Alexander Skarsgård wanted to be Bill
Alexander Skarsgård auditioned for the role of Bill Compton. When Stephen Moyer took the role, Alexander did not return empty-handed and became Eric.
Why are there no actors in the credits?
No one of the actors takes part in the True Blood credits. This is the choice of Alan Ball, the creator of this series. Ball thinks it’s pointless to be in the credits for episodes from the series. It is the product of a four-day trip by the generic production team to Louisiana, Chicago, and Seattle. While the team was traveling, when they saw something that caught their attention, they stopped and recorded them.
Ian Somerhalder nominated for the role of Jason Stackhouse
Ian Somerhalder was nominated for the role of Sookie’s brother, Jason, but the role went to Ryan Kwanten, while Ian got one of the lead roles as Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries.
Insured Spikes
Stephen Moyer is very protective of his fangs, he cleans them daily, and of course, the teeth are insured.
Is there anyone from Louisiana in the show?
The only person in the True Blood cast who is truly Lousian is playing the role of Sam Merlotte: Sam Trammell.
Couples in real life
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer met on the set of True Blood, fell in love, and got married in 2010. The couple now has four children and happy marriage.
Change of Tara
Rutina Wesley wasn’t the first to play Tara. The scenes with the character played by Brook Kerr in the first two episodes of the series were filmed again after the cast.
Charlaine Harris Cameo
Charlaine Harris, the author of the book series on which the series was adapted, appeared as a customer at Merlotte’s in the final episode of the 2nd season.
Bon Temps Police Station
The building we know as the Bon Temps Police Station is actually a prison located in Hawthorne, California.
Episode Names
The name of each True Blood episode comes from the name of a famous song.
Bill’s Real Age
Bill Compton, born in 1835, became a vampire in his 30s. Although he still looks like he’s in his 30s, his real age is 176.
Who else could Sookie be?
Of course, Anna Paquin had rivals for the role of Sookie. There is no need to go too far for this. Anna Camp, who is also a name from the series and plays Saran Newlin, auditioned for the role of Sookie.
Bon Temps
Bon Temps, a fictional town, is actually Clifton, Louisiana. The name of the town is based on the French “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” which means “let the good times roll!”
Tru Blood
You can’t go to a bar and order the synthetic blood Tru Blood in the series, but you can buy it online. Tru Blood is actually a very tasty non-alcoholic energy drink made from blood oranges.
Respect for Anne Rice
The blood tears of the vampires used by the author Anne Rice, who has an important place in the Goth movement, have inspired True Blood.
Kristin Bauer hates being Swedish
Kristin Bauer, who plays Pam De Beaufort, hates having to speak Swedish, the language of her creator Eric Northman. Bauer said she practiced hundreds of times to make those scenes successful.
About Tara Thornton
The character of Tara Thornton did not appear in the book until “Live and Die” in Dallas, the 2nd book of the Charlaine Harris book series. Unlike the show, she was a minor side character that didn’t matter much.
Lou Pine’s
Lou Pine’s is a werewolf bar in Jackson, Mississippi, where Sookie and Alcide go to find Bill’s kidnappers. The name of the bar comes from the word “Lupine” which means “things like wolves, like wolves.”
Marriage Prohibition
It is forbidden for people to marry a vampire in the book series, but this rule does not work in the series
Is Russell Edgington Viking?
Russell Edgington, the king of Mississippi and holding the title of the oldest and strongest living vampire for a while, is depicted as Viking in Harris’s novel.