CASTING NEWS: Meet the “Youngest” Vampire on True Blood

Jacob Hopkins is joining True Blood season 5 as a vampire. A very young vampire.

According to our source, Hopkins has signed on to play Alexander Drew, the vampire who was turned when he was just 9 years old. The angelic looking Alexander is a member of the Authority who loves smoking and razzing his fellow council members. He first appears in episode 5.02, “Authority Always Wins”.

Fun Fact: Hopkins had a small role in the 2011 film Priest, which co-starred True Blood‘s Stephen Moyer.