'True Blood' Star Stephen Moyer Blames HBO for Relationship With Anna Paquin

By PopEater Staff Posted Apr 9th 2010 06:10PM

For a special 'True Blood' tribute, Details magazine presents three different covers with the three leading men -- Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten and Alex Skarsgard.

In an interview, Moyer, who is currently engaged to 'True Blood' co-star Anna Paquin, talks about their relationship. "It's HBO's fault, he says. "They put us in the same hotel ... We hung out for a while and got to know each other. The attraction was there, so it was a matter of whether we acted on it or not."

Kwanten also talks about his abs, and Skarsgard's father -- actor Stellan Skarsgard -- reveals how his son coped with being a preteen star in Sweden. More Quotes and Photos Inside

Moyer on being a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company: "I didn't want to do film or commercials or television. That was cheap. That was selling out. I was the classic liberal, left-wing, 'Theater is going to change the world' kind of person. You know, very, very boring."

Moyer on playing vamp Bill Compton as almost motionless: "He doesn't have a pulse, so he wouldn't twitch or make unnecessary movement."

How Moyer pronounces his fiance's character's name, Sookie: "We were given that pronunciation very early on by ['True Blood' author] Charlaine Harris herself. Sookie rhymes with cookie. It doesn't rhyme with kooky."

Kwanten on his abs: "We have amazing computer-generated effects. It's my head on someone else's body."

Kwanten on the show's sex scenes: "I'm very comfortable with my body. Most of the time the girl is going to be more scared of the scene than me. So I make a pact with them like, 'Let's be in this together. I've got your back and you have mine."

Kwanten's parents' reactions: "My parents have seen the show. My mom walked in on me a few times when I was living at home-you know, caught in the act. She's seen me in uncompromising positions before."

Skarsgard on being a Swedish child star: "Being a star in Sweden is like being a star in Omaha."

Skarsgard on being in the Swedish marines: "Sweden is probably one of the three countries least likely to get in a war, so the military's pretty safe."

Stellan Skarsgard weighs in on his son's reaction to being a preteen heartthrob: "He didn't like it at all. At the age of 12, he had girls standing outside the house. They would ask his younger brother Gustaf to let them in, and sometimes it worked."

More From Details: The Full Interview | Photos of the 'True Blood' Cast

Tags: alex skarsgard, anna paquin, Ryan Kwanten, stellan skarsgard, Stephen Moyer, true blood

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Friday 09 April

By sunflower0274

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I dont know who Sarah Jes Parker knows, she has no talent and is
ugly to boot. You know she is vain, because she had a serogate
deliver her twins. The only thing she has going for her is a decent bod. I wonder who these people know in Hollywood? She is just gross & I wouldn't spent 10 cents going to see that awful movie. I can't stand watching the re-runs of her on TV.

By Bonnie

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What's a serogate??? Oooohhh, I mean...ya know.. did you mean surrogate??? sheeesh

Saturday 10 April

By cynthia

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LOOK U WANNA HATE ON SJ FOR HAVUNG SOMEONE ELSE HAVE BABIES FOR HER .. DONT HATE CZ U WISH U COLD AFFORD IT

By Grand Marnier

She's vain for having a surrogate? You been talking to her gynecologist? That's against the law now, you know. There's a possiblity she had a surrogate because she has medical issues carrying a baby herself.

By Frank

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I've been in alot of different hotels with alot of different women no thanks to HBO - You go Stephen...

Anna is not bi-sexual but babe-sexual. What a sweetie! I can't believe Sean Penn didn't wanna screw her at the end of that movie with Chaz Palmateri & Meg Ryan - Then again Sean Penn - Maybe if Anna had been drinking coffee & garbed in a full length beard...

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