Denis O'Hare Talks 'True Blood'

In an interview with Jarett Wieselman of The New York Post, Denis O'Hare talked about his new role on the hit HBO series 'True Blood.'

O'Hare joins the show in its third season as a 2,800 year old vampire king of Mississipi, O'Hare says the role was an exciting undertaking for him, "I'm something of a history geek. So I asked Alan if I could go crazy with research. I'm a big fan of research. I had immersed myself in Roman history for another movie, so I added some early medieval stuff into Russell's backstory because I thought this guy would be from 900 AD. I also did a lot of research on Charlemagne. Then Alan said," no, no, no - he's older than Godric," so I was thinking like 2200 years old. Suddenly get a script that says, "I'm nearly 3,000 years old." Oookay."

O'Hare also addressed his character's long term relationship with a vampire he turned named Talbot, "There's two levels to it - one is a gay relationship and the other is a long term relationship. I love the fact that the longest term relationship on "True Blood" is between two gay men. And I love that Talbot and Russell truly have a marriage. It's kind of the first vampire marriage we're seeing, where the people are partners in life, is pretty cool. Like all things with "True Blood," I think the politics, metaphors and allegories are fairly sly. It's like a taste of a metaphor. "

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Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, TRUE BLOOD takes place in the not-too-distant future, when vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans as a nutritional source. The show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who can hear people's thoughts, and her boyfriend, 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), who went missing at the end of season two, and is now the object of a frantic search. Alan Ball (creator of the Emmy(R)-winning HBO series "Six Feet Under") created and executive produces the show, which is based on the best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.

The 12-episode third season of TRUE BLOOD, which launched June 13, has already inspired critical raves, with Entertainment Weekly calling it "faster, sleeker, more vicious, more fun than it already was," as well as "summer's best TV." USA Today hails the show as "fabulously wild," while the Washington Post describes it as "electrifying."

Season three credits: TRUE BLOOD was created by Alan Ball; based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris; executive producers, Alan Ball and Gregg Fienberg; co-executive producers, Brian Buckner, Nancy Oliver and Alexander Woo; supervising producer, Raelle Tucker; producer, Mark McNair.

 

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