We have our Wes! Cinema Blend reported yesterday that Brothers & Sisters actor Luke Grimes has won the role of the “sexy, smart and compassionate” vampire who was turned in the 70s at the tender age of 20. At least that’s how he was described to us in the casting call that came out at the beginning of March. We’ll ... Read More »

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through Bon Temps, production was gearing up for True Blood season 6! The table read for the season premiere was yesterday, and today we get fresh casting news. TVLine reports that Arliss Howard has been cast as Creighton Burrell, the Governor of Louisiana, a good ol’ boy politician with a vendetta against vampires ... Read More »

Interestingly enough, the part of Salome has gone to Italian actress Valentina Cervi. Salome, as we reported earlier, is the creation of the writers and not one of Charlaine Harris’s characters from the books. She is described as an ancient vampire who’s also a skilled seductress and possibly crazy. She’s incredibly powerful, but able to hide that when it suits her. The ... Read More »

While working on a story idea, we realized that the casting for Caroline Bellefleur was never announced. That’s kind of an important role for a certain storyline, so we made some inquiries and confirmed that veteran actress Katherine Helmond will be playing the matriarch of the Bellefleur clan. You may recognize Katherine as Mona on Who’s The Boss? or as ... Read More »

Warning: True Blood Season 4 Spoilers Ahead! Actor Brendan McCarthy has landed the recurring role of Nate for True Blood season 4, according to IMDb. Nate first appears in episode 4.07, “Cold Grey Light of Dawn”. According to the casting call, Nate is is one of a pair of werewolves who want to be Alpha Males, leading us to speculate ... Read More »

Ausiello reports that True Blood has added three new female characters and promoted one for the upcoming fourth season. Jessica Tuck, vampire PR guru Nan Flanigan, has been promoted to series regular, indicating that we’ll be seeing even more from her and likely more of the vampire political machinations we saw in season 3. Warning: True Blood season 4 spoilers ... Read More »

Get the scoop on who plays the sister of Andy Bellefleur. Read More »

True Blood is introducing the fairies this season with one of our all-time favorite characters, Claudine. We’ve been speculating on who should get the role, and now Ausiello tells us who snagged it: British actress Lara Pulver. You may recognize her from the last season of the BBC’s Robin Hood; she played Guy of Gisborne’s scheming sister, Isabella. On True ... Read More »

True Blood just got a little hotter. Ausiello is reporting that Michael Steger  (90210) has been cast as Tony, the Talbot lookalike/gay prostitute Russell picks up (maybe after he finds out about this?). Steger is only slated to appear in one episode this season, but there’s a possibility he’ll recur in season 4. What do you think, does he look ... Read More »

True Blood is getting a new barkeeper in season 3. No, Sam Merlotte isn’t out of a job, but we will meet Hollis, owner of a werewolf bar in Shreveport.  On the Red Carpet reports that Vincent Ward has landed the role, and although the casting call stated that he was a bouncer at the bar, Vincent reveals that Hollis ... Read More »