What the Heck is Jesus?
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Looks like we’ll be finding out during Sunday’s finale …
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SDCC 2010: More on Sam & his family, Tara being funny, Lafayette’s love… Jesus.
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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EW also has a series of portraits of the cast:
This last pic of Joe Manganiello, reminds me of Harry Potter. Just sayin’.
And here’s one more of Kristin and Joe…
‘True Blood’ Scoop! New Cast Member Kevin Alejandro Describes His First Scene In Season 3
Thursday, February 11th, 2010by Jean Bentley - hollywoodcrush.mtv.com
Yesterday we brought you Kevin Alejandro’s thoughts on his cop series, “Southland,” which is currently airing on TNT after getting a premature axe from NBC before its second season even aired. Today, we have something even juicier — 411 on Kevin’s new gig as a hospital worker named Jesus on HBO’s “True Blood.” Unfortunately, he couldn’t spill many actual details about what, exactly, his role entails (they’re pretty tight-lipped over at “True Blood” headquarters), but he tried his hardest to give us the scoop on his character, who just so happens to be Lafayette’s (Nelsan Ellis) new love interest.
Kevin said that Jesus is going to be hanging around Bon Temps for the entire season, which began shooting a couple of weeks ago. “There’s not a whole lot I can tell you about it because they’re very, very secretive with what is released and what’s out there,” he said.
He doesn’t even know who else besides Lafayette his character will interact with. “I’m not really sure yet. It’s so new — I think right now they’re establishing what Lafayette and Jesus are going to have. Also, I don’t get the whole script. If I’m not in the script, I don’t get it. They’re very, very secretive. I wish I could answer that question!”
It’s been difficult for Kevin to research his part, since Jesus is a character created completely by “True Blood” mastermind Alan Ball. (Lafayette died in the first book of the series “True Blood” is based on, and he didn’t yet have a love interest.) But Kevin said he’s excited about Jesus, since the character is like nothing he’s ever done before. “I’ve never really played a strong gay character or anything like that.”
Luckily, Alan has been able to give Kevin clues as to what Jesus is all about. “[Alan] gives me little hints of who [Jesus] might be and what he might be going through, so I’ll research those things, like what makes up that guy,” Kevin said. “Help, I’m struggling for words here because I don’t want to give anything away! The problem is that I can’t refer to any the books so I have to focus on what people like him have gone through — if there are any stories out there like that.”
What Kevin does know about Jesus (that he can tell us) is that he’s a hospital orderly who takes care of Lafayette’s mother, played by the awesome Alfre Woodard. In fact, Kevin said his first scene on his first day of shooting was with Alfre. “I’m sitting there holding a bowl of peas, because I’m feeding her — she’s in the hospital. I’m sitting there and she’s spitting peas at me and I’m like ‘Wow, Alfre Woodard is really spitting peas at me.’”
If “Southland” does, in fact, get picked up for another season by TNT, he’ll have an epic schedule to juggle. “I’m one of those lucky guys who gets to do two great shows,” he said. As for the scheduling, he said he’s just going to do what he’s told. “Fortunately the production companies on both sides are awesome and talk to each other. They seem to really want to work with each other. I think it’s a great thing. Wherever they tell me to go, I’m going to go. I’ll probably be exhausted.”
Tell us what you think of the latest addition to True Blood…
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010As you all know, Kevin Alejandro will be playing Lafayette’s love interest in season 3. So, as with any new cast member, we would like to know what you think of the actor who was voted #7 in Entertainment Weekly’s “15 Smartest, Sexiest Crime-fighters of ‘09: the Men” on EW.com. Dated August 2009.
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Have a wonderful week!
~M.
Kevin Alejandro is joining ‘True Blood’ as Lafayette’s love interest, “Jesus.”
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010(The Hollywood Reporter: By Nellie Andreeva/Jan 3, 2010)
“Southland” co-star Kevin Alejandro is staying in the South with another high-profile series gig, joining Alan Ball’s vampire drama “True Blood.”
Alejandro, expected to appear in almost every episode of the HBO series’ upcoming third season, will play Jesus, a Latino orderly who is taking care of Ruby Jean Reynolds (Alfre Woodard) at her care facility and becomes involved with her son, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis).
Alejandro continues to be attached as a regular to “Southland,” which recently moved from NBC to TNT. Because of the cable network’s plan to air the 13 produced episodes of the cop drama, starting Jan. 12, before making a decision whether to order a second season, Alejandro can accommodate “Blood” while keeping his obligation to “Southland.”
Alejandro, repped by Main Title and attorney Jason Hendler, co-starred on “Shark,” “Drive,” “Ugly Betty” and recently recurred on “Weeds.”
On “Blood,” he joins such other new additions as Denis O’Hare, Marshall Allman, Theo Alexander, Grant Bowler, Joe Manganiello and Lindsay Pulsipher.
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