping will last for"about six episodes." However we don't know if that means that it will be back-to-back from episodes 1-6 or will be spread out throughout the season.  This is one fans are definitely going to be talking about. Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell): As stated before, in season 3 Sam will be busy trying to find his family which Raelle Tucker will get to write their characters a lot in episode 2. She states that:
"I'm getting to write Sam's family, which is a lot of fun, and, really, I feel really satisfying as a character arc," she said. "I really am glad that he's taking this journey and he's learning about himself. I find that interesting. They aren't the brightest people, maybe. At least they appear that way. They're fairly dysfunctional, but like anybody else, they have their good things about them and not so good things. They're still getting to know each other. Sam's still getting to know them and so are we."
Werewolves:  Alan states that the werewolves in season 3 are going to be just wolves.  They will be people who can transforms into wolves who will be bigger and stronger with their eyes glowing orange a little bit. Supernatural World:  Alexander Woo explains that season 3 is not only about the supernatural world of vampires, werewolves and shapshifters but he is also excited about the expanding world that will occur in the next season.
"The entire world is going to get a lot bigger," Woo said. "Not only the human world, but in Sookie's eyes, she's going to see the whole supernatural world. Luckily, since this show is through Sookie's eyes, as an audience we'll get to see a much larger supernatural world."
Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin):  Raelle states that Sookie's powers will expand in season 3 to not only include her telepathy but her expanding powers such as her glowing hands.  "I think that Sookie is conscious of her abilities more this season than she's been, and she's questioning them more," Tucker said. "We're going to be exploring that more this season." Vampire King of Mississippi (Denis O'Hare):  Alan states that the Vampire King of Mississippi in season three will be a contrast to Sophie-Anne, the Vampire Queen of Louisiana (Evan Rachel Wood).
"He's older," Ball said. "He's much more mature. He's much more methodical and grounded. She's kind of crazy. To me, she's kind of like Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan, where she has a very short attention span and she's very, very egomaniacal and very self-obsessed and doesn't really think about her actions whereas the vampire king is very much an adult. He has an agenda. He has things he wants to achieve. I think he's much more formidable than she is."
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten):  This season Jason seems to get a little break from all the mayhem he endured in season 2.  According to Raelle this season will focus on Jason NOT getting into trouble and staying out of trouble's way.  This will be interesting to see how it plays out considering Jason was the one who shot Eggs at the end of season 3. Queen Sophie-Anne (Evan Rachel Wood):  Evan will be returning in season 3 in her role as Queen Sophie-Anne who is engaged in selling "V" which may get her in trouble in some way.
"Well, Sophie-Anne, when last we left her, she was sort of behind this selling of "V" as a recreational drug on the streets pretty much," Ball said. "That's not something a vampire authority figure should be doing. If higher-up vampire authority figures figure that out, they're not going to be happy."
Biker Gang:  In season three we will see the introduction of a biker gang called Coot's F--k You Crew which Raelle states that the new characters are still evolving and won't be what they appear to be.  As Raelle explains this biker gang is very mysterious and has been around much longer then alot of people think.  Raelle wouldn't elaborate any further, simply stating that "I don't want to say too much about them right now because I think that we are in the early stages of figuring that out." Tommy Mickens:  Alexander Woo informed SciFiWire that he is writing the material for this new character which he states "will make a huge impact on our favorite characters." Without giving too much away Woo states that Tommy Mickens will play a "very prominently in the emotional life of at first one, and then later several other of our characters. He'll be the first domino to push the rest." Headgear:  Now this one I must admit has me wondering what the writers are referring to. Whether they are referring to actual headgear to be wore by the characters or a metaphor for a protective shell that the characters will place around themselves. Raelle explains helmets became a joke in the writer's room with the writers becoming aware they were relying too much on protective headgear.
"There've been several moments that we've been pitching things and thought, 'Oh, well, maybe she could be wearing a helmet and that would protect her. Maybe he could wear a helmet in that scene,'" Tucker recalled. "Suddenly we realized we had a whole bunch of characters wearing helmets for no particular reason. So we thought oh, that's the theme of the season."
Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard):  With the Eric fans demanding more screen time for him and a big romantic link between Eric and Sookie, the writers state that does not occur until much later in Charlaine Harris' books .   As Raelle states:
"You know what's funny is that he's in the first two books, he's a fairly minor character in Sookie's universe," Tucker said. "There's a lot of fan pressure that they're supposed to be this big romantic thing, which actually in Charlaine [Harris]'s books doesn't happen until much, much further down. I think if we did that, we'd probably bore them all to death. I think part of the magic of Eric is some of the mystery of Eric and the inaccessibility of Eric. I think you don't want to turn them into the nice romantic love interest who's in every scene. I think his danger is important so not just throwing him up whenever somebody wants to see his bare chest is actually a more disciplined approach."
So there you have it, the latest spoilers.  So now lets start speculating as we wait for the return of Season 3 of True Blood. SOURCE: SciFiWire.com (Photo credit: HBO Inc.)

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Rutina Wesley in Hometown Las Vegas for Yelloween Event

Rutina WesleyPlaying Tara Thornton on True Blood is a far cry from anything Rutina Wesley thought she'd be doing when she attended the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts during high school. Not much from her training there, other than having the "freedom in the way where I can just play around with different choices and not be afraid to jump off the cliff or think out of the box" prepared her for the scenes she's done, including the crazy orgy scenes she had to do while wearing black contacts and mumbling weird enchantments. But as she tells Las Vegas Weekly:
If you haven't been watching True Blood, you're definitely missing out. There's something for everyone—not for the kids, not for the kids [laughing]—but something for people who like all different types of things. It's not just a vampire show. It's reality meets fantasy, so that means anything could happen. I think it's such a good show. I hope people continue to watch and I hope people who don't watch will start watching.
Sam Trammell and Rutina WesleyRutina was back in her hometown of Las Vegas on October 31 to host "Yelloween" with her co-star Sam Trammell at the Lavo nightclub.  While you might expect her to wear something vampiric for the Halloween event, you'd be disappointed.  Her costume?
I think I'm going to go as a pirate, oddly enough.
Since dressing as a vampire might seem too much like work, I can hardly blame her for making a different choice.  And her costume definitely looks good on her. As for Sam Trammell, I'm guessing from the looks of it, he opted to shun the fang as well, going instead for Viking Eric Northman meets Harry Potter? In addition to hosting the nightclub event, there are two things Rutina is really looking forward to while she's at home:
I must see my family. That's always the number one thing on my list. You know what? I usually love to go bowling when I'm in Vegas. There's something about Vegas and bowling, do you know what I mean? You know what I mean. Bowling is just the thing to do. I don't know if it's because when we grew up, we just didn't go to the Strip as much because that got boring after a while, so it was like, "What else can you do?" There was bowling and then there's karaoke. So those are the two things that I always go off and do with my friends.
Rutina is staying busy with appearances at special events, and she will be voicing a character on The Cleveland Show while True Blood is on hiatus.  Filming for Season 3 of True Blood begins in early December. SOURCE: Las Vegas Weekly (Photo credit: HBO Inc. and PRN / PR Photos via Exposay.com)

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Anna Paquin To Star In The Romantics

anna-paquin-sookieAnna Paquin, who plays the telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse in the hit HBO television series True Blood, is to star in the independently financed comedy The Romantics. The film will also star Katie Holmes, Adam Brody, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman and Elijah Wood. The film revolves around eight college friends who reunite for a wedding. Anna Paquin will play Lila, the bride and Katie Holmes will play Laura, the maid of honor to Paquin's Lila. Lila and Laura are best friends who both have a past with the groom (Duhamel). The screenplay was adapted by Galt Niederhoffer from her titular novel, originally published in 2008 by St. Martin's Press. Niederhoffer will also be directing the movie. The film is scheduled to commence shooting later this week in New York. Plum Pictures along with Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Taylor Kephart, and Michael Benaroya plan to release the movie in 2010. Source: movieweb.com Photo credit: HBO Inc.

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Ryan Kwanten To Appear On The Rove Daily Show

Ryan KwantenRyan Kwanten who plays the town Casanova, Jason Stackhouse in Alan Ball's hit HBO TV vampire series True Blood, will be making a guest appearance on the Australian talk show, "The Rove Daily Show".  Ryan is currently is in his hometown of Sydney, Australia filming his latest movie, "Griff The Invisible" and will be taking the time being back home to chat on the show.  Ryan is scheduled to appear on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 9:30PM on Australia's Channel 10 alongside with Joel and Benji Madden and the musical group Gossip. So Australian True Blood fans don't forget to tune in to see one of our favorite resident of Bon Temps. SOURCE:  rovedaily.com.au (Photo Credit: Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos via exposay.com)

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Sam Trammell and Rutina Wesley at The Las Vegas Yelloween Party

Over the weekend True Blood fans had the chance to party with Sam Trammell (Sam Merlotte) and Rutina Wesley (Tara Thornton) at the Veuve Clicquot's Yelloween party at the Lavo nightclub inside the Palazzo Hotel and Casino on October 31, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sam's costume was probably best described as a  "Viking Sorcerer", wearing a horned viking helmet with long blonde braids, a wizard's robe and wand.  Rutina on the other hand, was dressed in a black and red pirate outfit. Both True Blood stars mingled with guest at the Halloween bash which probably had its fair share of vampires roaming around.

Sam Trammell and Rutina Wesley

Sam Trammell

Rutina Wesley

Sam Trammell and Rutina Wesley

Rutina Wesley

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Ryan Kwanten Starring In New Superhero Movie

ryan-kwanten-2-magazine-photoshootRyan Kwanten, who plays Jason Stackhouse in the hit HBO television series True Blood, has taken a break from vampires to take on other activities. For example, he recently appeared in a photo-shoot for 2Magazine earlier this year. The 32-year-old actor is also portraying a superhero in the new Aussie movie Griff The Invisible which he is now filming in Australia. The movie has started filming in Sydney and is a debut feature by writer and director Leon Ford. Kwanten, who plays Griff, works in an office by day and is a superhero by night. His world is turned upside down when he meets Melody (played by Maeve Dermody), a scientist who shares his passion for the impossible. Griff The Invisible is produced by Nicole O'Donohue, with executive producers Jan Chapman (The Piano) and Scott Meek (Velvet Goldmine). Griff The Invisible is expected to be released in late 2010. Director Leon Ford said:
"It is a superhero movie and it is a comedy [...] But at its core it's a simple love story about two very unique individuals finding each other and giving the other strength to be what they want to be."
Ryan Kwanten added:
"By day, Griff works in an office. By night, he is a superhero - or is he? It was this question that attracted me to the role. Griff is such an original and boundless character to play. Every boy dreams of being a superhero and I've accepted my mission to bring this to life."
Kwanten, an Australian actor, appeared in the Aussie soap, Home and Away, before rising to international fame through his role as Jason Stackhouse on Alan Ball's hit HBO TV vampire series True Blood. To see the complete set of photos of Ryan with Mitchell Nguyen McCormack click here.  To see more of Mitchell Nguyen McCormack fantastic photoshoots please visit his official website here. Source: JustJared Photo credit: Mitchell Nguyen McCormack from 2-mag.com via JustJared.buzznet.com

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