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TV: Denis O’Hare Talks Return to ‘True Blood’ as Vampire King Russell Edgington
Bloody Disgusting’s Aussie correspondent Maria Lewis just returned from a weekend of mayhem at the Supernova Pop Culture Expo in Brisbane where she had the chance to talk with “True Blood” star Denis O’Hare, who played the villainous vampire king, Russell Edgington, in the 3rd season of HBO’s vampire drama.
With rumors of Edgington’s return to Louisiana, O’Hare caught up with BD to talk about the forthcoming season. Details inside!
In an exclusive chat with Bloody Disgusting O’Hare, who played Russell Edginton, vampire king of Mississippi in season three, said it will be “fun to see his story play out.”
“All I can say is that Alan Ball said to me ‘well, we didn’t kill the character off.’
“Which is great, because you can come back as a flashback or whatever, but it’s better not to.
“It’s better to come back corporally.
“Alan Ball has created a great character in him and the writing is always great for Russell.
“He’s not just a villain – he’s a being who has an agenda. He’s the King.”
O’Hare spoke from the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Brisbane, Australia and said he’s taken to the character so much he even signs emails to “True Blood” cast members as ‘The King’.
“They write for Russell really well,” he said.
“The writing is incredibly beautiful for him and he’s such a powerful character it’s fun to play as an actor.
“But also because he’s charming, funny, deadly, destructive; he’s all those things and unlike Eric, who’s sexy and bold, Russell’s got a different thing going on.”
The fourth season of True Blood premieres on June 26 and is set to heavily feature witches, like the fourth novel in the Southern Vampire series upon which True Blood is based. O’Hare said he expected this season to be just as popular as the previous three thanks to the “fascinating topic.”
“I think when people talk about it being campe and funny, it’s actually really incredibly mature in the complexities of its passion,” he said.
“The very notion of vampire-human-love can be a metaphor for any sort of forbidden love.
“It’s classic, like Romeo and Juliet or Othello and Desdemona, these people who aren’t supposed to be together.”
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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