Yahoo News Stephen Moyer says True Blood revival 'possible'
Stephen Moyer has spoken about the odds of a True Blood revival, saying: "It's very possible."
Stephen, who played Bill Compton on the show from 2008 to 2014, told Digital Spy that the cast and crew of the HBO fantasy horror series had an "amazing time" filming it, and confirmed that Charlaine Harris, who wrote the source material that True Blood is based on, will be having further work adapted by the network.
"Charlaine has just had another bunch of her books greenlit to go to series," he told us. "Alan [Ball, True Blood's writer] had an amazing time on that show."
Despite his fondness for the series, Stephen did go on to say that he wasn't certain that the main cast would all return, were there a reboot.
"We all got… it was exhausting," he said. "I'm not sure Anna [Paquin], myself or Alex [Skarsgård] would go back."
However, he then seemed to have a change of heart, adding: "I don't think we'd say no, because I think it'd be a giggle. But I'd have to have a facelift or something, because vampires aren't supposed to age!"
As for the direction a revival could take? There's one character that Stephen has his eye on for the show to focus on.
"I always wanted a spinoff for… my favourite character is Arlene, the redhead waitress," he said. "I always felt that Arlene – she's a phenomenal actress, Carrie Preston. She won Emmys for The Good Wife."
[Carrie Preston as Arlene in True Blood]
For die-hard True Blood fans, though, there's something tasty that looks a bit more definite – Nathan Barr has written a musical of the show with Stephen, who got his start in the theatre. They even recorded some songs, which led to the project being okayed by both series runner Alan and writer Charlene.
"It's looking like that might happen," Stephen said.
The musical is reportedly set in Bon Temps, just like the HBO series, with cast members such as Ellen Foley, Claybourne Elder and Ann Harada present at a recent workshop in New York.
"There was a workshop in New York. I couldn't do it, obviously, but I wouldn't do, anyway," Stephen said.
The actor's new role in ITV drama Safe House has kept him from involvement with the musical. Safe House first aired in 2015, starring Christopher Eccleston, who later pulled out of a second series, leading ITV to turn the show into an anthology series, replacing the entire cast.
Stephen will play ex-police officer Tom Brook, who runs a safe house on the coastline of Anglesey with his partner Sam (Zoe Tapper).
Safe House will return to ITV in September.
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