Mehcad Brooks hit the LA premiere of the sci-fi thriller ‘Splice’ the other day and before taking in the screening, About.com chatted with him about ‘True Blood’ Season 3 and his directorial debut, ‘The Wolf.’
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True Blood cast hangs out at the MTV Movie Awards Style Lounge
On June - 5 - 2010
Ashley Jones, Carrie Preston, Patrick Gallagher, Dawn Olivieri, Jim Parrack with his wife Ciera and Mehcad Brooks with his dog Buddha all attended the Kari Feinstein MTV Movie Awards Style Lounge held at Montage Beverly Hills on June 4, 2010 in Beverly Hills.
Mehcad Brooks attends Premiere of ‘Splice’
On June - 3 - 2010
True Blood stars in Beauty Book against cancer
On May - 15 - 2010
Anna Paquin and Mehcad Brooks both posed for Australian celebrity photographer Darren Tieste to support the fight against cancer.
Tragedy struck Tieste in 2008, when one of his best friends, fashion designer Natalie Sattler, lost her fight with brain cancer.
Inspired by her courageous struggle, the 35-year-old decided to raise funds for cancer research by doing what he does best – getting behind the camera.
Tieste chased down every major star he could get his hands on and committed them to a photoshoot to appear in the 260-page coffee table book, to go on sale worldwide in August.
Famous Kiwi faces in The Beauty Book include Outrageous Fortune and Ugly Betty hunk Grant Bowler.
Tieste said getting Paquin involved was a real coup.
“Anna’s a great girl, we had three hours with her. She was a big one to get, and the sweetest girl, so down to earth and easy in front of the camera.”
All of the proceeds from the book will go to charity including Snog, or Sydney Neuro-Oncology Group, and Abta, the American Brain Tumour Association.
Pre-order at www.thebeautybook.org
Casting News for True Blood Season 3
On April - 8 - 2010
Two cast members from Season 2 have been confirmed to return and we have an additional two new cast members debuting in Season 3.
RETURNING CAST MEMBERS FROM SEASON 2
Anna Camp will reprise her role as Sarah Newlin in Season 3 starting in Episode 1
Mehcad Brooks (Eggs) will be shown in Season 3 Episode 1 .
NEW CAST MEMBERS FOR SEASON 3
Sean Michael Guess will be added to the cast of True Blood in Episode 3.06, “What Do You Know About Love” as Homer
Rebecca Tilney has been added to the cast of True Blood as Dr. Sekuler in Episode 3.07 – “Let t=The Bodies Hit The Floor”
[DR. SEKULER] Female, in her early 50s, this doctor gives Tara some dire news at the hospital.
Mehcad Brooks gets a new gig on Generation Y
On March - 2 - 2010
Mechad Brooks
Recently we reported that True Blood’s Mehcad Brooks jumping into “The Deep End” series on ABC, well now he is jumping generations because he has now been cast in the ABC pilot Generation Y.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 29-year-old actor, who played Benedict ‘Eggs’ Talley on the HBO series, will play a jock in the documentary-style dramedy.
The plot revolves around a group of former high school students, tracking their paths over the past ten years and the events that have led them to where they are in the present day.
Brooks’s character is a lieutenant in Afghanistan who is trying to get back home to his wife, who is expecting their first child. He will be joined in the project by Jaime King, who has been cast as a beauty queen who is now an unhappily married failed actress.
Mehcad Brooks Jumps True Blood into The Deep End
On February - 18 - 2010
We’ve already reported about Mehcad Brooks, True Blood’s “Eggs” from Season 2, getting a new part in ABC’s The Deep End. In his new show, Brooks can be seen more clothed, figuratively and literally, starring as lawyer Malcolm Bennett, along with Billy Zane, Clancy Brown, Tina Majorino, Nicole Ari Parker, Matt Long and Ben Lawson as members of a Dallas firm.
Here’s the part of an interview pertaining to True Blood with Mehcad and iF Magazine that took place at the Television Critics Association press tour.
When Brooks is asked about going from TRUE BLOOD’s swamps to THE DEEP END’s suits, one might surmise he’s got an in with a wish-granting genie. “My last day of shooting TRUE BLOOD, I was trudging through the swamps in between Lafayette and Baton Rouge,” Brooks relates. “Horrible. It was about 103 degrees, probably 110 heat index. They called ‘Cut!’ and I said, ‘Next job I have, all air conditioning, all suits.’ Not a joke. It’s wonderful.”
iF: Did you have a good experience on TRUE BLOOD, overheated swamp notwithstanding?
BROOKS: [laughs] Swamp notwithstanding, I had an incredible experience on TRUE BLOOD. It was an amazing show to be a part of, very well-received, and it’s always a nice thing when people really appreciate the hard work that you put into something, so I could not have asked for a better run.
iF: Did you know Eggs’ character arc when you initially got the job?
BROOKS: I did. Actually, it was less complicated than that – he was only supposed to be there for three episodes, but after I auditioned, they asked me to join the show, so I said, ‘Sure.’ [Eggs is in the books TRUE BLOOD is based on] only for about three chapters, though. So he’s barely mentioned. He definitely exists, though, trust me. [Novelist] Charlaine Harris called me – it was lovely to speak to her as well. But the character wasn’t all that defined in the literature, so we got to make him up as we went along and I had a lot of input, and [TRUE BLOOD creator/show runner] Alan Ball is a wonderful person to work with, because there was a template for him but no back story, we got to create it and that was a lot of fun.
iF: What’s it like going from Eggs to Malcolm?
BROOKS: Turn off one light and turn on the other one. I’m a lot more like Malcolm than I am like Eggs. Eggs is not as smart as I am, Malcolm’s smarter than me, so I’m somewhere in the middle [laughs]. I’m nowhere near as responsible as Malcolm, but I’m more responsible than Eggs. They’re completely different characters, but that’s what you want as an actor, to go try your hand at something completely different and see if you can stay afloat.
iF: Any final thoughts on THE DEEP END?
BROOKS: THE DEEP END is my favorite show that I’ve had the pleasure of working on. It really is.
Mehcad Brooks attendcs GQ’s Best New Menswear Designers Party
On February - 14 - 2010
True Blood’s Mehcad Brooks attended the GQ’s Best New Menswear Designers Party at the IAC Building on February 11, 2010 in New York City.
More photos in the photo gallery.
Mehcad Brooks is making a name for himself
On January - 29 - 2010
Mehcad Brooks, who played Eggs Benedict in Season 2 of True Blood is off making a name for himself in a new series for ABC called “The Deep End”, which premiered last week. Recently he was interviewed and below is the part of the interview that relates to his experiences on True Blood.
True Blood obviously did a lot for your career and you had good dramatic moments and some much crazier stuff. How was shooting that show?
MB: It was just insane. It was weird. It was crazy but it was actually kind of therapeutic and great for an actor. It’s the type of role that you dream of. You’re able to have the dramatic moments and have these dramatic storylines and arcs but at the same time you get to devour heart pie! One moment you’re having an orgy in the middle of the woods and it’s 45 degrees outside and you can see your breath. You’re actually discussing Kafka and Puccini between pelvic thrusts. And you’re pondering how it is you’re being paid for this and trying to make it seem real.
To read the entire interview, go here.
Mehcad Brooks, Anna Camp and Michael McMillian at the SAG awards
On January - 23 - 2010
On the red carpet at the Golden Globes Mehcad Brooks was interviewed by E. He talked a bit about his part in True Blood, but also about his new role in the ABC series, The Deep End which premiered just last Thursday night.
Anna Camp (Sara Newlin) and Michael McMillian (Rev. Steve Newlin) were also interviewed by E. We’re hoping for their return to True Blood in Season 3.
