TVLine is reporting True Blood has cast someone who will have a storyline with Sookie during Season 6 in this latest News From The Casting Couch!
WARNING: If you don’t want to know – don’t read below!
Move over, Bill. And Eric. And Alcide. There’s a new man in Sookie’s life — and he’s putting down stakes in Bon Temps. True Blood has tapped English actor Rob Kazinsky (EastEnders) to join the Season 6 cast as a series regular, TVLine has learned. Kazinsky — whose biggest TV credit stateside was an arc as a doctor on Brothers & Sisters — will play Ben, a highly charismatic faerie who takes a liking to Sookie (and vice-versa) and helps Sookie and Jason delve deeper into the mystery of their parents’ murders. This marks True Blood‘s second major Season 6 hire. As TVLine reported last month, acting vet Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) has also come on board in the series regular role of Macklyn, a mysterious and sinister figure with deep ties to Sookie and Jason.Before you get upset about reading that Ben will be Sookie’s “love interest” this season…remember the casting call we’ve previously reported?True Blood‘s sixth season is slated to premiere in June.
The show is also casting the series regular role of Ben, an “ultra charming, ultra handsome” fella in his late 20s/early 30s who is magnetic to women and menfolk alike, all while using his Southern gentility to mask a dark, dark, darrrrrk side. Watch for Ben to cross paths with Sookie soon after his arrival.Check out the part in bold…it sounds like he won’t be a romantic love interest, like Eric is…more like someone who is using Sookie to suit his own agenda! Besides, TVLine said that Alcide would be Sookie’s “love interest” last season and look how THAT turned out. I wouldn’t get upset about this yet!
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