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'True Blood' creator talks new Sookie plot
Published Friday, Jan 8 2010, 18:57 GMT | By Adam Silverstein
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Ball said that fans of Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Bill's (Stephen Moyer) relationship will eventually be won over by Alcide, played by Joe Manganiello.
He told Entertainment Weekly: "We were looking for a guy who was big, sexy, decent and heroic, with some darkness. And [Manganiello] showed us all of that in the audition."
Of the Sookie and Alcide story, he continued: "As in the book, he's helping her find [her kidnapped boyfriend] Bill and he has a business reason for owing Eric a favour. He's there with her during a very painful time in her life - and his life, actually. And they're thrown into some pretty intense situations together."
Ball added: "And hello, he's hot! And hello, so is she. Two hot people in some intense situations and, for whatever reasons, their significant others are not there... they're human."
> Manganiello talks about 'True Blood' role
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