Skarsgard will play a vampire, who’s also a Viking, who has been alive for thousands of years. Kind of like a Highlander, except… well, he’s a vampire, so he drinks people’s blood to stay alive. But besides that, he’s almost like a Highlander…
TRUE BLOOD already stars Stephen Moyer and the weirdly hot Anna Paquin as the series’ main characters, as the overall premise is that of a love story between a vampire (Moyer) and a mind-reading waitress (Paquin).
The series was created by Alan Ball, who was also behind HBO’s SIX FEET UNDER — a show I haven’t seen, but know many, many people who feel that it’s the shiz-nit. If he can make a vampire/mind-reader love show the shiz-nit, then I’m all for checking this beast out.
A few episodes are already in the can, though no word on when the series is set to premiere – stick around for more info on TRUE BLOOD as we hear it!