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Kevin Alejandro’s Southland Departure

February 4, 2011 Diana Edwards Leave a comment

The Witch is Here to Stay

Spoiler alert! If you are not caught up with TNT‘s Southland, please stop reading!

Kevin Alejandro, the actor known to us for playing nurse/witch Jesus on HBO‘s True Blood, has made a major career choice. A choice which resulted in his Southland character’s being tragically killed in last week’s episode. This came as a big shock to fans, who had come to love Detective Nate Moretta.

AccessHollywood.com had a chance to interview the actor, and find out what went down. He begins by sharing some Southland background:

“As you know, [‘Southland’] kind of went through a rocky road with NBC… We got picked up our first season and then we got picked up for a bigger season and they cancelled us after we shot our sixth episode that we aired — we kind of spun around not knowing what was going on during that hiatus [prior to being picked up by TNT].”

He proceeded to land the role of Jesus Velasquez on True Blood, and tried his best to work both jobs. But in the end, True Blood won out. The strain of working on both TV shows proved to be too much, as he explains:

“Towards the end of ‘Southland,’ I was three days at ‘Southland,’ two days at ‘True Blood,’ just going back and forth, back and forth. Productions were really cool about working it out and making it happen, but ‘True Blood’ is such a crazy, crazy schedule.”

Choosing to leave Southland meant the writers had to come up with a way to say goodbye to Detective Moretta. He ended up getting struck on the back of the head, by a gangster — which was sadly inspired by a true story. The method of his departure doesn’t bother him, as he says:

“I thought it was an amazing way to go out. It was so unexpected and that’s the way life is. You never know, and it happened that quick — in four seconds you’re done.”

TV audiences were no doubt shocked and saddened, but can hopefully be appeased by watching Kevin on True Blood. Let’s hope Alan Ball decides to keep him around for a good long while! Lafayette deserves love too, no?

Did you catch this episode of Southland? What did you think? Are you looking forward to more Jesus action on True Blood?

Source: accesshollywood.com – Kevin Alejandro Reveals Reasons Behind His Shocking ‘Southland’ Departure

(Photo credit: Robert Voets/NBC)

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Kevin Alejandro Dishes on Southland and True Blood

January 31, 2011 Diana Edwards 1 Comment

From Detective to Witch:

Mexican American actor Kevin Alejandro, better known to us as Lafayette’s (Nelsan Ellis) new flame, Jesus Velasquez on HBO‘s True Blood, recently spoke to Latina Magazine. The main topic was his other TV show, TNT’s Southland, but he also gave a little True Blood tease.

On Southland, Kevin plays Detective Nate Moretta, who he admires for being “real” and “a family man”. Having a family himself, he can relate. He enjoys playing his character, because he likens him to a hero — he has great admiration for all police officers and detectives, therefore he feels, “It’s like I get to play a super hero”.

When asked for his thoughts on why the majority of the criminals on the show are Latino or Black, he explains that for the most part, the stories are true. He sees it as a good thing that real police officers and detectives contribute to the show. They are simply remaking or re-enacting actual events, things that are happening in the world right now, with just a little bit of fabricating thrown in for entertainment’s sake. The ethnicity of the people involved is neither here nor there, but certainly not intended to mean anything.

Coming up in this third season of Southland, Kevin says audiences will get to see more of his family, and get pulled into his character’s development. There’s a lot going on, and he foresees some interesting storylines. The audience will not be disappointed.

Now for the True Blood dish! When asked whether Jesus will be back on the show, he replies:

“Absolutely! Jesus is definitely back. It’s kind of a big season for myself, as well. I’m a witch and this is the season of the witches. I think it’s called the Witches Reign. You’ll see a lot of me. We pick up where we leave off with that true True Blood style. It’s sexy, mysterious, and all kinds of fun.”

That’s more like it. Jesus has definitely charmed us Truebies and we can’t wait to see more of him, can we?

Source: latina.com – Kevin Alejandro on ‘Southland’: “Most of the stories that you see are true”

(Photo credit: TNT via latina.com)

Edited by: Shanea O’Connor

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Kevin Alejandro Returns to Southland

January 3, 2011 Shanea O'Connor Leave a comment

From Bon Temps to Los Angeles

Kevin Alejandro (Jesus Velasquez) is quite the busy man it seems. The man behind the character responsible for stealing the heart of Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) is also a series regular on the TNT show Southland. The series, which is set to premiere its third season on January 4th, has our favorite caretaker taking on a different role, this time as LA detective Nate Moretta. According to the show’s website, the character is a detective in the gangs unit, was a private in the army, and is married with three children.

The website Daemon’s TV.com has posted pictures from the premiere episode of the season and I must say it’s a nice change to see Alejandro in a different role from what we’ve seen in True Blood. The photos featuring the actor in episode one are also posted here. Click the source link below for more episode stills. Kevin also made several appearances on the NBC show Parenthood in the first half of the 2010-2011 TV season.

But fear not truebies! Jesus will be in Bon Temps full time during season four according to IMDb. So who knows what kind of trouble the character, who revealed himself to be a witch last season, will find himself in during this upcoming season. However, if you can’t wait to see more of the charming Kevin Alejandro, be sure to check out Southland!

Sources: Daemon’s TV.com — Season 3, Episode 1 Photos
TNT.com — Southland
IMDb.com — Kevin Alejandro

(Photo Credits: Daemon’s TV.com)

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