Joe Manganiello calls ‘True Blood’ cast 'overqualified' for their roles

True Blood, a seven-season series aired from 2008 to 2014

Joe Manganiello calls ‘True Blood’ cast overqualified for their roles
Joe Manganiello calls ‘True Blood’ cast 'overqualified' for their roles

Joe Manganiello recently reflected on the cast of True Blood, describing them as “really, really overqualified” for their roles.

While conversing at Podcrushed with hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari, the Magic Mike actor reflected on the "really wild, crazy, intelligent" program that, in his words, "pushed the culture forward at the time."

“What’s funny about True Blood was, you know, we were all really, really overqualified,” Manganiello admitted.

He added, “Well, I should say the material was deceptively tricky because it was kind of written in like Tennessee Williams. It was very operatic at times.”

The One Tree Hill star continued, “But, you know, but it’s all theater kids. It’s like people with Tonys and Oscars and, you know, Mike McMillan and I were the Carnegie Mellon kids, then there was Rutina [Wesley] and Nelsan [Ellis] were the Juilliard kids, then Chris Bauer was the Yalie, then you get West End of London, then you get this international cast.”

Manganiello also noted, “You got [Alexander] Skarsgård from Sweden. You had, [Stephen] Moyer from England. And Anna [Paquin], obviously, from New Zealand by way of Canada. It was really, really intelligent, trained actors.”

To note, Alan Ball's seven-season television series True Blood aired from 2008 to 2014.

It chronicles the experiences of telepathic waitress Sookie, who eventually encounters vampires and other supernatural creatures.

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