Walter Scott asks … Joe Manganiello (star of HBO’s True Blood, 33)

WS: Did you get cast as the werewolf Alcide Herveaux thanks to your muscles?

JM: In the books he’s physically imposing, but if he had a beer gut and a comb-over and was missing his teeth, that’s how I’d look in the part.

True Blood’s Joe Manganiello Talks ‘Werewolf Dating’

WS: You were an athletic kid. How did your dad react when you wanted to become an actor?

JM: Any father who has a 6-foot-5 kid who can run, throw, catch, dunk, and slide — I mean, you’re gonna be upset. But recently he wrote me a poem about a werewolf and framed it and brought it to me. I started crying. It was just this magical moment.

WS: Are there any similarities between you and Alcide?

JM: Yeah, there’s an episode where I cook a steak and walk off to eat it without a fork. That’s me — but not on a date. At least not on a first date.

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