Sunday, December 13, 2009

The hunt for Alcide

True Blood’s wolf hunt has officially begun!

Although Alan Ball confirmed to me over the summer that werewolf Alcide would take a big bite out of the drama’s upcoming third season, the search for an actor to play the pivotal part formally got underway today with the release of the following casting notice:

ALCIDE: Good-looking, rough-around-the-edges, articulate, heroic, and decent, but not what he seems. He gets along well with Sookie. There’s even an attraction between the two. Very strong recurring.

True Blood is also searching for a fortysomething African-American actor to play HOLLIS, a bouncer in a bar. Despite his scary appearance — he resembles an NFL lineman — he’s a nice guy who knows Alcide well. He’s suspicious of Sookie and delivers some unexpected bad news to Alcide about his fiancée, Debbie Pelt.

Finally, Alan Ball is on the lookout for an actor in his 70s to play Arlene’s old-school (spoiler alert) obstetrician.

Production on True Blood’s third season got underway last week, hence all the casting activity of late.

Source : Ausiello

2 comments:

Rita said...

I always pictured Alcide as yes good
looking and a little rough around the
edges but not like a NFL lineman will
be interesting to see who get the
part.Some how i would think it would be Tara to be having the baby.

Layne said...

I watched "Generation Kill" when it was last on HBO and really loved it. I had to watch it 3 times before I figured out all the military venacular but still enjoyed it. When I saw the actor Rudy Reyes on the show I immediately thought of Alcide. He would be perfect.