Mike The Fanboy On Location With The True Blood Season 4 Cast! Anna Paquin! Alexander Skarsgard!
I am so jet lagged… ugh… I just got back in to town and of course I have to go out right? I mean hello! Erica and Scotty are bumming around and I joined them for a night of debauchery… Fanboy style… lol… Oh God, I’m still running on Kentucky time. Anyway, we learned that one of our favorite shows of all time True Blood is filming and we decided to check it out. You never know right? So, armed with my entire True Blood memorabilia collection because who knows who might show up? I mean it could be the third werewolf from the left, or it could be Sookie Stackhouse herself!
11:01 p.m. – We are driving round downtown and find it pretty easily. There is a giant sign that says Base Camp. Lol… Stealthy! Ha! We had to get a picture in front of it.
11:08 p.m. – I didn’t realize how cold it was and borrowed a sweater from Scotty. Tall man, with short sleeves! Sigh… only me right?
11:15 p.m. – We finally found where to stand. There are some undesirables running around, I mean it is downtown Los Angeles after all… but still it’s pretty calm.
11:22 p.m. – We are spying around and holy crap… just up the ramp we can see Anna Paquin! It’s Sookie Stackhouse herself. They are filming what appears to be a driving scene, and Anna Paquin is running out of the car and into a hotel.
11:31 p.m. – Wow, that’s cool. It’s not the third werewolf from the left! Lol… We managed to get a few photos but we didn’t want to be conspicuous. This is a spoiler free zone after all.
11:35 p.m. – They are literally running though the take, like five times… I always am amazed how many times they have to shoot a scene to get the proper coverage. And for that matter how long it takes…
11:41 p.m. – It looks like they might be finished with this scene… Anna Paquin is hanging out by the side; Erica has her eye on Ms. Anna Paquin… Or is it Mrs. Anna Paquin now… hmmmmm….
11:42 p.m. – Erica scavenged my second True Blood Rolling Stone cover from me, and I have a Rolling Stone cover as well. I call it the naked True Blood cover, lol… Ah, God Bless Rolling Stone…
11:46 p.m. – Oh crap, there she is… Anna Paquin is walking right towards us. Scotty has a cast photo he is just starting, and Erica and I have our stuff out. Erica calls out “Hi Anna!” And Anna Paquin smiles and waves at us. She is so frakkin nice! She comes right over and signs our Rolling Stone magazines and Anna Paquin signs autographs for a few other people there as well.
11:47 p.m. – The crew is trying to move us because there is a light they are resetting for the scene. Scotty and Erica got photos with her, but then she had to go so I missed out… Ah well… Next time. Because there will be a next time! Lol…
11:53 p.m. – Dude that was so cool… Anna Paquin is so nice. I’ve met her before but I always get impressed when celebrities are that fan friendly.
12:11 a.m. – Well… We are waiting to see who else is here… it’s a night shoot and you just never know who might show up.
12:34 a.m. – It looks like they are shooting inside the hotel and outside as well. Huh… Well… interesting…
12:46 a.m. – I got a photo of Erica getting a photo of the hotel interior! Love it! It’s funny…
12:54 a.m. – Oh, they are resetting… Holy Crap, there’s Alexander Skarsgard! Wait… is that his double… Nope, that’s him!
12:55 a.m. – Damn, Sookie Stackhouse and Eric Northman in the same night! Damn…
1:03 a.m. – Scotty is super jazzed. He’s a “new” fan… I’ve been telling him for two years he needs to watch True Blood and finally he started and now, he’s hooked! Lol… Good times…
1:12 a.m. – I just got a text from Pinky and just a quick shout out to Ms. Pretty in Pinky herself… It’s her birthday! Whoo hoo! She’s 22 years young! 😉 And Lovin’ every minute of it!
1:24 a.m. – My jet lag is catching up to me now… I mean… I’m fading…
1:28 a.m. – They are shooting a scene where Alexander Skarsgard is running down a ramp and then stops…
1:31 a.m. – I don’t remember seeing Eric… I mean Alexander Skarsgard running on the show before…he just usually flies off… hmmmmmm…
1:42 a.m. – It’s getting colder… hmmmmm….
1:47 a.m. – If this goes much later, I’m going to crash right here on the cement… Holy crap Alexander Skarsgard just literally ran past us. Lol… He’s still shooting the running scene…
1:54 a.m. – It looks like they might be wrapping up the scene… Wow, they put a lot of makeup on Alexander Skarsgard to make him look more vamp like on camera…
2:03 a.m. – Oh… That’s him… Alexander Skarsgard is walking down towards us. We all get ready and I have to say Alexander Skarsgard is super nice. He stops to take photos with everyone, and then signs autographs for Erica, Scotty and I. I brought my Details magazine for him as well, so I got the Rolling Stone and the Details magazines done. I thanked Alexander Skarsgard for stopping and mentioned what a huge fan I was.
You can’t ask for much more than that! A nice welcome back to Los Angeles! Whoo hoo! So excited for Season 4 of True Blood!
Congrats, Mike! Looks like a great experience! Glad to see the Millennium is adding vampires and telepaths to their list of paranormal visitors. Did you happen to run into Slimer or Elizabeth Short while you were there?
I looked for Slimer actually, and let me tell you that little bugger is hard to find! Especially with a camera crew around! lol… LOVE IT!
THANK YOU Mike and Erica. What a FUN evening. I am LUCKY to have shared it with you! : )
THANK YOU Mike and Erica. What a FUN evening. I am LUCKY to have shared it with you! : )