The actor who portrayed a major character that died on last night’s True Blood season 7 episode said he assumed this was going to happen for a long time.
Spoiler warning!
Joe Manganiello, who has played Alcide on True Blood since season 3, died on season 7, episode 3, “Fire in the Hole,” when he was shot multiple times by someone on Vince’s vigilante team.
Speaking to our friends at Zap2it (hit the link to read more), Manganiello says he wasn’t surprised by the death even when showrunners told him it was happening. “I called it as soon as [Sookie and Alcide] got together [in the Season 6 finale],” he said. “As soon as I read that they were together, the first thing I thought was, ‘They’re going to kill him.’ … As soon as that happened, I went, ‘Aw man, this is not going to last long.'”
True Blood showrunner Brian Buckner took Mangiello out to dinner to break the news of Alcide’s death to the actor. “A few weeks before we started shooting I got the phone call to go out to dinner with the showrunner, Bucky,” he explained. “We went and had a steak, and I went, ‘You’re killing me, right?’ And he went, ‘Yeah.’ He says, ‘You understand it had to happen,’ and I went, ‘Of course.’ And so that was it.”
Manganiello also reflected on his character and what his dying purpose was. “[Sookie’s] always running and getting into trouble, and Alcide’s got to go bail her out,” he said. “He died trying to protect the girl that he loved. That was his MO. He was always running after her or trying to save her, and it eventually led to his death.”
As we noted in our recap of last night’s episode, the final season of True Blood appears unafraid to kill off any and all major characters. We can’t wait to see who’s next!
True Blood season 7, episode 4 airs this Sunday at 9 p.m. eastern/pacific on HBO. Will we see Sookie mourn the loss of her boyfriend? Ms. Stackhouse said in last night’s episode that Alcide loved her more than she loved him, so this death may not affect her too hard.
Many think that this death obviously leaves the door open for Sookie to get back with Bill, but we hope their reunion feels natural instead of forced.
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