Ryan Kwanten From True Blood was interviewed by Rebecca Murray from About.com at the 2009 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards held on Saturday, February 21, 2009. In this video interview Ryan discusses his role of Jason Stackhouse in Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series True Blood. One of the first questions that Rebecca Murray asks Ryan is how he feels about all the nudity that his character has to do. He says he trusts Alan Ball and the reasons why certain scenes need to be played out the way they are in order to tell the story. He knew before going into the show what may be involved with his character and he is quite comfortable with his body he states. Later on in the video he discusses the differences between the books and the show and his other projects. To watch the video interview with Ryan Kwanten click the image below to be taken to the link.
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The True Blood cast will be appearing at the PaleyFest 09 on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 7:00 pm PT at the Cinerama Dome at ArcLight Hollywood. The cast to attend the panel discussion are:
True Blood cast member Ryan Kwanten was interviewed by Erin McWhirter from courier mail.com.au who plays the oversex-driven Jason Stackhouse in Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series “True Blood”. Ryan discussed how his current character in the show is a complete departure from his previous work on the U.S. sitcom “Summerland” were he played an Australian surfer.
Several “True Blood” cast members have been busy with various projects or roles during their hiatus from “True Blood” before coming back to shoot Season 2. Alexander Skarsgard had the opportunity to be involved in several productions including lending his voice to the character Stefan in the Swedish SciFi animation “Metropia” and as well as starring in “Beyond the Pole” which is currently in post-production.
Ryan Kwanten from Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series “True Blood” has recently finished filming “Don’t Fade Away” starring Miischa Barton, Beau Bridges and Ja Rule. The film is about a young man who travels to New York City to pursue his career in the music industry only to find that the fast life and seduction of money and status makes him forget who he is or who he was. He thought he had it all with his looks, brains only to find that his professional and personal life are nearly ruined. Returning back to North Carolina to take of his dying father he re-discovers what he had lost in pursuit of his fame and the girl he never met. No released date has been announced as of yet.
Gabriel Wilder from the Sydney Morning Herald wrote a report on “True Blood” which is about to premiere in Australia on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 8:30pm on the Showcase channel. Mr. Wilder provides some background about “True Blood” to Australian readers so they know what to expect when the show premieres. Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series “True Blood” is in no way like “Twilight” as the reporter states. “True Blood” has more violence and has swearing and sex scenes that you wouldn’t find in any Stephenie Meyer’s version of vampires. Alan Ball adapted onto the television screen Charlaine Harris’ world of Sookie Stackhouse and the supernatural happenings surrounding her town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. Season 1 is based upon Charlaine Harris’ first book, “Dead Until Dark”, where the main character, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) meets a sexy, brooding 173 year old vampire, Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) who has returned to his hometown to mainstream among humans. Vampires have come “out of the coffin” since the discovery of synthetic blood by Japanese scientists which can quench their need to hunt humans. The attraction between the two of them is almost instantaneous and soon they develop a relationship that is frowned up by the rest of the town folk.
Australian newspapers are starting to inform their readers about the upcoming Australian premiere of Alan Ball’s very successful HBO TV series “True Blood” which will broadcast on the Showcase channel starting on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. This particular article comes from David Knox of SX and describes for the Australian audience the story line and premise of “True Blood”. Mr. Knox describes in detail the concept of vampires coming out into mainstream society as a result of Japanese scientists developing synthetic blood which can quell their thirst and need to hunt humans. He also discusses the main characters in the show and their particular problems and what makes them so interesting. Here is an excerpt of Mr. Knox’s commentary with an assessment of fellow Aussie Ryan Kwanten:
Ryan Kwanten’s popularity has steadily increased since starring in Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series “True Blood”. His popularity may be the result of the character that he portrays, the over sex-driven brother of the lead protagonist Sookie Stackhouse, (Anna Paquin) Jason Stackhouse. Ryan states he is not bothered by the fact that the audience sees him more often without clothes then with clothes on. Ryan commented that Australia is a very open-minded society and tends to not be shocked by nudity. However, in terms of the various sexual positions that he finds himself in, he says some may be shocked regardless of where the person comes from. For Ryan he says it is all part of the fun.
Just before the season finale of Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series “True Blood” aired, Ryan Kwanten had the opportunity to dropped by KTLA to discuss his portrayal of Jason Stackhouse. During the interview Ryan was asked about being seen as a heartthrob and his feelings regarding the explicit scenes that he has in the show. What was interesting was his explanation to the interviewers his wardrobe for the show and the definition of a “modesty patch”.
Ryan Kwanten plays Jason Stackhouse on Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series “True Blood.” Ryan Kwanten takes time out of his busy schedule to be interviewed on Uinterview and to answers questions from True Blood fans. Uinterview is a wonderful site where it allows fans to send in their video questions to be answered by the stars.
The True Blood cast walked the red carpet at the 66th Golden Globe in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 11, 2009. In this video TV guide interviews Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten and Sam Trammell talk about there work on True Blood and their experience on being at the Golden Globe. All three of the men looked spectacular in their suits. At one point the interviewer mentions that Ryan is a golden Globe virgin and he said that she was de-virginizing him. Stephen goes into detail about we may expect for Season 2.
