The Hunt For Alcide

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So when we started this whole Matt Bushell phansite thing, one of the things that was suggested by Fire Crotch, one of Matt's biggest fans, was that he should play Alcide on True Blood. And she's right...he would make a phantastic Alcide. Read the description below. I'll wait.

Um hello, that's Matt Bushell in a nutshell. You can leave comments on that site, follow @truebloodnet for updates, or write letters to HBO describing how absolutely wonderful Matt Bushell is and how he neeeeeeeeds to be Alcide. For FC's sake. And mine. (I'm too lazy to go find HBO's address and I imagine most of you are too lazy to actually write HBO. But we get an 'A' for effort, right? Right).

True Blood’s wolf hunt has officially begun!

Although Alan Ball confirmed to me over the summer that werewolf Alcide would take a big bite out of the drama’s upcoming third season, the search for an actor to play the pivotal part formally got underway today with the release of the following casting notice:

ALCIDE: Good-looking, rough-around-the-edges, articulate, heroic, and decent, but not what he seems. He gets along well with Sookie. There’s even an attraction between the two. Very strong recurring.

True Blood is also searching for a fortysomething African-American actor to play HOLLIS, a bouncer in a bar. Despite his scary appearance — he resembles an NFL lineman — he’s a nice guy who knows Alcide well. He’s suspicious of Sookie and delivers some unexpected bad news to Alcide about his fiancée, Debbie Pelt.

Finally, Alan Ball is on the lookout for an actor in his 70s to play Arlene’s old-school (spoiler alert) obstetrician.

Production on True Blood’s third season got underway last week, hence all the casting activity of late. I compiled a convenient link round-up below if you missed any of it. I’m generous like that.