Stephen Interview

The Mirror has an interview with Stephen Moyer. He talks about the show, his character and Anna Paquin.

Read the entire interview here.

Here is an excerpt from the interview:

How did True Blood come about?

I’d got a job at Fox playing this character who was a bit like the new Jack Bauer (from 24). It was an amazing gig. I’d put myself on tape and flown in to meet the people there and they’d loved it and it all seemed great. Then the show didn’t happen and it was all a bit of a mess. I came back to London and said to myself, ‘I’m not doing that again.’ It was just so upsetting and frustrating and that had happened to me before, and I actually said to my manager, ‘I’m not coming back.’ The Starter Wife, which I’d done with Debra Messing, was coming out and I just thought I’d go back to the UK and be with my kids. Then my agent called and said, ‘Look, even though the Fox job didn’t happen, your casting tape from that audition has been doing the rounds and people are talking about it. I’m getting scripts right, left and centre.’ Eventually she said, ‘There’s one I really think you should read. Please, just read this one.’ And I read it. The script was by Alan Ball for True Blood. And it was absolutely fantastic. I couldn’t believe it, it was amazing.