54 Things You Never Knew About “True Blood”

Satisfy your “thirst” for facts.

1. The fictional town of Bon Temp is based on the real city of Clifton, Louisiana.

2. You can actually buy the True Blood drink online. (It tastes like orange soda, not blood.)

3. Anna Paquin, who plays Sookie Stackhouse, received an Oscar for her role in The Piano. She was 11 years old.

4. The actors who play Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) are married in real life.

5. Alexander Skarsgård, who plays Eric Northman, played one of Derek Zoolander's modeling friends in the movie Zoolander.

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6. He also originally auditioned for the roll of Bill Compton.

7. His father happens to be famed Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård who has starred in Good Will Hunting and The Pirates of the Caribbean series. .

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