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  • who I love so much.

  • with the newest resident in Bon Temps,

  • Nathan Parsons.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • And then the beautiful Jessica, Deborah Ann Woll.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • Lafayette himself, Nelsan Ellis.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • ( woman shouts )

  • Thank you.

  • Miss Arlene, Carrie Preston.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • And his first time at Comic-Con,

  • Chris Bauer, Andy Bellefleur.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • And the now Buddhist Sarah Newlin, Anna Camp.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • ( laughs )

  • Executive producer Brian Buckner.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • Bauer: Dead man walkin'.

  • Pam, Kristin Bauer van Straten.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • Man: I love you, Pam!

  • - ( Stack chuckles ) - ( cheering, applause )

  • The dearly departed Tara Thornton,

  • Rutina Wesley.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • Stack: Look at that jacket! That's such a cool--

  • I love that jacket.

  • Sam Merlotte, Sam Trammell.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • Mr. Bill Compton, Stephen Moyer.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • And the lady who without this show wouldn't exist,

  • Sookie Stackhouse, Anna Paquin.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • - Audience members: Go, season eight! - Okay.

  • - ( laughs ) Season eight. - Season eight.

  • This is crazy.

  • Well, you guys, let's go back--

  • since this is maybe one of the last times

  • you'll all be together onstage,

  • what do you all remember from shooting the pilot?

  • Did you immediately think, "This is something special"?

  • Did you think, like, "I can't believe this--

  • I don't know if this is gonna go"?

  • What did you guys think? What are your memories of that pilot?

  • - Moyer: Can anybody remember seven years ago? - ( laughter )

  • There was that little lot--

  • I just remember that "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"

  • was shooting right next door

  • and we had all these naked bloody people walking around.

  • That's my memory.

  • What about the rest of you guys?

  • You have any memories? Anna, Stephen?

  • - No? - I mean, yeah, but somebody else go first.

  • - Stack: Okay. - I remember Merlotte's.

  • - Stack: Yeah. - One of the only sets that was actually built

  • at the time was his bar,

  • and I remember walking around

  • and looking at every single detail,

  • every beautiful little-- there's loads of posters that you won't have seen

  • of the Louisiana peach-eating competition

  • or the best peach in Louisiana.

  • - Paquin: I think it's Peach Festival. - Peach Festival.

  • And all of these little posters up

  • that were brought in by Ron and Suzuki Ingerslev

  • and just thinking, "Wow, this is amazing,

  • this-- the world that they're setting up."

  • Trammell: Yeah, they literally have, like, cards

  • for carpenters and plumbers from Louisiana,

  • like real people tacked on the back of the bar.

  • It's really detailed. It's pretty amazing.

  • Rutina, do you have any memories?

  • I love when Tara yells at that lady in the store.

  • That's, like, my favorite-- I love that.

  • Wesley: I think that's one of my favorite scenes

  • of the whole series.

  • I remember from the pilot for me just being terrified

  • because it was my first job--

  • almost my first job out of school,

  • and I was like, "Oh, my God, just please don't fire me.

  • Please don't fire me."

  • But I remember just having a lot of fun,

  • learning a lot really quickly.

  • And all these guys, of course, were so welcoming,

  • so it was a lot of fun.

  • And Nelsan, Lafayette was supposed to die originally

  • and you-- I think Stephen told me the story

  • that you-- I think you were, like, with Alan.

  • You guys were, like, "We can't kill this guy off. He's too good."

  • Woman: Yeah, he is!

  • ( laughter, cheering )

  • Well, I'm glad he kept me with a job.

  • ( laughing )

  • It's funny because what I remember most is

  • I was like, "Do my shirts have to be this tight?

  • Jesus, okay."

  • Do you guys have-- over the course-- over seven years now,

  • do you guys have favorite sort of, like, what-the-eff moments?

  • Sort of fave-- I always think about the meat tree.

  • I love the meat tree. I think the meat tree is just--

  • I like the idea of it.

  • But, like, Stephen, do you-- the Lorena sex where you--

  • I'm just gonna go back to something

  • 'cause you just made me think of it, Nelsan.

  • There was a moment in the pilot

  • that we talked about before, Tim--

  • there was a moment in the pilot where Nelsan

  • is cooking grits or something.

  • Was it, Nelsan? What were you cooking?

  • Ellis: I think I was cooking burgers.

  • Paquin: When you started humping the thing--

  • And he starts basically doing this...

  • Ellis: Oh, six gear.

  • That was my six gears.

  • - What was it? - That was my six gears.

  • ( Buckner laughs ) It's your six gears.

  • And at which point he turns around and says,

  • "Everybody love the pussy.

  • John, even you. You scared of the pussy, right?"

  • And there was this guy,

  • this extra that was there just for the day

  • that was Big John, as he became known,

  • and because of that moment when Nelsan turned around and said,

  • "Even Big John's scared of the pussy," even at that moment,

  • Big John has been in every single one of our episodes ever since.

  • - Because of him. - Stack: Oh.

  • Because of Nelsan.

  • I like that, I like that.

  • Brian, there's been a lot more flashbacks, I think, this season,

  • especially with Bill and Pam and Eric.

  • Is that a conscious decision to show--

  • I mean, do you guys want to bring things full circle?

  • Because it started with Bill and the Civil War stuff.

  • Well, with Bill-- we've got a character

  • who we turned into a vampire god.

  • And he wasn't that nice when he was a vampire god,

  • so, honestly, the thinking there was,

  • as Bill tries to find his way back to himself,

  • let's give him a little help by flashing back to his human life.

  • And that's kind of the case across the boards

  • with a lot of the flashbacks--

  • to give a little bit more context, you know.

  • How Pam and Eric came to Shreveport in the first place.

  • Just filling in holes that were out there

  • and learning something else about these characters

  • who we've already spent a lot of episodes with.

  • So, yeah, for sure conscious,

  • but we've always done flashbacks.

  • There's just some purpose to them.

  • - Stack: Right. - Yeah.

  • I love-- my favorite flashback so far this year

  • was the fact that Pam and Eric owned a video store franchise.

  • Mm-hmm.

  • Who came up with-- where'd that come from?

  • Was that your idea? How did that even come to be?

  • We wanted to do a flashback to how they came to Shreveport.

  • There was, um--

  • we're like, it needs to be the worst punishment imaginable.

  • Like, the worst punishment imaginable.

  • And it was one of our writers, Craig Chester,

  • who actually said, "A video store."

  • And, yeah, so that's how we came to that.

  • And, Kristin, how-- those must've been so fun to shoot.

  • I mean, the '80s clothes-- I know you love your costumes as Pam,

  • but those were, like, another level, I think.

  • Was that a blast to shoot?

  • Yeah, the '80s was another level

  • and it was really fun to go back there and have even more hair,

  • and it really is so brilliant

  • that we end up in this fluorescently lit video store

  • and then also that the throne,

  • which Alex and I had been imagining he was carrying around since his Viking days

  • and treasuring that it was his father's,

  • you know, was found by Ginger in an alley.

  • ( laughter )

  • It was amazing, and to see Ginger,

  • how we met her and the transformation,

  • and Alex-- you know, the slo-mo walk where he was dressed

  • basically as Jason Priestly when Ginger first sees him

  • and gives up her college career.

  • Alex sort of did the slo-mo walk.

  • He didn't have to, but he kind of actually in person did it

  • and it was really-- it was an amazing day.

  • Yeah? And, now, you were telling me earlier, you want--

  • there's a piece of Merlotte's-- not of Merlotte's,

  • of Fangtasia you specifically want to take.

  • Can you explain what-- that piece you'd like to keep?

  • Well, you know, it was my last day in Fangtasia,

  • I think I was the only one who realized it,

  • and then it was the end of a long day

  • and everybody was busy and trying to get out of there

  • and I was trying to stay out of the way,

  • ( voice breaks ) but take a moment--

  • uh-oh, Stephen, it's happening.

  • And he's counting how many times today.

  • 96.

  • And I really was too overwhelmed

  • 'cause I'm thinking, "Do I want to cherish

  • that weird little Aunt Jemima skeleton tchotchke for the rest of my life?

  • I don't know what I want."

  • I took nothing,

  • and then I realized that there's three paintings.

  • So it's our executive producer Gregg Fienberg as a vampire,

  • Clinton as a vampire, and Bush as a vampire.

  • And-- Clinton and Bush, I'm good with either,

  • but after this last episode, Republi...can,

  • I think it should be Bush.

  • I love that, I love that.

  • Speaking of last days-- so, you guys have wrapped, you're done.

  • What were your individual last days like?

  • - I mean, do you-- - Oh, boy.

  • It must've been just so surreal

  • because it's been seven years.

  • It's been a huge journey. So many life changes.

  • - I mean, what... - ( cheering, applause )

  • And I'm assuming you all wrapped on different days,

  • so what were those days like for you all?

  • ( panel laughing )

  • Um, I remember my last day was very-- it was weird.

  • I did my last close-up for the night, you know,

  • and then it was just kinda like-- it was over.

  • And then I kind of walked to the side,

  • and Adina just came running up to me,

  • and she just, like, grabbed me

  • and we just hugged for a good five, 10 minutes and just cried.

  • It just kind of hit me all at once.

  • I didn't think it would hit me like that,

  • but it just kind of hit me, and it was just--

  • it was beautiful and sad

  • and also, like, it's on to new things, you know?

  • Let me jump in real quickly and say that people have not seen the last of Rutina yet.

  • When she talks about her last day--

  • you haven't seen her last day yet.

  • 'Cause I know a lot of people are worried about that.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • Woll: I would say, in true "True Blood" fashion,

  • my last day-- I wrapped at 4:00 AM

  • out in the woods somewhere.

  • Um, but I don't know.

  • I thought that was kind of fitting and it was nice

  • because we actually did wrap a bunch of people

  • all together earlier that night,

  • so we had a moment where at least half the cast,

  • if not more, were together and could kind of say good-bye,

  • - and I was just a couple hours later. - Buckner: It was 17.

  • - It was, like, 17 people in one scene. - 17 people wrapped at once.

  • And it was a beautiful scene.

  • - Buckner: Yeah. - It was a beautiful scene.

  • The dressing-- I thought it was appropriate...

  • - Preston: Yeah. - ...that we all--

  • well, a lot of us wrapped out of that scene that day.

  • Preston: I think I was the first to crumble.

  • I looked over at Chris and I just--

  • the waterworks started going

  • and then everybody else just--

  • we all just, you know, were in each other's arms

  • and mourning, you know?

  • But celebrating, too. Celebrating, too.

  • But... it's been a profound time.

  • I mean, we started crying at the table read for that episode, you know?

  • So we've been crying for, like, months, at this point.

  • Bauer: I'm still waiting for that cry, actually.

  • - It's coming, it's coming. - Preston: It's gonna happen today.

  • Stack: Yeah. I'm gonna make you cry by the end of this panel.

  • - Okay, thank you. - Stack: Damn it.

  • Be alive.

  • What about you guys? Do you remember your last day?

  • Um, ahem, I--

  • again, as Deborah Ann just said,

  • for me it was 5:00 in the morning

  • and been there all day

  • and, you know,

  • you guys are as much part of this as we are, in a way,

  • because you invest in it when you're watching it from the very beginning,

  • and what you don't see is the same camera operator,

  • the same focus pullers,

  • the same costume guys, the same sound guys--

  • all those people have been with us since the very beginning,

  • and I said this morning, it's kind of almost like you're doing a--

  • seven years is like doing a doctorate in vampirism,

  • you know, and it's all with the same people.

  • And that is just extraordinary to be able to spend that much time

  • and get to know people and love them as we do.

  • And so for me, that last moment was being hit

  • by saying good-bye to all of those guys

  • because I knew I was gonna see everyone here,

  • but saying good-bye to that lot was really tough.

  • And they wheeled out a big cake with my--

  • do you remember that bottle that had "Missing Bill Compton"

  • from years and years ago, one of the posters?

  • Paquin: I think it was when you proposed and then got kidnapped.

  • There you go, it was when I got kidnapped.

  • There was just this giant cake and it was lovely and--

  • - On the TV show, not in real life. - What was that?

  • On the TV show, not in real life.

  • Anyway, it was amazing and just, you know--

  • just so grateful to have worked

  • with so many extraordinary people,

  • and this is the last time we'll all be together in this guise,

  • and so we're still mourning the end of that, you know.

  • Stack: What about you, Miss Paquin?

  • Well, my last day was--

  • I mean, the last real day of shooting properly--

  • I think they had some visual effects shots to pick up the next day

  • and we were out an hour and a half outside of LA,

  • so the second that we wrapped,

  • everyone had to pack their shit up

  • and get out of there as fast as possible, basically,

  • 'cause we're not on any of our main locations.

  • And through some, I don't know, complete--

  • I know it wasn't personal,

  • but there was no power when I got back to my trailer,

  • so I couldn't find my stuff to get dressed.

  • Stack: Wow, they had flicked off the lights. "Paquin's done, bye."

  • But you have to understand, the second they call wrap,

  • when you're, like, really in the middle of--

  • those boys who drive work, like, 24-hour days.

  • They get on it immediately,

  • so they were switching generators over or something,

  • but the upshot was the exact moment I walked into my trailer,

  • it was like, "Oh, we really are done."

  • Stack: It's over. No power left.

  • "'Cause I can't even find my clothes,"

  • which is a problem I've had on "True Blood" rather a lot.

  • Yeah, that's a problem you have a lot on "True Blood."

  • - That's-- - "Where are my clothes?

  • Whoops, I just walked out of the kitchen naked.

  • I don't know what's happening."

  • Nathan, you joined the show this year.

  • - Mm-hmm. - What's this been like? I mean, you know--

  • - ( cheering, applause ) - It-- yeah.

  • It's been incredible.

  • It's been an incredible year.

  • You know, I don't have the same history

  • and the same memories that all these guys have,

  • but day one I felt right at home.

  • Everyone was really great welcoming me in,

  • and I was just thrilled to be a part of this show.

  • And as brief as my time was on it, it was so much fun,

  • and I couldn't ask to work with a better group of people.

  • This cast and crew were incredible.

  • - Top-notch. - Buckner: Yeah.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • Thank you, guys.

  • Woll: Just so you know, Nathan and I went to school together.

  • - Yeah, we did. - So it was really exciting to have him come on.

  • It was, like, such a nice thing.

  • Nathan and I went to school together, too.

  • ( laughter )

  • You took me to school on that one.

  • I'm glad they put Deborah Ann between you guys.

  • I feel like I'm in the middle of something.

  • No, please, it's all right. You're all right.

  • A love sandwich.

  • Brian, what was the decision-- was James always--

  • earlier, I was calling him the bisexual vampire.

  • He's bisexual.

  • Does it sound Southern? Bisexual.

  • Did you guys make the decision early--

  • was it last season you decided to make him--

  • did you know that he would become a love interest for Lafayette?

  • No. I mean, no.

  • We were sort of flying by the seat of our pants

  • with the vamp camp and everything like that

  • and we knew that we needed to reinvigorate the show

  • with some more love complications.

  • We hit on that one pretty early on

  • in our preproduction this year,

  • and I think it's messy and awesome

  • and-- and, you know, it's not done changing,

  • it's not done evolving,

  • so it's a really fun, soapy way

  • to take us out of the series.

  • Anna Camp-- there's too many Annas on this panel.

  • Anna Camp, what do you think about Sarah--

  • I mean, I thought we had seen the last of Sarah last season,

  • but now she's back and Buddhist and,

  • you know, rockin' some brown hair.

  • Totally rocking the brown hair.

  • Stack: Were you excited to come back?

  • I was very excited to come back.

  • As I was saying earlier, last season reading the script

  • when Jason had the gun under my throat,

  • I thought my head was gonna get blown off,

  • and I thought I kind of deserved it, to be honest.

  • But, no, I've been very happy to be back.

  • I had no clue that I was gonna come back,

  • and I hope people-- I think I get what I deserve.

  • Stack: Oh, interesting.

  • So, we'll see. We'll see.

  • - We'll see. - I had to explain it to her boyfriend

  • when he saw the punishment on the set.

  • I was like, "She deserves this. You need to know, Skylar."

  • This is not me just being mean to her.

  • - Stack: Gosh. - Camp: He was not happy.

  • Stack: Wow, okay, so that sounds pretty brutal.

  • Brian, maybe this is too geeky, but we are at Comic-Con--

  • I thought the scene when Sarah is running through the Republican fundraiser,

  • the scene when Alex stops her,

  • was that a direct homage to "Terminator 2"?

  • 'Cause it reminded me a lot of "Terminator 2."

  • It was not a direct homage to "Terminator 2,"

  • unless you ask the director, who may or may not have seen "Terminator 2"

  • and forgotten that he was doing something he'd seen.

  • I'm not sure,

  • but, no, not a direct homage.

  • Stack: I didn't know. Did anyone else--

  • I felt that-- maybe-- all right.

  • Anyways. Alone.

  • Kristin, so you apparently--

  • I was reading Ted Cruz is not happy with you all, apparently.

  • van Straten: I know. Isn't this great?

  • Based on that-- and Sarah Palin, too, right?

  • I know, why not?

  • She'll weigh in on anything. I don't know why she-- yeah.

  • - ( laughter, cheering ) - Right?

  • Stack: I feel like you guys don't run in the same circles,

  • so I feel like maybe you won't run into her...

  • Yeah, you know, being an animal rights person,

  • when I first knew of her,

  • she was just the wolf killer lady from Alaska,

  • so it's sweet many, many years later

  • that I've made her angry.

  • ( laughter )

  • Apparently. I didn't-- it's your fault.

  • Buckner: Mmm.

  • But I did have fun doing it.

  • ( laughter, cheering )

  • Sam, what can you say about Sam and Nicole?

  • Because in this last episode,

  • Sam and Nicole seem kind of on the rocks.

  • It does not seem like she's enjoying Bon Temps,

  • which-- it's a little cray-cray in that town.

  • What's gonna happen with them? Can you tease anything?

  • Well, you know, Sam's story has always--

  • has been about family for the last few years.

  • And I can't say too much, but she has really

  • sort of a very objective outside view on this town

  • and how insane it is.

  • I actually haven't seen that episode.

  • I've seen the first four.

  • But, you know, I'm--

  • we'll see how committed I am to her

  • and how committed she is to staying or whatever.

  • I can't say too much, but, yeah.

  • Chris, are you surprised by Andy's evolution?

  • Because he's-- it's really quite the transformation, I'd say,

  • from just the sheriff-- the cranky sheriff

  • into a family man, kind of.

  • Yeah, yeah, that's really weird

  • 'cause I was just sitting here thinking,

  • "I hope he asks me if I'm surprised about Andy's evolution."

  • ( cast laughing )

  • - Um... - Stack: Sorry.

  • But we had a connection before this started,

  • - so I'm not surprised. - Stack: I know, we did. We chatted.

  • Yeah, it's the most gratifying--

  • besides everything that you guys have already all heard

  • and the experience of working with these people,

  • the most gratifying thing-- kind of slowly,

  • like water over a stone, working on a character,

  • to look back over your shoulder

  • and see how much this character has grown--

  • basically he's become as lovable as I am in real life.

  • ( cast laughs )

  • But wasn't at the beginning.

  • And, you know, I don't do that on my own.

  • - That comes from writers. - Stack: Yeah.

  • What was it like-- do you have--

  • I'll ask you this question, then.

  • Do you have other moments where you--

  • it's such a wild show.

  • Witnessing the multiple fairy births

  • must be one of those moments where you're like,

  • "This is kind of a fun job.

  • This is a pretty-- this is not a typical--

  • I'm not an accountant or anything.

  • It's a pretty goofy job."

  • Yeah, it's a pretty great job.

  • I kind of feel that every day

  • because, like, I always say, I've never had to lift anything heavy

  • one day of work.

  • And then you throw on things like that--

  • watching babies be born on a pool table.

  • - It's pretty fun. - Stack: Yeah.

  • Carrie, is Arlene-- it seems like we're setting up Arlene

  • to have a new, hot vampire man in her life.

  • - Is that correct? - Maybe.

  • ( scattered cheers )

  • I mean, like I was saying earlier to you,

  • I don't think you introduce a hot vampire on "True Blood"

  • without doing something with him.

  • - ( laughter, cheering ) - Um...

  • I feel like this season I kind of arrived on "True Blood"

  • because I got a vampire exploding in my crotch.

  • So, that happened,

  • and so I had blood all over me

  • and I had to learn from all of these guys

  • how to remove the blood from your body,

  • which is shaving cream, b-t-dubs.

  • I don't know if you guys know that, but, yeah.

  • And then maybe there's some stuff coming up

  • between Arlene and Keith

  • that I've never had to do ever on camera before.

  • - Stack: Oh, dear. - ( audience cheering )

  • And, Anna and Stephen, we talked about this before,

  • but you guys have more scenes together this season.

  • It feels like Bill and Sookie are sort of finding their way back to each other.

  • Is that true? I don't know if we can say.

  • - Buckner: Don't answer that. - Paquin: Bucky?

  • I mean, is there hope for Bill and Sookie?

  • Can they make it?

  • They might.

  • They're in each other's spheres for sure.

  • I mean, yeah, it's better that I handle this one.

  • They-- look...

  • at the end of the day, it's a television show, right?

  • This show started out and worked

  • because of the chemistry they shared.

  • They got married for us, for Christ's sake.

  • - Stack: It's all for the show. - Moyer: As soon as this is over, boom.

  • Meh.

  • Camp: That's awesome.

  • Buckner: Thanks for waiting.

  • Paquin: We have a couple more hours. Don't worry.

  • We have HFPA on Monday. We're not gonna--

  • But I certainly felt going into it

  • that we had to come back to Bill and Sookie.

  • How we're coming back to them, we're not telling you.

  • But, um-- but... that's about it.

  • That's about it. Yes, of course.

  • Of course we've intentionally put these two back together onscreen.

  • Stack: Have you guys liked playing opposite each other more?

  • 'Cause I feel like there was a time where you guys--

  • especially when Bill was sort of crazy-Lilith-Bill,

  • there was a lot of separation.

  • Well, no, obviously I hate spending time with him. That's why I married him.

  • Stack: Right, of course, it's terrible.

  • 'Cause I want to torture myself.

  • No, it's-- the way our show generally works,

  • we're generally shooting two episodes almost

  • at the same time for most of the time,

  • so in seasons where Stephen and I

  • have not had as many scenes,

  • we're literally on, like, two different TV shows,

  • like, not even-- maybe see each other briefly at work,

  • so, yes, I actually really do enjoy getting to see my husband.

  • Stack: What about you, Stephen?

  • I feel incredibly lucky

  • to have got to work with Anna at all,

  • and so...

  • getting to do any stuff is fantastic.

  • And I have missed working with her,

  • and as Anna said, sometimes we don't actually get to see each other at work,

  • only at home.

  • I mean, I-- I, as an actor on this show,

  • have got to do most of my stuff with Anna and with Deborah Ann Woll,

  • and that's an unbelievable embarrassment of riches.

  • And this year, also, I've got to work with Chris Bauer,

  • who I have enormous respect for,

  • so I-- it's just incredible.

  • We've got an unbelievable cast

  • and I get to work with all these wonderful people.

  • And thank you, Bucky, for giving me a couple of those scenes.

  • Brian, when you-- like, for example, with Tara--

  • we've seen a lot of deaths this season on "True Blood" with Tara and Alcide.

  • Is that a conversation-- do you wait

  • and tell the actor that until the script is written?

  • Or do you know that-- do you tell them at the beginning of the season?

  • How do you sort of handle that?

  • No, I think waiting at this point would be barbaric.

  • Stack: Right, right.

  • No, I mean, we had the conversation

  • and, you know, we talked about why,

  • and I think that it's hard to take the news,

  • but, you know,

  • we've had a show with this cast of many

  • and we do a lot of teasing

  • that there's gonna be consequences.

  • And I think if a band of marauding, hungry vampires

  • comes to town, something's gotta happen

  • or you've kind of got no stakes in the world of your show.

  • So, it's sad,

  • I feel a bit like an executioner,

  • but, you know--

  • but I think we handled it as best we could between us.

  • I think it hurts.

  • It's so funny-- this panel's a little bit sad, right?

  • - Paquin: Last men standing. - Yeah.

  • But, you know...

  • there's loss for all of us,

  • so it's, you know, bittersweet.

  • Stack: Rutina, when you got the news, what did you think?

  • Were you shocked? Were you prepared?

  • Or were you kind of at peace with it?

  • ( scoffs )

  • No, I wasn't prepared.

  • I remember being like, "Oh, I'm the first. Okay."

  • But I was okay with it.

  • I was okay with it because I got a kick-ass fight.

  • And I was really excited about that fight,

  • so for me it was cool to see Tara go out fighting.

  • I thought that was a good way to see her go out.

  • So I was-- I mean, I was okay with it.

  • I mean, after a while. I had to get over some stuff,

  • but I was cool after a while.

  • Buckner: And, again, her story wasn't over, you know.

  • You get a certain amount of backlash going,

  • "I can't believe they did it that way."

  • But it's like, "Hold on, hold on.

  • We may be telling a story you don't expect here."

  • So, you know, it's hard to bite your tongue, but I bit it.

  • How was the party--

  • in last week's episode they had that big celebration--

  • celebrating Alcide's life and Tara's.

  • Was that fun to shoot? Because that was probably one of the first times

  • you guys have all been in a room together for a while.

  • You're always kind of separated.

  • Was that a fun sequence?

  • Paquin: Yes and absolutely not.

  • It was the party that had little pieces of it

  • in different locations on different days

  • with different actors that actually ended up

  • lasting for about three months.

  • Stack: Oh, dear. Wait, why?

  • Because of scheduling and who has to work when

  • and where you're shooting things.

  • Like, literally, we were still shooting pieces from the party

  • probably a good month after we had started.

  • - Stack: Oh, my gosh. - I mean, I was exaggerating with the three,

  • but it was kind of weird to try to maintain--

  • Stack: Drunkenness.

  • Or just, like, continuity.

  • Bruckner: We can maintain drunkenness.

  • Preston: But that was some of my favorite stuff.

  • Some of my favorite stuff was in that episode

  • 'cause I'm really partial to drunk Arlene.

  • I love it when they give me stuff like that to do.

  • And Anna and I-- before we would do the scene where we were doing shots,

  • right at the beginning, we'd stand up

  • and spin around and round and round and round and round

  • so we can get really dizzy and stuff.

  • And so you're doing that for, like, five hours,

  • you start to feel really drunk.

  • And then doing that scene with Keith

  • and then having to go make tinkle and all that stuff.

  • It was really fun.

  • Who got the wildest at the wrap party?

  • Who was the most fun at that party

  • out of you guys?

  • - Gregg Fienberg. - ( all laughing )

  • - van Straten: Was he? - Buckner: Yeah.

  • van Straten: That's so cute.

  • - Stack: Was he sloppy or was he-- - No, full of love.

  • Kristin, you and Alex are very close.

  • This must be-- I don't want you to get emotional,

  • but this must be a very--

  • this must have been a really hard thing, to say good-bye.

  • I remember Brian told me that your last scenes together

  • are very intense, they're very emotional.

  • Yeah, and I've been crying for, like, a year

  • about when that day would come,

  • and so as it got closer and closer,

  • I started telling Alex, like--

  • and I had my last--

  • remember, we were having a scene

  • and Stephen, at one point, said,

  • "This is our last scene."

  • And then I was like, "And with you and with you."

  • There's so many lasts and they hit me at odd times,

  • but with Alex--

  • that's the most significant relationship for me and for Pam

  • and I thought he would be rock-solid Swede,

  • but when I saw him crack--

  • and I kept telling him, "Let's just say, 'See you tomorrow,'"

  • just like any other day.

  • And I was like, "Oh, no, oh, no.

  • See you tomorrow, see you tomorrow."

  • And I just tried to get outta there.

  • And you were there, and it was really sweet.

  • And then there were many lasts

  • and then I thought my last was the last

  • and we didn't get part of it,

  • and then there was another and, you know.

  • So, on my last-last,

  • because there are two crews running at the same time,

  • almost everybody was on the lot

  • and they orchestrated an incredibly sweet send-off.

  • Man: Gonna miss you, Pam!

  • - Thank you! - Audience members: We love you!

  • - Thank you. - ( audience cheering )

  • Stack: I was wondering if you guys--

  • if you could play a different character on "True Blood,"

  • male or female, other than your own,

  • who would you want to be?

  • - Buckner: Sam? - Wesley: Sam, yeah.

  • - Trammell: Me? Why me? - Buckner: Huh?

  • Why would you want to be me?

  • Why did I say your name?

  • Yeah, why would you-- I'm just curious--

  • I was wondering if you wanted to do Alex for everybody.

  • - Oh, no. No, no, no, no. - Camp: It's so good.

  • - I thought you meant being me. - Moyer: Hang on a minute.

  • - I thought Bucky wanted to be Sam. - Moyer: Ladies and gentlemen--

  • I'm not a character on "True Blood."

  • Moyer: Ladies and gentlemen, every now and again

  • - some people can't make it to a table read. - This--

  • Be quiet, you.

  • Somebody can't make it to a table read

  • and, inevitably, other actors end up playing those characters.

  • And I'm gonna give you the back of this to read, Sam Trammell.

  • - No, no, no. - Yes, I am.

  • - Yes. - Yes, I am.

  • It has to be Eric dialogue or it doesn't work.

  • - I'm sick. - He's not very well. Come on.

  • - I've got food poisoning. - He does-- he does Alex.

  • Here's the deal. People make way bigger deal about this than it is, A.

  • But I do end up reading Alex because, for some reason,

  • he's not at the table reads sometimes.

  • But also you guys don't have scenes together, so it doesn't--

  • - Oh, right, right. - Do you know what I mean?

  • Would anybody like to hear Sam Trammell do Alexander Skarsgard?

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • I really-- I'm not at all, um--

  • ( as Skarsgard ) "Please be aware that many members of your audience

  • may be under the age of 18."

  • ( normal voice ) I don't-- it's-- it's--

  • - ( clapping ) - Woll: He's so good.

  • I'll do more later. I'll do more-- how about that?

  • - I'm not prepared. - Moyer: I'm gonna give him something to study

  • and then he'll do something for us later.

  • He's in so much trouble right now.

  • But I would-- but my answer would be Eric.

  • - I would like to-- - Stack: You would like to be Eric.

  • 'Cause I feel like I've been Eric a lot at table reads.

  • I feel like you say "Pamela" like Alex.

  • Like, that's one of the words at the table read where I'm like, "Oh!"

  • ( as Skarsgard ) Pamela.

  • Pamela-- that was it. You have the intonation.

  • Stack: What about the rest of you guys? Who would you want to be?

  • Is there another character you respond to?

  • - Paquin: Russell Edgington. - Stack: Mmm, interesting.

  • Amazing.

  • Stack: Why Russell?

  • I mean, do I need to explain?

  • - Stack: I guess not. - Does that not speak for itself?

  • And also while we're at it, can I please be Denis O'Hare?

  • Stack: Okay, yeah, totally. Denis O'Hare, amazing.

  • Bauer: I feel like it's really obvious

  • that Andy Bellefleur wants to be Jason Stackhouse.

  • ( audience cheering )

  • Who wouldn't?

  • van Straten: I know. That's my pick.

  • Stack: What about the rest of you guys? Nelsan?

  • Is there anyone else you'd wanna be?

  • - Pam. - Stack: Yeah.

  • ( laughter )

  • van Straten: There is some crossover between our characters.

  • Our eyelashes...

  • Stack: The wardrobe wouldn't have to change that much.

  • Right?

  • - Stack: At least the accessories. - Yeah.

  • Stack: What about-- Deborah Ann, what about you?

  • Um, maybe Sarah Newlin.

  • - It's such a fantastic character... - Camp: Thanks.

  • but I feel like part of the reason I say that

  • is 'cause Anna's so fantastic at it

  • and I would not be as fantastic at it.

  • Camp: Aw, thanks, Deb.

  • - Yeah. - Thank you.

  • You're, like, the only person who would wanna--

  • - What? - And I would be you.

  • Yay, aw. We should do that.

  • We should switch. Hey, spin-off, you know?

  • - Hey, hey. - Stack: Oh, yeah. Oh, I'd love that.

  • Rutina, what about you?

  • Wesley: I would be Pam 'cause she has the best wardrobe,

  • the best lines, the best everything.

  • There's some good lines, I gotta say.

  • I'd probably pick Pam, too.

  • ( all laugh )

  • Thanks to this guy, these lines are amazing they hand me.

  • Stack: Carrie, what about you? Would you want to be anyone else besides Arlene?

  • Um, well, I pretty much love Arlene,

  • but I wouldn't mind being Sam.

  • I wouldn't mind being a shape-shifter.

  • - Stack: Yeah? - Yeah.

  • Stack: You'd have to be naked a lot, though.

  • - Huh? - Stack: You'd have to be naked a lot.

  • True, can I change my answer?

  • - Yes. - Okay.

  • Um, Lafayette, yeah.

  • - ( cheering, applause ) - Yeah.

  • ( laughter )

  • van Straten: He did that thing.

  • I flicked my hair.

  • My imaginary hair.

  • - Stack: Nathan, what about you? - I'd say Lafayette, too.

  • - Yeah? Wow. - He's the best. He's-- there we go.

  • There it is. I just wanted to see that again.

  • Can you do it?

  • I can't do it as well. I can't.

  • You know, there's been all this talk online

  • about a "True Blood" musical potentially happening.

  • Would you all ever want to do that?

  • - van Straten: Oh, boy. - Camp: Yes.

  • Anna would, yes.

  • I feel like Sarah Newlin could have, like,

  • an amazing gospel religious number

  • at the end of Act One and then she gets attacked,

  • and then we wouldn't know until we came back for Act Two what happened to her.

  • Stack: I would like a choreographed Sarah Newlin

  • stabbing them with a shoe, maybe some kind of chase sequence.

  • Oh, I'd do that. Awesome.

  • Paquin: Can we just get Anna to do that for real for us,

  • - like all the time? - Stack: Oh, my gosh. I know.

  • - Just have an Anna show? - Let me know.

  • Can you improv, like, a Sarah Newlin gospel song?

  • Oh.

  • Wesley: Oh, come on, girl.

  • Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi. ♪

  • No, I don't think so.

  • - Stack: I love that. - Thank you.

  • Stack: What about the rest of you guys?

  • Would you want to do a musical ever?

  • I'd need a lot of lessons and a couple things.

  • - ( laughter ) - Camp: "A couple of things."

  • Singing and dancing, first of all.

  • Preston: Yeah, I picture Arlene as some Reba McEntire something,

  • or like Flo from "Alice," you know?

  • Standin' at the bar... ♪

  • You know, like, doing, like, something--

  • What can I get you? ♪ You know.

  • ( laughter )

  • ♪ Y'all hush up now. ♪

  • van Straten: Rutina, you would rock it.

  • There is a video on someone's iPhone somewhere

  • of you and I performing all of "Grease" one night in Fangtasia.

  • - Yeah. - You would rock.

  • "Summer Lovin'," right? Is that what we were singing?

  • - Yeah. - "Summer Lovin'."

  • Stack: Rutina, would you do a musical?

  • Yeah, I would definitely. I love to dance and sing.

  • Musicals are actually some of my favorite things to do,

  • so I would definitely do it.

  • I think it'd be a lot of fun, yeah.

  • Stack: And, Stephen, we know you can sing,

  • so would you want to revisit Bill Compton musically?

  • Um, I-- I...

  • ( laughs )

  • Uh, Nathan Barr,

  • who does our amazing music on our show,

  • came to me about two years ago with this idea,

  • and so I went to his house and basically laid down

  • a couple of tracks playing Bill...

  • and we recorded the songs

  • for him to give to Charlaine and Alan, and--

  • Is this a toad offense that's happening with the phone?

  • - Say that again? - Is this a toad?

  • Oh, a toad-worthy offense?

  • - Just out of curiosity. - Is somebody's phone going off?

  • Do we have the toad of shame here?

  • There is no toad of shame here.

  • Sorry, sorry. Continue.

  • Stack: We'll explain what "toad of shame" is after this.

  • - Okay. - So, anyway, we recorded this stuff

  • and it was for Nathan to take to Alan and Charlaine

  • and see if it would be something

  • that they would be interested in doing

  • and they signed off on it,

  • but that was the only thing that I was ever going to do for it

  • because the idea of--

  • I love Bill, but I'm really excited about moving on

  • and maybe singing something else.

  • Stack: Anna, you mentioned the toad of shame,

  • which is a thing on set. What is that? Explain that.

  • Okay, so, a couple years ago--

  • who was it that found the toad?

  • - Manuel. - Okay.

  • ...found a-- I kid you not-- dead,

  • completely pressed, flattened toad on the ground

  • where we shoot all of our exteriors up in Malibu.

  • And so they did what any rational and normal person would do--

  • they laminated it and made it into a necklace.

  • ( laughter )

  • Which became the toad of shame,

  • and the toad of shame is awarded for lateness,

  • phones going off, breaking other people's shit,

  • you know, or just generally if we kind of gang up on you.

  • But the cell phones going off in the middle of takes

  • is kind of a big one.

  • So, I just feel compelled to want to award a toad

  • to anyone whose phone goes off ever now.

  • Except if I started yelling, "Toad, toad, toad,"

  • in public, people are gonna think I'm insane.

  • Well, sorry, more insane.

  • Stack: Who got the toad the most in this group?

  • Who was awarded it the most?

  • - Trammell: I only got it once. - Camp: I never got the toad.

  • I got the toad twice in my last week.

  • But I never had it the rest of the seven years.

  • I forgot. Like, I put my alarm on my phone

  • to bid on some plates on eBay

  • - and... - ( laughter )

  • ...and I was in the middle of my close-up, it went off,

  • and then I got up, ran, bid, got them,

  • went back, wore the toad, and then continued with my job.

  • Has anyone else gotten the toad?

  • Paquin: Deborah asked for the toad.

  • Woll: I had to request the toad.

  • They weren't gonna give it to me,

  • but I totally did a toad-worthy offense,

  • so I had to beg them to give it to me.

  • Stack: What was it? What was your toad-worthy offense?

  • I knocked over a prop beer bottle and got, like,

  • sticky stuff all over the floor.

  • And everyone was like, "Oh, it's okay. Don't worry."

  • And I was like, "I'm not made of glass.

  • - Give me the fuckin' toad." - ( laughter )

  • Sorry, sorry, ladies and gentlemen at home.

  • I'll take the toad for that as well.

  • Moyer: Yeah, that's a toad-worthy offense.

  • There is a wall--

  • the wall of shame at work,

  • and there's probably about 250 pictures,

  • because every time that you had to put the toad on...

  • - They take a picture of you. - ...they take a picture of you wearing the toad.

  • And then you have to wear the toad

  • until the next person does something toad-worthy.

  • And there is a wall of about 250 pictures.

  • And I think-- I think Weezie was the winner.

  • - Woll: No, Lenny. - Lenny.

  • - Oh, yeah, Lenny. - Lenny, our second team.

  • Was it Lenny?

  • Woll: Manuel dressed up like a toad,

  • in a giant toad outfit

  • and presented it to him out at Greer.

  • - van Straten: Oh, my gosh! - There was a statue and everything.

  • - It was beautiful. - Moyer: Fantastic.

  • - I was jealous. - van Straten: This is what we'll miss.

  • Stack: So, if you guys have questions--

  • we're gonna start taking questions from the audience in about five minutes,

  • so start lining up if you wanna ask a question.

  • You guys have been a Comic-Con mainstay now for seven years.

  • Do you have specific memories of Comic-Con?

  • Are there things that stick out in your mind of this experience?

  • 'Cause you guys are like rock stars here,

  • so do you remember one moment in particular that stands out?

  • - Man: I love you, Anna! - Paquin: Thanks.

  • Preston: Well, I'm a virgin.

  • This is my first time here, so this is my favorite moment right here.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • Paquin: I gotta say, before the show

  • had even aired for the first season,

  • we did a panel here at Comic-Con,

  • and I didn't know that anybody knew we existed,

  • but Charlaine has a very, very loyal following,

  • and Alan Ball

  • has a very loyal following, and we packed a giant room.

  • I was like, "Who-- how do people even know what this is?"

  • I found that to be kind of amazing.

  • And they were just as warm and enthusiastic

  • as once we actually had the show out on the air

  • and people could even watch it.

  • So I found that kind of amazing.

  • Stack: What about the rest of you guys?

  • Stephen, do you have a memory of Comic-Con?

  • A particular one?

  • Um, I actually-- I mean, that one as well--

  • the same as Anna's was realizing that we were onto something kind of--

  • that this could be gigantic when the hall was already full

  • before we had aired,

  • but one of my favorites is running into Deborah--

  • - Deborah Ann dressed as... - Hit Girl.

  • - Woll: Axe Cop. - Hit Girl-- no, it was Hit Girl, wasn't it?

  • - ( Woll laughs ) - Who is it from "Kick Ass"?

  • Oh, Hit Girl, yeah. That was a few years ago.

  • She was dressed-- she walks the floor in costume

  • because she loves this stuff.

  • - Stack: Oh, wow. - ( cheering, applause )

  • And I love waiting to see what she's gonna be wearing each year.

  • - Paquin: She didn't do it this year. - I don't have time this year.

  • I was gonna come as Crow from "Mystery Science Theater,"

  • but I couldn't finish my costume.

  • Wait, Deborah Ann, are you a fangirl?

  • Do you have obsessions-- like, are you a "Game of Thrones" person--

  • Yeah, I play Dungeons and Dragons.

  • ( audience cheering )

  • Yeah, I'm a big "Mystery Science Theater" fan

  • and I read comic books, and, yeah.

  • van Straten: She owns a glue gun.

  • Paquin: What?

  • - Moyer: A what? - A glue gun.

  • She makes her own costumes.

  • Last year she came, we were like, "Where's your costume?"

  • She was like, "My glue gun broke."

  • Woll: I couldn't find my glue gun.

  • Like, that's for real.

  • Moyer: Deborah Ann actually made an entire wall of shelves

  • for her comic book collection.

  • Well, for my boyfriend's comic book collection.

  • - Moyer: There you go. - But I did, I made him shelves.

  • van Straten: She's awesome.

  • Not with glue. With, like, screws and things.

  • Stack: This is very surprising. I feel like--

  • Paquin: I just want to know, where did you get the Cousin It costume?

  • 'Cause that was pretty badass.

  • - van Straten: Yeah, she won-- - I was on Forbes'

  • "Best Costumes at Comic-Con."

  • They had no idea it was me. It was so cool.

  • When I was Cousin It.

  • I was happier than I've ever been in my life.

  • Stack: My God, I love this.

  • I feel like you're coming out at Comic-Con

  • as a comic book fan.

  • This is very emotional.

  • It's really wonderful.

  • So, there's only about five episodes left of this final season.

  • Brian, what can you-- can you tease,

  • can you say to people what we'll see?

  • Any kind of tease?

  • They'll see the tease, right?

  • Stack: Oh, they will see a tease. Yes, yes, yes.

  • - Well, I was just gonna-- you know. - Yeah.

  • - Stack: Okay, all right. - Yeah.

  • I mean, it's not done changing.

  • It's not gonna slow down any.

  • It's just-- there's a bit more of a focus on romance.

  • We put the last season's issue to rest

  • early on purpose.

  • And it's really emotional

  • and satisfying.

  • I think you guys love these characters,

  • and we felt like we had to land them in places

  • where you were gonna be okay with not getting them anymore.

  • So that's the sort of focus.

  • All right, cool. Let's take questions from the audience.

  • Let's go to this zombie lady.

  • van Straten: Wow, that's awesome.

  • Thank you.

  • I just want to say I'm very sad to see you guys go,

  • but thank you, all of you, for taking the characters and embracing them

  • and making them amazing and making us love you guys.

  • - van Straten: Thank you. - Trammell: Thank you.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • I would like to know, is there anything--

  • fan fiction or from the fans--

  • that you guys took and made a part of your characters?

  • Ellis: I did, yes.

  • Fans were giving me scarves,

  • which I took them and wore them on the show.

  • I gave them to the costume designer

  • and she incorporated them in my costumes.

  • - van Straten: Oh, yeah. - ( cheering, applause )

  • van Straten: I got-- I got given jewelry that ended up on Pam,

  • I think maybe here.

  • Some amazing billion-cross necklace

  • that I wore.

  • Oh, cool.

  • All right, next question.

  • Hi, my name is Cici Cama

  • and my question's for all of you.

  • Being it's the final season,

  • is there anything from the set

  • or maybe wardrobe or maybe the toad

  • some of you have taken home for a personal token?

  • Camp: I got to take my wig.

  • So I've got my brown hair in case I ever need it.

  • But it's kind of sad. It's kind of a sad wig.

  • Stack: It's a sad wig.

  • Buckner: I took Sookie's porch swing.

  • The one that hangs in that tree opposite, you know, the house.

  • We didn't do a ton of scenes in them,

  • but for me it was always a place I would come and sit

  • between takes and stuff like that.

  • - That was-- yeah. - Stack: That's pretty cool.

  • van Straten: Yeah, that's neat.

  • Moyer: I-- in Merlotte's

  • there's two dead deer feet...

  • that have been there since the beginning,

  • and then during the Mardi Gras--

  • I think it was season four or five?

  • During Mardi Gras that would have been happening in New Orleans,

  • they suddenly got all the Mardi Gras beads around them,

  • wrapped around these deer feet,

  • and I managed to snag those from Merlotte's.

  • And I strongly suspect they're gonna end up in our house.

  • ( laughter )

  • Ellis: HBO should probably sue me

  • 'cause I've been stealing from them for seven years.

  • ( laughter )

  • I've been-- I would go home

  • and forget that I have Lafayette necklace on,

  • rings, underwear, his socks, his T-shirts,

  • and then for some reason, I just never brought it back.

  • ( laughter )

  • - Stack: Anyone else take anything? - Parsons: I took my fangs.

  • - Woll: Fangs. - Moyer: All the vampires have got their fangs, right?

  • Yeah. And they wouldn't fit anyone else.

  • - Moyer: Yep. - van Straten: Yeah.

  • Rutina, did you take anything?

  • I took some fangs and a couple of human clothes--

  • human Tara clothes.

  • Like those cutoff jean shorts that I wore all first season.

  • I'm gonna put them in a little shadow box in my woman cave.

  • Sam, did you take anything?

  • Well, I have a couple boxes of Merlotte's matches.

  • That and, you know, my boots. I took those.

  • Here's what I really want, you guys, and maybe you can help me.

  • I really want the big wooden menu over Merlotte's

  • and Warner Bros took it.

  • I'm looking at you, Brian. I don't know why.

  • But that's what I-- I really want that,

  • but they're not gonna give it to me.

  • I think they're actually archiving--

  • Paquin: A lot of the stuff.

  • Yeah, they're gonna archive Merlotte's and Fangtasia.

  • - van Straten: Mm-hmm. - Yeah.

  • All right, next question.

  • Hi, thank you so much for making such a great show. You're all amazing.

  • My question's for the cast.

  • Was there a scene that when you first read it

  • was particularly moving or exciting,

  • and what was it like to record that scene?

  • Parsons: Well, for me, it was my very first day.

  • The scene that Nelsan and I had in the first episode.

  • It was a great story, this great monologue.

  • Like I said, that was my very first day on set ever

  • and I got to work with that man right there,

  • and Steve was directing, and that was really, really awesome.

  • I think that turned out well.

  • There's a scene last year, I think,

  • right after Jessica had killed the fairy girls,

  • and I remember being really scared about that and scared of going there,

  • but I get all high on the fairy blood

  • and I run over to Jason's,

  • and I remember reading through that scene there

  • and there's one moment where she's-- I'm feeling so low--

  • like, how could anyone ever love me?

  • And I look at him and I ask him, "Did you ever love me?"

  • And he said, "Yes." And I said, "What?"

  • You know, "What could you possibly love about me?"

  • And he says, "I guess everything."

  • And I remember, like, breaking down into tears

  • reading that and thinking, "This is great.

  • This is the kind of love that I think should be told."

  • That kind of thing, and I want to give a shout-out to Ryan

  • 'cause he's not here, and he's just one of

  • the most exceptional actors to work with.

  • ( cheering, applause )

  • And just every day working with him was a pleasure,

  • and so shooting it was as moving as it was to read it.

  • I think every scene I worked with Deborah and Nathan

  • was particularly moving for me this season.

  • It was one of the first times that I got to work

  • with the dynamic Miss D over here,

  • and she's a marvelous actress.

  • And, Nathan, well, y'all see his work.

  • I think, for me, the scene last season

  • when Terry gets killed

  • was really powerful on the page,

  • even in the table read

  • when we were just reading through it.

  • It was very emotional for me

  • and for everyone in the room

  • because we were all so attached to Todd Lowe,

  • the amazing Todd Lowe, who played Terry.

  • - Yeah, give it up. Give it up. - ( cheering, applause )

  • And so, you know, to then go and shoot that scene

  • and live in the skin of Arlene at that moment,

  • that profound moment,

  • was just one of those magical, scary, sad,

  • messy, beautiful days

  • that you love to have as an actor.

  • And, you know, holding him in my arms,

  • it really did feel like someone was dying,

  • and it was, you know, that character.

  • It was so fun for me when he got to come back this season

  • and we got to have that scene together.

  • I just-- you know,

  • one of the things that happens in this job

  • is you get to do stuff that sometimes parallels what's happened to you

  • or didn't happen to you, but means a lot,

  • so this year when I got to propose to Holly,

  • I told my real wife,

  • who I've been married to for almost 20 years,

  • I said, "Sweetheart,

  • you know that pathetic proposal that I"--

  • when I proposed to my real wife,

  • it made Woody Allen look like Sylvester Stallone.

  • It was unconfident.

  • So I told her, "I'm gonna shoot this scene

  • and let's watch it together,

  • and you pretend like you're that person on TV who I'm talking to

  • and we'll be all good."

  • And, you know, she bought it.

  • So, thank you.

  • I don't know if I actually have had

  • many real moving scenes

  • because Sarah Newlin lives in such a weird part of the world.

  • But I think that my final scene that I shot this season

  • definitely pushed me to a place.

  • She's at her lowest, so that was a hard one for me.

  • So, we'll see.

  • I wasn't in any scenes.

  • Yes, you were. All of them.

  • Um, the most moving are the most recent

  • that we haven't seen yet and some that we've seen,

  • but in past years when I read the scene where Eric releases Pam,

  • ( voice breaks ) I just-- no.

  • - And then I started, of course, crying. - Crying.

  • ( laughter )

  • Paquin: Why don't we give her tissues every Comic-Con now?

  • - We should know by now. - Here, here, here.

  • You're good?

  • And then when we were at the table read

  • and then in rehearsal,

  • and then when the camera's on my back.

  • And they kept saying, "Save it." I'm like, "I can't."

  • Yeah, that was very moving for me and Pam.

  • For me, I would have to say

  • when I was shot in the head

  • at the end of the fourth season.

  • That was an incredibly moving scene,

  • and I remember just being there with Anna and Nelsan.

  • Like, for me, I had a hard time.

  • I was like, "I have to keep it together,"

  • because just how they were in the scene,

  • they were so amazingly beautiful

  • that I just-- I just thought it was great.

  • So that's-- yeah.

  • Sorry.

  • You know, for me it's--

  • I mean, really, by far-- the scene that I was really most moved in

  • is one that you haven't seen yet,

  • that I did with Carrie Preston at our bar.

  • It was very emotional,

  • and Carrie is such a great actress

  • and I don't get to work with her all that often.

  • Every once in a while.

  • But it was great to have a scene with her

  • that was really just two people talking,

  • and we just got deep.

  • So, sorry, you haven't seen it yet.

  • But that one is the one for me.

  • I've got a kind of similar answer, in a way.

  • I've got some stuff coming in a similar vein,

  • but if I was to pick--

  • I've had so many deep emotional roots that he's gone through,

  • but I do remember when Bill

  • returns as a vampire to his human house

  • and finds his son has died of smallpox

  • and his wife is there,

  • and my son was probably 10 at the time,

  • which was kind of the same age as the kid.

  • And he was in London and I was doing that scene.

  • And Brigette, our makeup artist

  • who's been with us since the beginning,

  • her son Strider was in the box.

  • And I'm pretty close to Strider,

  • and so that was really intense.

  • And then Lorena makes Bill

  • tell his wife to forget him.

  • So he glamors her into forgetting him

  • and what existed between them,

  • and Bill's had to do that a couple of times,

  • and those glamoring sequences with Anna as well,

  • they're really intense because you're basically forgiving somebody--

  • you're letting them go,

  • but you're also letting go a part of yourself.

  • You're telling that person that you didn't exist, in a way.

  • And they're really emotional to play.

  • Rutina having her head blown off

  • was definitely pretty high up on my list, too.

  • I think one of the, I guess, convenient things

  • about really loving your coworkers on a show

  • where people die a lot

  • is that when they kill off people you love,

  • it's not very hard

  • to feel actual grief and pain,

  • and having someone who I love as dearly as I love Rutina

  • bleeding out in my lap was...

  • pretty damn emotional.

  • And, you know, obviously-- 'cause that's where the season ends

  • and we don't know at that point exactly how it's gonna turn out.

  • No, that was a pretty big one.

  • Stack: Next question?

  • My question is for the entire cast.

  • First of all, I want to say you guys have been my summer family.

  • And you guys-- thank you for all the amazing acting

  • for all these seasons.

  • You guys are all just so great.

  • But my question is what all is your favorite season?

  • Hmm.

  • Favorite season for me is this one.

  • ( laughter )

  • To be on it.

  • Um...

  • I don't know. That's really hard to answer.

  • I've loved so much of what Jessica's done.

  • Um, maybe four or six.

  • I think those were the hardest seasons for Jessica.

  • She went through so much, so that's the most fun for me.

  • So, yeah, four or six.

  • This is my favorite season.

  • That's so hard. I guess--

  • I have a real fondness for season one

  • just because we were all so new, the world was new,

  • we were all exploring it

  • and finding it and discovering it.

  • So I'm fond of that one.

  • But I guess six, probably, was my favorite

  • as an actor, I think.

  • This season for me, for sure.

  • It's a close tie between this season and last season

  • because I got to kill a woman with a high heel last season

  • and that was so much fun to do.

  • This was for the actors. I'm not doing this.

  • ( laughs )

  • Camera nervously moved on.

  • This season has been really amazing,

  • and just as a side note or a close second,

  • the rotting face was really fun

  • and it was really amazing for me--

  • it was the first time I got my own storyline,

  • but this season is right here, still.

  • For me that would be season five

  • when I was turned into a vampire

  • and got to work with the fabulous Kristin.

  • - That was amazing. - That was a lot of fun.

  • - Yeah? - Yeah.

who I love so much.

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