Twilight and True Blood are vampire stories that include romance, violence and the constant struggle between good and evil. "They're completely different age groups that they're trying to appeal to," says Oscar winner Anna Paquin, who stars in HBO's True Blood as mind-reading Sookie Stackhouse. "It wouldn't be appropriate for teenagers to be watching our show. I wouldn't have been allowed to."
Paquin, who won a Golden Globe for her work as Sookie, promises we'll be seeing even more this time around.
"I work my ass off," Paquin says. "I'm very careful about what I eat, and I work out a lot. My costume entails bathing suits, short-shorts and sexy scenes, come on! I don't want to be perpetuating the myth that women actually do look exactly like the way they look in magazines and on television through absolutely no effort!"
There's a lot more to True Blood than sex and scary demons. "The stories are exciting and sexy and scary and engaging. The characters are all very, very, clearly drawn and real, even though we take place in a very sort of surreal world, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat," Paquin says. "And every time you think things are going to go smoothly, something really effed up happens."
Oscar-winner Anna Paquin has traded the silver screen for the smaller variety, at least for now. Paquin plays mind reader Sookie Stackhouse on HBO's hot vampire series "True Blood," and is also on the cover of the September issue of Nylon magazine.
In a wide-ranging interview, Paquin, 27, talks about her sexy scenes on the show, which have generated a lot of attention mainly because, for most, Anna still the little kid from "The Piano."
I don’t think a attrective body is particularly shocking or interesting… It’s not the culture I was raised in,. I was not brought up in the United States. I don’t share the attitude that you can have graphic violence, but – God forbid – you see someone's brest.
Paquin says her recent transformation from brunette to blonde has been more of a shock to the system that taking it all off in front of the cameras.
The second Anna dye her hair blonde and get a spray tan, people treat Paquin as if she's a bit stupider and happier,Suddenly, it’s like Paquin's hot and sexy.
