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True Blood’s Denis O’Hare admits that he does not want to be typecast as a villain after appearing as the King of Mississippi, Russell Edgington in this season’s True Blood.

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The actor, who joined True Blood in the third season, admitted that he is keen to play different roles in the future.

“I don’t want to be stuck in any kind of typecasting,” he explained. “I love Russell and I had the best time of my life playing him, but I don’t want to play another villain for a while. I don’t want to get stuck in that kind of thing. I want to do something different, just to shake it up and surprise people.”

He also revealed that his character will change dramatically as the season continues.

“From Episode 9 onward, he becomes a different character,” said O’Hare. “He goes into overdrive and actually reverts to a Pagan self. He sheds his veneer of charm and he becomes incredibly dangerous. He loses his control and the mask comes off.”

Do you enjoy the wardrobe you get to wear on the show?
Denis: I get to wear incredible things. My clothes are fantastic. I get to wear Ted Baker, Vervatos, Versace, Hugo Boss and just beautiful stuff. Where I end up in the end of the season, my look is very, very different. My house is a beautiful house, but I end up in a very different place.

How much actual interaction did you get to have with the real wolves?
Denis: I love wolves. I’ve always had a huge fascination with wolves, and I’m a huge dog freak, so I was really looking forward to that. The wolves are very, very skiddish. They’re not dangerous, they’re just high-strung, so their handlers are very protective of them. They want to keep the wolves away from us, rather than keep us away from the wolves. But, we got to meet a couple of them. They were around backstage during some of the scenes, and they’re freaky. They’re not dogs. They are a different creature. They’re wild animals. You just look at them and you can see that they’re really smart. You see a whole different thing going on behind their eyes. The yellow eyes are kind of freaky.

The actual wolves are so sensitive that they’re very difficult to work with because they’re taking in so much, all the time, and they’re so hyper. They never calm down. It didn’t matter how quiet the set got, the wolves were jumpy, so they had to work with hybrid wolves that are half dog/half wolf that are much easier to control. It’s not that wolves can’t be trained, it’s just that they have a different relationship to humans. They don’t need humans, in the way that dogs do, so they don’t really get what’s in it for them. They’re like, “Why do I have to listen to you?” They’re great animals.

O’Hare confirmed that Russell’s storyline will not be wrapped up by the end of the season, claiming that the door is “definitely” open for him to return.

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Denis O’Hare who plays the role of Russell Edgington, the vampire king of Mississippi talks, in the video below, about the creation of his character’s extensive history. He worked with Alan Ball to concoct an extremely powerful figure with fascinating historic roots.

“I think because Russell is so ancient, that he defies a lot of the cultural evolution of vampires,” O’Hare told Wired.com during an interview at Comic-Con International.

It’s a unique spin on the character, which deviates substantially from the character as imagined by author Charlaine Harris, upon whose books the HBO series is based. Find out more about what makes the Celtic pagan vampire so dangerous in the video interview above, in which O’Hare discusses the 2,800-year-old vampire king’s extensive travels through time.

Source: wired.com

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The Broadway production of the Simon Bent play ‘Elling’ will debut this fall on Broadway.  Directed by Doubt’s Doug Hughes it will feature Tony winner and True Blood star, Denis O’Hare, Brendan Fraser and Jennifer Coolidge (“A Mighty Wind,” “Best in Show”).

The play, which was previously seen in London, will be mounted in New York at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. O’Hare would play the title role with Brendan Fraser as a 40-year-old virgin. Coolidge would play Fraser’s girlfriend.

Elling, according to the New York daily, tells the story of “two inmates from a mental institution who, under the supervision of a social worker, are given a shot at living on their own.” Playwright Bent adapted the work from a 2001 Norwegian film.

Howard Panter will produce and star Brendan Fraser will make his Broadway debut, according to the New York Post.

Brendan Fraser has been seen on screen in “Gods and Monsters,” “Crash,” “The Mummy,” “Dudley Do-Right” and more.

Denis O’Hare received a 2004 Tony nomination for his work as Charles Guiteau in the Tony-winning revival of Assassins. He won the Tony for his performance in Take Me Out. O’Hare’s other Broadway credits include Inherit the Wind, Sweet Charity, Major Barbara, Cabaret and Racing Demon.

source: Playbill.com

True Blood’s King of Mississippi, Denis O’Hare is in another interview below from Comic-Con 2010 and this time he is being interviewed by Fangoria Magazine.

The audio is a bit low in this interview, so to hear properly, you’ll have to turn your volume way up.

AP-RED’s Jason Drew sits down for a quiet summer afternoon chat in the park with brilliant actor Denis O’Hare, one of the leading actors in HBO’s True Blood.

Having been in everything from The Proposal with Sandra Bullock, CSI Miami, Law & Order, Brothers and Sisters, The Good Wife to theater performances such as Pig Farm, Sweet Charity, Inherit The Wind, Roundabout’s revival of Cabaret, and way more, Denis is regarded as one of the world’s most prolific actors.

Here, Denis talks about various roles, details about his character Russell, with some really cool behind-the-scenes stories about his work on True Blood.

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In a few short weeks since his first appearance on True Blood Denis O’Hare has made us all fans of the evil Russell Edgington, the King of Mississsippi.

He is certainly shaking up this season since he has managed to tear Bill and Sookie apart, get Eric to do his bidding, and embarked on an ambitious plan to attack the human race with the help of a V-addicted pack of werewolves. Denis O’Hare, an acclaimed theater actor who also plays Judge Abernathy on ‘The Good Wife,‘ is really sinking his teeth into the meaty role. He shared a secret about Russell’s opulent mansion, teases a scandalous upcoming sex scene and hints that soon the king’s reign will be challenged.

Is it good to be the king?
It’s good to be the king. I can do whatever I want to. I have a great house. I get to order people around. I eat who I want to. It’s fantastic.

Can you give me a couple hints about where the king and his vampire-werewolf alliance are headed?
Everybody’s got plans. They think they’re headed in a certain direction and then events take over. Around episodes seven and eight it all starts to go sideways. I’m no exception. All of my plans have to be revised because things start to go really crazy.

Is Russell going to have any more shocking scenes, like the stripper-drinking orgy?
I am in bed with someone in episode ten, and things happen in bed.

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TVDonewright.com‘s Adam Wright has interviewed Denis O’Hare, True Blood’s King of Mississippi. In the part of this exclusive interview below, we find out how he likes being King Russell Edgington, what he thinks of his co-stars and what’s in store for Season 4.

Denis and the cast of True Blood were at Comic-Con 2010 over the past weekend, and after the event, he took time to speak to TVDoneWright.com about his experience there, and on the show.

Adam: You just came from San Diego for Comic-Con 2010. What was it like to be there representing True Blood? How was your first experience at the event?
Denis: Comic-Con was truly a trip and was a lot of fun. The best part for me was hanging out with other members of the cast – it was sort of a reunion. Kristin Bauer, Joe Manignello, Nelsan, Rutina, Deborah, Stephen and Anna – we all got to spend some time together after being apart for almost a month.

Adam: Over the weekend, you must have many encounters with True Blood fans. Tell me about the most memorable or interesting encounter during Comic-Con.
Denis: It was my first time really being out and about as the actor who plays the King and it was wild. I wasn’t mobbed but if I stood still long enough, folks would begin to gather round and then the cameras would come out and the crowd would start growing so I’d move on.

Adam: True Blood has some of the most devoted fans on TV today. Since joining the cast, people must recognize you on the street or in public. What’s the most common thing people tell you?
Denis: I get a variety of things – from someone bowing to me and saying “Your Majesty” to a stewardess who, when I told her that I’d have the chicken, said, “But you’re not supposed to eat”. I”ve lived in my neighborhood in Brooklyn for 12 years and yesterday a woman on the street said to me, “What are you doing here?”. I was like, “I live here”.

Adam: You were a fan of the series before joining the cast. Tell me about how you became King Russell. What was the auditioning process like?
Denis: I didn’t audition which was a very nice thing.

Adam: So you get the official word that you were cast as The Vampire King of Mississippi Russell Edgington, how did you learn the news? How did you celebrate joining the cast of True Blood?
Denis: I was shooting a movie in Budapest – a movie called “The Eagle” and it was evening in Budapest (7 hours ahead of NYC time) and I was strolling around trying to find a restaurant to eat in and worrying a little bit about the future when I got a call from my agent asking me if I wanted to play the vampire King of Mississippi on the hit show True Blood. I was truly floored. I said yes of course. I wanted to tell my boyfriend right away and so I called him but couldn’t get a hold of him and then I had to go to bed because I was shooting early in the morning so I had to sit with the knowledge without telling anyone till the next day.

Adam: What were your initial thoughts on your character? Did you know right away how you wanted to portray him?
Denis: Alan Ball gave me some very nice and clear directions on how to proceed. He told me that Russell is a southern gentleman and is very charming and very deadly. The hard thing about a character like this is that you’re creating in a vacuum – until you actually have a script in front of you, you don’t know how those traits will manifest and so it can be tricky.

Adam: You made your big debut by saving Bill Compton from a pack of wolves (or vice-versa) while riding a horse. Can you think of a grander entrance? I mean… on a horse, how awesome is that! (laughs)
Denis: It was definitely a great entrance. I was already doing some horse riding in Budapest on “The Eagle” so I was in a horsey frame of mind. Short of riding in , I think dropping in from the sky or descending a grand staircase are the only things that come close.

Please go over and read the rest of this interview at TVDoneWright.com.

Rutina Wesley, Kristin Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Denis O’Hare talk True Blood with PopSugar.

CBS interviewed Denis O’Hare at Comic Con about True Blood. O’Hare tells how he loves being covered in blood for the show.

Kristin Bauer, Rutina Wesley, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Denis O’Hare and Charlaine Harris attended the EW and SyFy party during Comic-Con 2010 at Hotel Solamar on July 24, 2010 in San Diego.

More photos in the Comic Con Photo Gallery.