
True Blood’s delicious star Ryan Kwanten grabs the June/July cover for DaMan magazine.
The actor shares his thoughts on the vampire craze in entertainment, what he thinks of being labelled a sex symbol and his loyalty to his native Australian film industry.
On why vampires are on everybody’s mind: “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. And 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.”
On the sex symbol label: “It’s hard to fully accept the title with complete and utter humility. It’s obviously not my goal to have this title, but if someone wants to give it, hey I’m all for it, you know. But, at the end of the day, I’m an actor and if that’s what comes out of it, that’s great; that’s more of a byproduct of something that I’m trying to achieve.”
On his downtime from True Blood, why he always heads home to Australia: “The shooting of the show takes six months and then it has six months off. In those six months off, I try to do between two or three films and with one of those films I try to go back and support the local Australian film industry. I’m going back there again this year to do another film, and I’ve done that every year.”
Season 4 of True Blood premieres on HBO on Sunday June 26th.