True Blood’s Joe Manganiello Says Cast was Really Overqualified

real blood It was a huge hit for HBO, and is always a topic of conversation among its many fans about reviving the series. According to the star, Joe ManganielloOne of the reasons for the show's success was the quality of the cast, who were believed to be highly qualified for the series.

real blood Known for its gory and suspenseful portrayal of the vampire genre since its debut in 2008. Based on Southern Vampire Mysteries A series of novels by Charlaine Harris, real blood The series ran for seven seasons, garnering a huge fan base as well as a slew of award nominations. As Manganiello points out, this is perhaps unsurprising given the caliber of cast that was assembled.

As he said on the Podcrushed podcast:

“The funny thing about True Blood is that we were all so qualified. Well, I have to say the material was deceptively deceptive because it was written in a Tennessee Williams-esque way. It was operatic at times, but it was for theater kids.

It's like the people who got Tonys and Oscars, you know, Mike McMillan and I were Carnegie Mellon kids, and then there was our routine. [Wesley] And Nelson [Ellis] It was the Juilliard kids, then Chris Bauer was a Yale graduate, then there was the West End in London, then there was this international crew. [Alexander] Skarsgard from Sweden. You had, [Stephen] Muir from England and Anna [Paquin]“They obviously came from New Zealand via Canada. They were very intelligent and trained actors.”

True Blood was previously scheduled to be remade on HBO.

Fans of any great TV show are always sad to see it end, and that was the case with Real blood. However, the series began to lose its luster as it neared the end of its run, and there was certainly a strong reason for it to close when it ended a decade ago. But in the past few years, it has seemed like there are plans in place to revive the franchise, although that hasn’t worked out as expected.

Rumors about real blood The idea for a reboot originally came up in 2021, but due to the Covid pandemic, there wasn’t much movement on the subject for several months. When things seemed to be moving, with talk of a show and script being worked on in 2022, it seemed like, along with a revival of another previous HBO hit, Six Feet Under, True Blood He will be back on screens very soon.

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In February of last year, it was restarted. real blood The series was officially canceled by HBO. According to reports at the time, multiple versions of a reboot were considered, but a return of the series was “no longer on the table” because “nothing seemed to get there.” There was no further talk of real blood Despite returning to the competition after the HBO and MAX brand revamps, the franchise still has a huge fan base, and the idea of ​​a reboot is always likely to be floated again at some point in the future.