The actor, 41, returns as bar owner (and occasionally species-changing) Sam Merlotte on HBO's vampire series.
WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING A SHAPE-SHIFTER?
Whenever we do the shape-shifting, we have an animal there, and I don't actually do it. The animals have fun, and the end result is always me naked in the middle of a room or forest feeling very small, white and pasty.
DOES THAT ADD PRESSURE TO BE FIT?
The guys on our show are so ripped it's ridiculous. I basically have to starve myself and exercise a lot. I'll work out an hour or so a day unless I'm surfing-then it's two or three hours. I don't drink beer while I'm doing the show, which is a bummer given that I own a bar.
SO WHAT IS IT ABOUT VAMPIRES?
They're tall, dark and handsome, live in castles and are independently wealthy. I guess women are into that. But come on, owning a bar with a fish on the wall? I'm from Louisiana, so that makes me proud.
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