Evan Rachel Wood finally spoke about her casting in Season Two of True Blood last week, revealing some tantalizing details about her character, and the story of just how she came to be cast in the series for a guest spot.
Details about Evan Rachel Wood’s scheduled appearance in Season Two of HBO’s “True Blood” alongside Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have been pretty sketchy even since the news was first leaked. All we knew was that she would be portraying the “Vampire Queen of Louisiana” and that we wouldn’t get to see her until the end of the season.
The good news is that Evan sat down with Newsweek just the other day and shared some information on how she came to be cast in the series (it turns out she is a big fan) and what her character will be up to when we finally get to see her.
“I actually put in a phone call to [series creator] Alan Ball and said, ‘I love the show, I’m obsessed with it, seen every episode; if there’s ever a part, keep me in mind.’ It looks like I’m going to be in the last two episodes as the Vampire Queen of Louisiana. I’ve been watching The Lost Boys and my favorite vampire movies. It’s a lot harder than I imagined. I’m working pretty hard on the script. But I don’t think I’ll really be able to find the character until I’m in wardrobe and I’m in fangs.”
I guess that when a legitimate Hollywood A-List actress calls you to ask if you can find a part for her… you find one pretty quick. Are there are any actors or actresses out there who wouldn’t want to work with Alan Ball? Probably not many. I’m actually a big fan of Evan, so this is a pretty dreamy casting call.
So, okay. She got the part. What exactly will she be up to?
“And of course she’ll be in a steamy sex scene….But it’s with a girl. That’s all I’m going to say. I don’t think vampires are really gay or straight. I think she just prefers women.” Good answer. It seems pretty obvious by now that Ball’s Vampires are more sexually awakened than what we’ve seen in the mainstream before “True Blood”.
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