Getting Lost At Comic Con

Ryan Kwanten has opened up about his favorite memory at Comic-Con.

The True Blood star has attended the San Diego convention for the past three years. He shared his best memory from Comic-Con with The Hollywood Reporter, revealing that he once got lost in the crowd of thousands.

Kwanten said. "I was supposed to be tailing security with the True Blood cast and I don't know how, but I lost track of him and I wandered out onto the convention floor by myself. I had more fun wandering around and seeing all the things I could possibly buy than being upstairs in the green room waiting to go out."

He continued: "They had to send out a search party to find me because I wasn't exactly willing to go back on my own; I was having too much fun out there. It was really a visceral out-of-body experience."

Kwanten recently revealed that he loves his character's new role on True Blood, stating that it is nice for Jason Stackhouse to finally grow up.

In June, the 34-year-old claimed that the HBO vampire series helped to unite a diverse group of fans, asserting that it is up to the viewers to dictate the future of True Blood

Source: Digital Spy

Ryan Kwanten Gives Props To Alan Ball

Ryan Kwanten has said that he admires True Blood creator Alan Ball's ability to engage the audience.

The actor praised Ball for creating an entertaining and engaging show for TV fans while still managing to stay true to Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire Mysteries series, upon which True Blood is based.

Kwanten told MTV News: "The good thing with the show, even with people who are well-researched, is that you're constantly surprised. In season one, Lafayette was supposed to die - and he's still alive, thank God.

"Alan Ball prides himself on doing a very TV-savvy version of the books, keeping the fans of the books happy and also making it appealing for an audience."

Ball recently revealed that he has not yet agreed to return for a fifth season of True Blood and is still in contract negotiations.

Source: Digital Spy

HollywoodLife Talks To Ryan Kwanten About Jason's Troubles.......

It’s going to be a nail-biting season for fans of True Blood‘s Jason Stackhouse, as the Southern charmer finds himself in more danger than ever — or as Ryan Kwanten tells HollywoodLife.com, he’ll be “very much at death’s door.” And even worse than Jason’s possible death, fans will also be sad to hear that he’ll be taking “a little break” from all the shirtless action they’re used to.

Fans of Charlaine Harris‘ novels are fully aware that [SPOILER ALERT] Jason gets kidnapped and turned into a were-panther — and while Ryan wisely avoids confirming that big secret, he does confirm that Jason “quickly finds himself in a position he may not be able to get out of.”

Now let’s talk about the shirtless elephant in the room. How much skin will Jason be showing this season?

Not much by Jason, actually. A lot of the other boys try their hand at it, though. Believe me, I’m not totally off the radar on that front, but compared to previous seasons, it is a little break.

How does Jason and Crystal’s relationship progress over the course of season four?

She’s very much under a spell, for lack of a better phrase. And Jason’s so in love with this girl that he goes along with it for a little while, but he very quickly finds himself in a position he may not be able to get out of.

Are you familiar with their relationship in the books, or with the books in general?

To a certain point. To be honest, I only read two-and-a-half of the books before I realized that Alan Ball and the rest of the team of writers were doing a very TV savvy version. So in terms of my acting, reading the books didn’t help too much. I didn’t want to know what was going to happen in the future.

We’ve also seen some crazy fairy action in previews. Does Jason get to play with them?

He does not deal with them, certainly in the first half in the season. He’s got his fair share of other things to deal with.

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New York Post Interview with True Blood's Ryan Kwanten

Ryan Kwanten: Jason's in quite a dire state this season

Just when it looked like the world had seen every side of Jason Stackhouse -- mostly the backside, but I digress -- actor Ryan Kwanten teases that "True Blood" season four bathes Bon Temps' resident himbo in an entirely new light: one of maturity and responsibility.

But don't mistake those adjectives for "boring" synonyms. In fact, seeing this new side of Jason reinforces just how far the character has come since the series premiere, which outfitted him in nothing more than a sock. And not the kind that goes on your foot.

Taking Jason from horizontal mambo to upstanding citizen has been one of the greatest experiences of Ryan's career -- but he's even more enthusiastic about the unique hurdles that lie ahead in season four!

PopWrap: What excites you about this new season?

Ryan Kwanten: Jason started so low on the evolutionary rung that he can only improve as a person. This season is the biggest jump in his growth because he has got to man-up and use the skills, however limited they may be, that he’s acquired in his life to survive, look after an entire village of people and to keep his wits about him in many life & death situations. I thought they were poking and prodding me and pulling me in a bunch of different directions the first three seasons, but this year takes it to a whole new level.

PW: How much fun have you had showing all these sides to of a character that many people wrote off as one-dimensional at first?

Ryan: Well, I can only take so much credit – almost all the praise rests on the shoulders of Alan [Ball] & his phenomenal writers. The layers they give Jason are extraordinary. What’s great and amusing to me is that I like how quickly people are to make snap judgments on his character because he is that local lothario who is being led by his nether regions. I think when you look deeper into the reason why he does things, there’s a great insecurity that stems from a need to be loved. A need to be accepted. And I think everyone knows what that feels like.

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Ryan Kwanten On Jason In Season 4

With the season four premiere True Blood quickly approaching (it kicks off Sunday, June 26), Celebuzz had the pleasure of chatting with Ryan Kwanten – the ridiculously good-looking star of our summer TV obsession. And in case you didn’t know, the Australian native is more than just a pretty face (and hot body) — he’s got some serious acting chops that have kicked up some Emmy buzz, and recently he became a life-saving hero.

The down to earth, humble, and flat-out awesome actor took the time to talk with us about the new season, the Emmys and … well … getting naked:


We are big True Blood fans here! How has filming season 4 been so far?
We are at the tail end, we have about another month to go. It has been a whirlwind of a season. We are certainly not getting smaller, it’s been taken to a whole new level.

What can we expect out of your character, Jason Stackhouse, this season?
Jason got it so low on the evolutionary totem pole, so every season he grows more than any other character. This season is no different and probably his biggest growth period. Now a young boy turns into a grown man, and trusts his disposition of authority. He is supposed to look after the family that Crystal left him with so there is a real sense of authority that he really hasn’t really had before. He has always lived a very selfish and self involved life and now he thinks of others before himself.

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Kwanten on Fans......

True Blood's Ryan Kwanten has claimed that the HBO vampire series helped to unite a diverse group of fans.

The Australian actor credited True Blood, The Vampire Diaries and the Twilight film series with helping to bring vampire lore into the "mainstream" of global culture.

Kwanten told Da Man magazine: "It was always a phenomenon that was hard to conceive, because it was never quite in the mainstream. Yet, these are the shows that brought all these fans together from what used to be considered as a cult, more of a minority, out into public view. [Now] it has become pretty much a mainstream force.

"I think it's now in the hands of the audience to demand the trend as it goes now, so I'm happy to be a part of a show like True Blood, which constantly lives up to the expectations of the audience."

Source: Digital Spy

Ryan Kwanten Interview with People.com

From battling addiction to vampire blood to getting mixed up with a fanatical religious group and then sleeping with the preacher’s wife, Ryan Kwanten’s True Blood character, Jason Stackhouse, is always getting into trouble on HBO’s hit show. Luckily for the 32-year-old Australian actor, who has lived in Los Angeles for seven years, he’s nothing like his rural Louisianan alter ego. “We look the same to a certain degree,” he jokes. “But my jeans aren’t as tight.” Before True Blood’s finale on Sept. 13, which Kwanten calls “the amalgamation of pretty much the entire season,” the actor spoke with PEOPLE about his character, Louisiana cooking and how he stays so darn ripped! –Aaron Parsley

Congrats on the success of True Blood. How does it feel?
It’s is not something that you set out expecting [because of] the amount of factors that have to fall into place for a show to even be picked up … True Blood was already a pretty tasty cake before and then now it’s just a nice little cherry on top.

Do you notice a difference between when the first season aired and now?
I’ve really noticed a difference in how people are aware of the show and of me. It’s certainly a new thing to me.

Were you familiar with the Sookie Stackhouse books before you started playing her brother Jason?
It was only after I got the role that I started reading the books to catch up with it, but even then [creator] Alan Ball made us aware that it wouldn’t be following word-for-word, story-for story with the books.

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Spike TV 2009 Nominies

Star Trek earned 17 nominations and tops the list of nominees for Spike TV's SCREAM 2009 Awards, an annual event honoring the best in the sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic genres. Watchmen and X-Men Origins: Wolverine also found a lot of love from the special advisory board responsible for overseeing the selection of nominees, each earning 13 nominations. And HBO's sexy vampire series True Blood picked up 9 nominations including Best Villain (Alexander Skarsgard) and two nominations in the Best Actor category (Ryan Kwanten and Stephen Moyer).
Commenting on his nomination, Skarsgard said, "Everyone knows it's the villains who have the most fun. Thanks to the 'SCREAM' team and congrats to everyone at True Blood. This is very exciting for the whole show."

Wolverine star Hugh Jackman was quoted as saying, "Without all of the fans, the claws would have been sheathed a long time ago! Thank you so much."

Help determine the outcome by voting at scream.spike.com until Saturday, October 17, 2009. The results will be broadcast on a star-studded 2-hour show airing on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27th (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).


SCREAM 2009 Awards Nominees
Ultimate Scream
Drag Me to Hell
Let the Right One In
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Up
Best Fantasy Movie
Coraline
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Twilight
Up
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Best Horror Movie
Dead Snow
Drag Me to Hell
Friday the 13th
Let the Right One In
My Bloody Valentine 3D
Splinter

Best Science Fiction Movie
Knowing
Moon
Outlander
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Actor in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show
Ed Asner - Up
Hugh Jackman - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Robert Pattinson - Twilight
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Michael Sheen - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show
Bruce Campbell - My Name is Bruce
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Kåre Hedebrant - Let the Right One In
Justin Long - Drag Me to Hell
Ryan Kwanten - True Blood
Stephen Moyer - True Blood

Best Actress in a Horror TV Show or Movie
Jennifer Carpenter - Quarantine
Jaime King - My Bloody Valentine 3D
Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
Alison Lohman - Drag Me to Hell
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Monica PotterThe Last House on the Left

Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show
Scarlett Johansson - The Spirit
Jaime King - The Spirit
Rhona Mitra - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Kristen Stewart - Twilight
Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Best Comic Book
Green Lantern
Hack/Slash
Kick-Ass
Thor
The Walking Dead
Wolverine: Old Man Logan

Best Comic Book Movie
Dragonball Evolution
Punisher: War Zone
The Spirit
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Best Director
J.J. Abrams - Star Trek
Tomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In
Michael Bay - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Pete Doctor & Bob Peterson - Up
Duncan Jones - Moon
Sam Raimi - Drag Me to Hell

Best Villain
Eric Bana as Nero in Star Trek
Cam Gigandet as James in Twilight
Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush in Drag Me to Hell
Liev Schrieber as Victor Creed/Sabretooth in X-Men
Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman in True Blood

The Holy Shit! Scene of the Year
The Death Eaters Attack London in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Destruction of Manhattan in Watchmen
Space Dive onto Orbital Drill in Star Trek
The Séance in Drag Me to Hell
The Subway Crash in Knowing
The Swimming Pool Scene in Let the Right One In

Most Memorable Mutilation
The Arm Removal Surgery in Splinter
Arms Cut Off by Rotary Saw in Watchmen
The Eyeball Cake in Drag Me to Hell
Head Ripped Apart by Nazi Zombies in Dead Snow
The Pendulum in Saw V
The Swimming Pool Scene in Let the Right One In

Best Actor in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show
Nicolas Cage - Knowing
Josh Holloway - Lost
Shia LaBeouf - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Chris Pine - Star Trek
Zachary Quinto - Star Trek
Sam Rockwell - Moon

Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show
Moon Bloodgood - Terminator Salvation
Eliza Dushku - dollhouse
Megan Fox - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Lena Headey - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica
Zoe Saldana - Star Trek

Ryan Kwanten Interview

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Ryan Kwanten – 'Jason' in True Blood and 'Soren' in Guardians of Ga'Hoole

Tell me what it's like to be nude on a set all the time?

Ryan Kwanten: "It's a little confronting."

Is it really?

Ryan Kwanten: "Yeah, just to see that modesty patch hanging in the wardrobe is something you don't necessarily look forward to. But I leave myself in the careful hands of Alan Ball so I know it's never going to be exploitation or gratuity for gratuities sake. There's always a point behind it."

But you knew when you took the role that he was going to be naked so much during the series?

Ryan Kwanten: "Yeah. There's certain things that you know going in. And I'm very comfortable with my body. It doesn't really bother me."

Did you work out a lot before you did it?

Ryan Kwanten: "Did I work out a lot? I do anyway. I sort of keep myself in good shape."

Were you familiar with the books before you took on the role?

Ryan Kwanten: "Yeah, I got two and half books in. I haven't had a chance to sort of get back to them but I can see why Alan [Ball] sort of chose the books and I see why the series has translated so well."

Your character is a little different than he's written in the books.

Ryan Kwanten: "A lot of the characters are."

Your's in particular has a lot more to do in the series than he did in the books. Did you find that when you read the first couple of books that you were noticing your character's developed more now?

Ryan Kwanten: "Yeah. As much as it's still very much sort of Anna [Paquin's] or Sookie's storyline, I still get the feeling that it's an ensemble piece, that there's at least sort of four or five storylines sort of happening at once."

How much fun is it to be on this set?

Ryan Kwanten: "The crazy thing is that at these sort of award shows you get asked, 'Tell me a funny story that happened on the set,' but you only have to look at the ridiculous amounts of craziness that Jason gets up to. Every single day I go to set there's something that happens, so it's hard to pinpoint one thing."

Have you ever said no to anything they want him to do?

Ryan Kwanten: "No. You have to just kind of throw out the textbook and everything you think you know about acting and just fly by the seat of your pants. With this character I do."

I actually find him a lot more interesting in the TV show than I did in the books. Did you absolutely grab onto him as soon as you read it?

Ryan Kwanten: "Well I think it was important for him to have a sense of vulnerability and for the audience to be able to sympathize with him, and to not see him as whether it be a piece of meat or just a dumb redneck, that there really is some soul and some hurt deep inside. So I think that was important for me to get across."

Do you still have time to do movies with all the TV stuff going on?

Ryan Kwanten: "Yeah, I'm working on a movie now. It's Zack Snyder's new film called the Guardians of Ga'Hoole."

Is that animated?

Ryan Kwanten: "Yeah, animated.

So who do you play, how do you give voice to?

Ryan Kwanten: "A guy called Kludd. It's set in the world of owls."

Are you a good owl or a bad owl?

Ryan Kwanten: "I can't release too much information… I'm sworn to secrecy."