There was a video of them all answering these questions on the website.  I was unable to post it, but if you click the link below you can watch it.   

Kelly

By Meredith Woerner – io9.com

We’ve been holding onto these interviews we snagged for the momentous True Blood finale. Find out why Steve and Jason were so handsy, Eric raises an eye and talks wigs and Stackhouse author Charlaine Harris blushes about sex.

Enjoy seeing Vampire Eric as a REAL PERSON? I know, so jarring. But take a little time out with the creators before we cross the river of bloody vampire tears into this weekend and watch our final True Blood for months.

Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) and Charlaine Harris:

There’s been a lot of deviations from the books. How do you feel about what they’ve done this year to branch out from your books?

Charlene: Well I think it provides two forms of entertainment instead of one; I’m all for it, I love the differences. I like to be surprised -

Sam: And she is!

Charlene: And I am!

What’s been the biggest surprise, the biggest change that you were happiest about in the series?

C: Oh, Jessica. Without a doubt I thought, “Oh, I wish i had done that.” She’s brilliant, it’s brilliant to give Bill a child.

Sam keeps trying to leave town; is he ever going to get out of town?

S: He tries. He tries to get out of town. He’s very loyal to Bon Temps, he’s a very protective person and I think that ultimately he knows that he can’t leave people hanging. And that’s basically where he’s at right now. So Sam’s … sticking around.

I don’t think it can get any sexier, but it always manages to surprise me. What are we in store for, how do you blow our legs off?

S: Charlene’s like, “I don’t know if I want to hear the answer to that!”

But you wrote it!

C: That’s true, that’s true.

S: Yes she did, she created the whoooole thing.

C: Some days I go, “Ohh!”

S: That’s right your family watches this. And you created this. It gets really crazy.

True Blood has really hit its stride this year. … Are you guys a little intimidated by all the other vampire copycats that have come out of the woodwork, like Vampire Diaries or I Heart Vampires?

S: No. We wish them the best but -

C: No. This is an excellent show and I think quality will always rise.

Steve Newlin (Michael McMillian)

People seem to love Steve Newlin. I’ve been told I’m creepy and hateable but out on the floor at Comic Con there’s been nothing but love, I have to say. I think people are just so excited, thankfully, by the characters on the show. I think it’s the kind of show where the bad guys are just as fun to watch as the good guys. And who’s to say that Steven is really a bad guy.

What’s up with you and Jason, I feel like there was a lot of unnecessary touching going between you two?

You think so? Well Jason is a very magnetic personality. Obviously he caught the eye of Mrs. Newlin. I just think Steve is so infatuated with how popular and capable Jason is. I think well we’ll see where it goes. I think it’s a lot of fun. I like flirting with danger as an actor for lack of a better term. And it became really apparent to me really quickly that there really is something about Jason that Steve is drawn to. If you are familiar with the books and you know the future to Jason’s character, it’s sort of a subtle wink to an aspect about he and Sookie.

Vampire Eric (Alexander Skarsgård)

One of the favorite fan things was you coming down the stairs with the highlights in. Whose idea was that to put your hair in highlights?

It was Alan Ball’s.

And how’d he tell you to go with that whole scene?

Well, I was wearing a wig … and we all felt that maybe it was time to get rid of it. And they kinda needed a way to get rid of it, and came up with that, and I just kinda loved it; I thought it was a great idea.

We finally saw a little bit of your backstory, with Godric. Are we going to get more flashbacks with you?

I truly hope so. We have like … I wanted more stuff with me and Godric, I thought that would be fun. Because Allan Hyde, the guy that plays Godric, is really good, a really fun guy, and he’d be fun to … I mean Eric and Godric hung around for almost a thousand years together and had a lot of fun together so I think there’s definitely a possibility for more flashbacks.

Tell us more about Eric. He seems so fed up with humanity and yet constantly finds himself in the throes between vampire and human conflicts.

I think he’s kind of in general over humanity, he’s kind of like, they’re not very interesting to him. He’s kind of like, whatever, they’re kind of naive and that interaction doesn’t give him anything at all. But Sookie’s obviously different; there’s something interesting about her and he doesn’t really know what it is and I think that kind of triggers him.

Actor Mike McMillian may have a few successful TV shows under his belt, but he’s a little intimidated by the challenge of selling a comic book.

As the Rev. Steve Newlin on the HBO television series True Blood, McMillian plays a character who is totally dedicated to saving humanity from vampires. But the actor behind the role is more interested in making comic books. A reader since childhood who actually considered a comics career while pursuing acting, McMillian is getting the chance to write his first comic thanks to a friendship with Star Trek and Heroes star Zachary Quinto.

As announced at Comic-Con International: San Diego, Quinto and his company, Before the Door Pictures, is developing comic books in a partnership with publisher Archaia Comics. And among their first releases is Lucid, a four-issue mini-series written by McMillian that is set to debut in comic shops in summer 2010.

Newsarama talked to McMillian to find out more about why he’s so interested in comics and how he thinks Lucid will fit into the comic book landscape.

Newsarama: Mike, a lot of people will know you as Steve on True Blood, but you’ve got to have a lot of people recognizing you as Henry from What I Like About You. It seems like that show’s always on in reruns.

Mike McMillian: It’s so funny because in San Diego, I think there were just as many people who came up to me that were Henry fans as there were True Blood fans.

Nrama: Well, as a fan of both series, it’s good to talk to you.

McMillian: It’s good to talk to you too. You should know that I’m an avid reader of Newsarama.

Nrama: You are?

McMillian: It’s bookmarked on my browser.

Nrama: Mutual admirers. So I take it you’re a comics’ reader?

McMillian: Oh, yeah. Big time. I’ve been an avid reader since the third grade.

Nrama: Are you a Marvel person, a DC person or an Indie reader? Or all of the above?

McMillian: I have my moments where – I mean, I’ve always been a Marvel zombie, but I’m really into Green Lantern and the Blackest Night stuff going on in DC right now, and I love the new Batman and Robin. I’ve always got my core DC books, but probably, if I had to pick one at the end of the day, I’m more of a faithful Marvel reader. But I also like a lot of independent stuff too. I’m a big Jeffrey Brown fan, and Adrian Tomine, and Chris Ware. I like a lot of the stuff Top Shelf puts out. Now I’m reading Archaia’s books, which is really cool.

Nrama: As a comics fan, is this pretty exciting for you, getting to write in a medium you’ve loved for so long?

McMillian: Yeah, it’s funny because we were at Comic-Con, and I was running around a bit with the True Blood crew, and that’s been a dream come true working on that show. But I have to say, I think I was more geeked out about being at Comic-Con announcing a comic, you know, which is something that is the other thing I wanted to do my whole life. So I don’t know; it was a really good week.

Nrama: It’s funny that it would be a TV actor’s dream to sit on a panel and talk about their comic book.

McMillian: Those actors, they just think they can do anything they want! [laughs] No, but I was talking about this yesterday, and I was saying, man, I could sit up on a panel and talk about a TV show until the cows come home, but getting up in front of a sea of comic book and science fiction fans and saying, like, “hi, I’m an actor and I’m going to be writing a comic and here’s my idea and I hope you like it” is probably one of the scariest things I’ve ever had to do.

Nrama: How did you get involved with Zachary Quinto and the guys at Before the Door Productions?

McMillian: Well, Zach, Neal [Dodson] and Corey [Moosa] and I went to college together, Carnegie Mellon University, and it was one of those things where we used to sit around in each other’s apartments and talk about what we want to do once we got out of school, and we got to Hollywood or New York or wherever. And I think it’s always a journey when you go to school with people. And when you’re all studying theater together, part of the dream is being able to work together one day and fulfill these schemes that you’re whipping up when you’re 18. And I’ve always wanted to write comics.

It’s something that – I grew up writing. I used to write comics and draw comics when I was a kid. I had a comic strip that I wrote and drew for the school newspaper in high school. Acting kind of took over for awhile. I went to conservatory and studied classical theater, so that kind of filled up all of my focus later in my young adulthood. But now that I’m out here, and I’m sort of primarily established as an actor, I have the freedom to write, which is great. And once Zach and Corey and Neal put together their company, the first thing that they did was – which I think was really cool, because I’m not sure a lot of other actors who have become really suddenly successful would do the same thing – they reached out to their friends for ideas for projects.

They brought in a bunch of friends that they trusted as writers, and said, “Okay, well, we have the ability now to make some of this stuff.” So we came in and pitched ideas for films and TV shows, and Neal and Corey and Zach specifically asked me what kind of comic I would want to make. So we sat down, and we kicked around a couple ideas, and Lucid was one of them. When it started off, it was a little bit different than it is now, but as it evolved over the past few months, it really turned into this sort of high action adventure, which I think is really, really great.

Nrama: So what’s the story behind Lucid? What’s the comic about?

McMillian: I’m a huge fan of action and high adventure and fantasy. I grew up on Indiana Jones and H.G. Wells and James Bond, you know, probably a lot like many of your readers. And I’ve also been, in the past few years, really fascinated with counter-culture, and the history of magic.

And so Lucid sort of springs out of the love of those worlds, and it takes place in an alternate universe where major world powers have black ops agents working for them that are trained in the mystic arts, sorcery and magic. So it’s kind of like this world where James Bond has been matched up with Harry Potter in a way, and magicians are working in the interest of national security.

Nrama: Whose point of view is it kind of told from? Is there a black ops agent who we follow?

McMillian: Yeah, our main character is this guy named Matthew Dee, and he’s the go-to man for the new president of the United States, President Jefferson Monday. And I kind of wanted to play with the idea of what happens when the President gets into office, and then discovers that all the conspiracy theories or counter-culture ideas are true, that there is this hidden world out there full of mystery and magic and supernatural, and the government has a responsibility to protect its citizens against these things.

And so this new President is coming to power, and along with him, Matthew Dee, who is an agent of the Secrets Department, as his new go-to guy in this, sort of our country’s James Bond. Matthew is a descendent of this historical figure named John Dee, who was Queen Elizabeth I’s court magician.

Nrama: So this spins out of real history?

McMillian: Yeah, John Dee, and this guy’s actually a pretty fascinating character. You can Google him, and look at him. Elizabeth I had her own personal magician, who figured out astrologically the date of her coronation, and was attributed with sinking Spanish ships in the Armada when they’re invading England by conjuring a tempest. It’s the inspiration for Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

And I really wanted to take that idea and modernize it, and so we’re kind of playing with that parallel, that our President has his own magician to help protect the United States.

Nrama: Where does the title come from, “Lucid?”

McMillian: The title stems from the conflict of lucid dreaming, and having the ability to change and control your environment. And also, it conjures up sort of, you know, inherently mystical images, and colors and symbols, so I wanted to have the title tie into that theme that this is the character that is in a reality that he is able to manipulate, and take some control of. And that will feed into some of the larger themes of the book as we go along.

We start off in this black ops action adventure fantasy world, but hopefully, as the book progresses, we’ll be able to take a look at the nature of reality itself. I’m an avid reader of all sorts of things, but I’m a big fan of Graham Hancock, who wrote this book Supernatural. And I was reading last summer around the time I was putting together this idea, and there’s some really cool stuff in there that’s inspired by him that I’m hoping to incorporate.

Nrama: Is it going to focus on a darker, more frightening side of magic, or is it going to have fun with the concept?

McMillian: I think it’s going to have fun with the whole thing. As dark as it will be at moments, it really is a lot of fun.

This is going play with a lot of familiar themes of conspiracy and the supernatural, and we’ll dip into the realm of sci-fi, but through the lens of fantasy. Audiences have had at least 10 years with The X-Files and other shows like Fringe. I’m a fan of all of that stuff, but it’s a bit gloomy. And Lucid will be dark at times, and there’s definitely going to be inherent danger, but for me, I think overall, comics have been a bit gloomy.

Even if you look at the Marvel Universe around the middle of this Dark Reign stuff, which is really cool. I love this concept that Norman Osborn is sort of taking over as the leader of the free world, but it’s a bit depressing at the same time. We’ve had Captain America die, we’ve had heroes that used to be friends killing each other off in Civil War. I feel like we’ve lost a little bit of that sense of fun when it comes to comic books. I came into it in the age where Amazing Spider-Man, you know, Todd McFarlane was hiding little spiders on the covers of the books.

There was just something that was inherently fun and enjoyable about comics when I was younger. And so it’s important to me as a writer that Lucid do that as well.

I’m really excited about exploring this combination of action movie and fantasy because I haven’t really seen that – it’s been done a little bit, I guess, but I can’t wait to see how it turns out. It’s going to be big, sweeping, adventure, action and fun. I’m hoping it’ll really have this sort of heart-pumping pace to it at the end of the day, and that readers are just going to really love picking up the book and enjoying it.

Nrama: You know, you mentioned before that you were scared to get in front of comics fans and share this idea. Is that because we tend to be suspicious of people from Hollywood coming into the comic book zone?

McMillian: Yeah, and I relate to that 100 percent because I’m that guy too. It just happened that I’ve been very lucky in my other passion, which is acting, to find myself in a fortunate position to do something in comics. I completely understand the cynicism that’s born out of that. I feel the same way every time I see a new movie come out that’s based on a beloved character. I’m like, “Okay are these people going to get it right or are they going to bastardize it?” And, you know, I think readers should feel a little protective of this form of art that they love.

But I’m on their side, which is my side, you know what I mean? If there’s any assurance that I can say to comic fans out there that are feeling a little skeptical about the situation, it’s that I’m on it. And Zach and Neal and Corey and everyone at Archaia are very aware of the need to approach this the right way. The first thing that I said to Stephen Christy at Archaia was, “Look, I know I’m somebody from Hollywood, but before we get started, you should know that I’m 100 percent dedicated to making a great comic book.” And he said, “So is Archaia.” And that’s not BS. It’s true.

Besides, like I said, I’m scared crapless [laughs], so I’m going to be working really hard to make this a great comic.

This was original posted on The Vault.

–Debbie

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Michael McMillian is Rev. Steve Newlin, the leader of the Fellowship Of The Sun Church. Before True Blood Michael played roles in Veronica Mars, What I Like About You, Without a Trace, Big Love, Saved and The Hills Have Eyes II.

There is something off with Steve Newlin, but he doesn’t have a secret career as a porn actor. Michael McMillian gives us a little inside information on Steve and on his own life.

 You come from a small town in Kansas. What makes a Kansas boy want  to take up acting and move to LA? Do you come from an artistic family?

Well, to be straight, I grew up in suburb of Kansas City, KS called Olathe. It technically wasn’t a small town, but it was far away from Hollywood. I grew up during a time when there was fortunately a lot of theater available for kids and high school students in the community. So I grew up doing shows like “Guys and Dolls” “Bye Bye Birdie,” and “Oklahoma!” For a while I thought I was going to be an animator when I grew up, or a comic book artist- my sister and father are both good artists- but theater brought a much larger collaborative and social experience along with it. I liked showing off and there were always pretty girls hanging around… I knew by 15 that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about getting out of the Midwest and getting somewhere where I could achieve that. I started taking it more seriously as I got older.

Which actors did you look up to and influenced you?

Harrison Ford was a household name in my home. My family had its differences, but he wasn’t one of them. Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Michael J. Fox and Bill Murray were my heroes. We also watched a lot of Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart growing up, and even though the movies were old, those two were just as contemporary in my eyes. I think Jimmy Stewart in particular had a big influence on me. As I got into high school I became obsessed with guys like Phillip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly and William H. Macy- that whole Paul Thomas Anderson crew.

What was your first paid acting job? Do you remember what you did with the money?

I got cast as a non-speaking role in WONDER BOYS my freshman year of college. I was basically a glorified extra. You can see me sitting next to Katie Holmes in the first scene. I’m pretty sure I’m staring directly into camera. I probably spent the money on comic books and beer.

Did you have any interest in the vampire genre before True Blood?

I’m a horror movie buff and a genre geek, so vampires have always captured my imagination. I loved movies like LOST BOYS and FRIGHT NIGHT as a kid. I read a couple of the Anne Rice books in high school, but never fully got into any of the vampire literature until TRUE BLOOD came along and I read the Sookie Stackhouse books.

When you first read the script of True Blood, did you like it immediately? What did you think of it?

When I heard that Alan Ball was doing a show about Vampires, I got really excited. After SIX FEET UNDER, of which I was a huge fan, I was expecting TRUE BLOOD to be about depressed, dysfunctional vampires sitting around the dinner table and not communicating with one another. I was surprised to discover how steeped in genre the pilot script was. Obviously that stems from Charlaine Harris’s books, but it was so much more colorful than I had predicted. I loved it. I loved the setting, particularly Merlotte’s, and dug the murder mystery aspect. The moment where Bill walks into the bar for the first time really captured me. It’s an important scene. The whole series spins out of that meeting between he and Sookie. It’s the same moment in the book where the reader falls for Sookie’s world and I thought it translated to the screen very well.

Can you tell us something about how you got the part of Steve Newlin. What was the audition process like? Did you originally audition for the role of Steve Newlin or were you up for another role?

I originally auditioned for Sam, which is hilarious, because it’s so obviously not the right role for me. Sam Trammell is just absolutely a perfect fit. And it showed too, because my audition was pretty lousy… I was lucky casting brought me back in for Steve Newlin. That was episode 3 of the first season, and the part was tiny, but there was talk of it becoming a larger role in the second season. Alan Ball was there, whom I had read for years before on SIX FEET UNDER. He’s the best guy to go in a read for in a room- he really makes the actor feel comfortable- he just gets it. We worked the scene a couple times, I went home, and a few hours later I got the call that they were bringing me on for a couple episodes. True to their word, the role carried over into the second season. It was a rare audition process where this single casting session lead to a series regular role. I kind of slipped in the back door, I guess. I got lucky.

How was the look of Steve created, how did he come to life? Did you have any say in his looks?

I believe the design came down to talks between Alan and Kelly Kline, our lead hair stylist, and Audrey Fisher, our costume designer. In the first season, I wasn’t around much, and Steve’s look was a bit more generic- sort of a conservative politician. But when the Newlins’ got fleshed out for season 2, the look evolved into something that evoked a TV evangelist style. It was very big and very Texas. Fantastic stuff. So much of what informed me about the character came from the look. Kelly and Audrey did half the job for me.

How did you prepare for the role? Did you read the books by Charlaine Harris?

I read the first 6 books as soon as I was cast in the first season. I’m planning to catch up with the rest this summer. Steve is such a scary character in LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS and I really wanted to stay as close to that original vision as possible, while staying true to what the writers were cooking up for the show. I spent a lot of time researching the Religious Right and watching documentaries, The Bible Network, 700 Club, etc… shows that I thought would be the kind of forums Steve would appear on. I really did my best to watch how these personalities presented themselves in the public eye. I was cast in an election year, so there was such a wealth of political personalities on TV, and Steve being a politician himself, I paid very close attention to the debates and speeches. I wanted Steve to be comfortable and cocky in front of the camera.

Did you model yourself after a particular evangelical personality in order to prepare for the part?

Not one in particular but I watched tons of footage of Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, Pat Robertson and Joel Osteen. There’s also a little bit of George Bush in the character. At one point I realized that Steve played the role of spiritual coach at the Light of Day Camp, and I started thinking about some of the gym teachers and football coaches from my high school and middle school back in Kansas… I never played sports myself, but the coaches rule the roost back in the Midwest, where athletics are held in such high esteem, and their presence was always well known in the hallways and classrooms. It occurred to me that Steve is probably a huge Friday Night Lights fan. I think he sees himself as a Coach Taylor type- this evocative and empowering youth leader that young men look up to and want to be.

How would you describe Steve Newlin? Does he practice what he preaches?

Definitely. I think viewers are waiting for his moment of glaring hypocrisy, but I think the character is pretty consistent. He’s dangerous because he thinks of life in dual terms: black and white, right and wrong, good and evil… We are living in times where this old system of thinking is being challenged. It might be outdated, and even more so the leading cause of hate and conflict in the world. But Steve isn’t afraid live and die by the book. He’s doesn’t struggle with confusion. In some ways, he’s one of the least conflicted characters on the show. There’s nothing wrong with himself- it’s the rest of the world that’s the problem. He is on a self-proclaimed mission to save humanity and if he gets enough power, he’ll go for it. He’s also motivated by revenge for his father’s death, which blinds him. He may be more green than he thinks to get the job done.

Are there any characteristics that Steve Newlin has that you also see in yourself?

Geez, I really hope not. Although we’re probably both less cool than we’d like to think of ourselves

Combining religion with hate is a very dangerous business, especially when it is preached with a smiling face. Does Steve realize how explosive the situation is that he is creating?

He’s a smart guy. He knows he’s going on TV and stoking the fires, butt I think he’s trying to smoke out the bad guys. He’s actively provoking a war to reveal the true evil agenda of the Vampires. In his eyes, this is Armageddon. God is on his side. The end justifies the means.

The fang-loving fans of True Blood all take side against the FOTS, they are a creepy bunch of course but do you believe that they are right when they say that vampires are a danger to human society?

Well, I mean, they certainly aren’t harmless. Even Bill has his questionable moments. The vampires have gone mainstream, but they still carry out their private system of justice, which is basically, “If you are human and you trespass against us, you are screwed.” I think the scene in the first season where Jessica is turned is all the justification the FOTS needs. Here was this innocent girl who was kidnapped and used as a prop in a Vampire court. She unwillingly lost her humanity. It’s really awful if you think about it. I’d wager if Vampires really did exist, there would be more people on Steve’s side than Sookie’s. In fact, I guarantee that would be the case.

Most of your scenes are with Anna Camp and Ryan Kwanten, what is it like working with them?

I love them both dearly. They really made the season a joy to work on. Seriously, we spent most of our time just laughing and having fun on set. They are two of the cleverest, talented and giving actors I’ve had the privilege to work with. I will never hear a word against them!

On the Fellowship of the Sun website there are several videos of Steve and Sarah. It all seems so real. What do you think of this marketing strategy?

It’s a really fun move on HBO’s part. In the context of the series, the FOTS Church is supposed to be media savvy, or at least trying to be, so the concept really lends itself to TRUE BLOOD’s viral campaign. I think it gives viewers just that little extra taste of “reality” to watch the show with. It’s exciting that our audience can find canonical material outside of the episodes themselves, and hopefully they will find the FOTS website fun and worthwhile. We sure had a lot of fun shooting it.

Do you check out the True Blood message boards or True Blood fan sites to read fan reactions?

Not really. I’ve kind of learned in the past to stay away from that stuff. There is much love for the show, but the Internet is fair ground, and a lot of people like to voice nasty opinions. And you know what? That’s what the forum is there for. If you don’t like something, by all means fire away. But posters have anonymity that actors or the show creators don’t, and that makes us easy targets. Sometimes the trash talking can get discouraging. But again, that’s part of the job.

Are you aware of the huge internet fan activity, like on Twitter and on Facebook?

Yes, but I’m not involved directly… Again, I think it’s cool that these outlets exist to expand the experience of the show. I hope the audience has fun with it.

Will you be back in Season 3 of True Blood?

Well, we readers of the books know that Steve makes an appearance in CLUB DEAD, which the 3rd season will presumably be based on. But Alan Ball and the writers are switching things up, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that Steve gets out of season 2 alive first…

Has your life changed since you’ve been seen in True Blood?

In a small sense, I’m getting a taste of what it’s like to work on a hit show, which is new for me. It hasn’t changed anything, really, I’m just happy to know that I get to do work I love and people are watching. After all, what’s the point of being an actor if you don’t have an audience? So I’m pumped that we’ve got a strong following. It makes the hard work the cast and crew put into TRUE BLOOD seem worthwhile.

Do True Blood fans recognize you on the street? What do they say?

People are slowly starting to come up to me about Steve. I’ve repeatedly heard how creepy and “hate-able” I am. It’s pretty hilarious. I guess I’m doing my job.

Many of our members have asked if Rev. Steve Newlin is the person (rose clenched between his teeth) in the Vampire Adult Film called “His First Fangbang” that Sookie flips to whilst she is sitting on the couch in her hotel room in Dallas….. Anything you want to tell us?

That is genius. That’s not Steve, but that is a really funny idea. He really is the kind of character that screams “skeletons in his closet,” isn’t he? It would be really fun to explore the double-life of Steve Newlin. If he has one.

What are you personal interests, what do you do in your free time?

Well I’m a huge nerd, really. I’m an avid reader and movie nut. I love comics. I write. I drew all the time growing up and I’m trying to get back in touch with that neglected talent. I love nature… I’ve recently begun to explore some of the better hiking trails around the L.A. basin. The San Gabriel Mountains are another world that I never knew existed. I have a bit of an adventurous bone in my body- I love to travel and explore. Any chance I have to get away from the city and escape I take it.

What are your favorite TV shows that you watch?

I pretty much watch everything HBO does- and this is before I started working on TRUE BLOOD. I love MAD MEN. I love LOST. 30 ROCK is fantastic and I’m a fan of THE OFFICE. Right now I’m more than halfway through the boxed set of THE WIRE. It is almost unbearably good. How these actors and writers pulled of such a rich and complex story and got lost under the radar I will never understand. I am eagerly awaiting the new GAME OF THRONES series from HBO, based on George R.R. Martin’s A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE novels. I would kill to play a role on that series. What a great, wonderful and tragic epic. Fans of TRUE BLOOD should rush out and get those books.

You have a series that is In Production called ” Rockville CA ” – can you tell us anything about this series and your role in it?

It’s a web series created by Josh Schwartz that’s up now over at thewb.com. The story follows a group of young, LA hipster doofuses set in a rock club. I play the best friend of the lead guy in four episodes, sort of this hapless, music nerd looking to get laid.

Are you working on any other projects at the moment? Tv, film or stage?

I’m about to make a very cool announcement at Comic Con this week in San Diego about a new endeavor I’m really excited about… Stay tuned. I hope TRUE BLOOD viewers will be excited