Exclusive Interview: HELL ON WHEELS star Christopher Heyerdahl talks The Swede

Christopher Heyerdahl in HELL ON WHEELS - Season 2 | ©2012 AMC/Frank Ockenfels

HELL ON WHEELS is both the title and the setting of AMC’s drama, Sunday nights at 9 PM, about the muddy post-Civil War settlement where the first U.S. transcontinental railroad is being built in 1865. The place is full of crime, murder and desperate characters. One of the hardest-luck cases in this hard-luck environment is Christopher Heyerdahl’s character Thor Gunderson, known to all as “the Swede,” even though he’s really Norwegian. In Season 1, the Swede was head of security in the encampment, but in Season 2, he’s been demoted to collecting the bodies of the dead. Heyerdahl hails from British […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: TRUE BLOOD’s Michael McMillian Talks Writing Comics, FIREFLY and more – Part 2

Michael McMillian in TRUE BLOOD Season 5 | (c) 2012 Lacey Terrell/HBO

In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Michael McMillian, who plays anti-vampire reverend turned Sanguinista vampire Steve Newlin on HBO’s TRUE BLOOD, he talks about writing for the TRUE BLOOD and LUCID comics, his work on FIREFLY and THE HILLS HAVE EYES II, and of course more about TRUE BLOOD the series. AX: Did you always want to be a professional actor? MICHAEL McMILLIAN: When I was young, I was into writing and I drew a lot. I really thought that I was going to be a comic book artist or an animator. When I was a kid, I […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: TRUE BLOOD’s Preacher Turned Vamp Michael McMillian Shows his Fangs in Season 5 – Part 1

Michael McMillian on TRUE BLOOD Season 5 | (c) 2012 John P. Johnson/HBO

Michael McMillian’s life is full of TRUE BLOOD. The Kansas-born actor has played the originally anti-vampire Reverend Steve Newlin in every season of the HBO hit series, which has its fifth-season finale this Sunday at 9 PM (never fear, it’s coming back for Season Six next year). Steve has gone through quite a transformation, showing up on the doorstep of human Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) at the end of Season Four sprouting fangs and this season becoming both the spokesman for the Vampire Authority and the good pal of holy terror ancient vampire Russell Edgington (Denis O’Hare). In his off-screen […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 5 – “Save Yourself” – Season Finale

Stephen Moyer as Bill in TRUE BLOOD " Save Yourself" | (c) 2012 John P. Johnson/HBO

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Denis O’Hare, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Carrie Preston, Lauren Bowles, Valentina Cervi, Janina Gavankar, Lucy Griffiths, Giles Matthey, Jessica Clark, Robert Patrick, Carolyn Hennesy, Kristina Anapau, Louis Herthum, Dale Dickey, Kelly Overton Writer: Alan Ball, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Michael Lehmann Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: Aug. 26, 2012 At the end of last week’s “Sunset,” TRUE BLOOD viewers were left wondering how […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 5 – “Sunset”

Denis O'Hare and Ryan Kwanten in a scene from TRUE BLOOD Sunset | (c) 2012 John P. Johnson/HBO

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Denis O’Hare, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Carrie Preston, Lauren Bowles, Valentina Cervi, Janina Gavankar, Lucy Griffiths, Giles Matthey, Jessica Clark, Robert Patrick, Carolyn Hennesy, Kristina Anapau, Phil Reeves, Erica Gimpel Writer: Angela Robinson, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Lesli Linka Glatter Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: August 19, 2012 The TRUE BLOOD episode “Sunset” considerably ups the stakes (pardon the pun) in the vampire/human […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 5 – “Gone, Gone, Gone”

Kristen Bauer in TRUE BLOOD "Gone Gone Gone" | (c) 2012 HBO

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Denis O’Hare, Jim Parrack, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Lauren Bowles, Valentina Cervi, Janina Gavankar, Lucy Griffiths, Tina Majorino, Giles Matthey Allan Hyde, John Billingsley, Dale Raoul, Jessica Clark, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Kristina Anapau, Chloe Noelle Writer: Alexander Woo, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Scott Winant Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Original Telecast: August 12, 2012  There are moments in the TRUE BLOOD episode “Gone, Gone, Gone” where we […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 5 – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”

Tina Majorino in TRUE BLOOD - Season 5 - "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" | ©2012 HBO/John P. Johnson

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Carrie Preston, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Denis O’Hare, Jim Parrack, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Lauren Bowles, Valentina Cervi, Janina Gavankar, Lucy Griffiths, Scott Foley, Tina Majorino, Dale Dickey, William Sanderson, Louis Herthum, Giles Matthey, Robert Patrick, Jennifer Hasty Writer: Raelle Tucker, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Daniel Attias Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: August 5, 2012 TRUE BLOOD continues to amp up the pressure in several storylines while […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 5 – “Somebody That I Used to Know”

Rutina Wesley and Kristin Bauer van Straten in TRUE BLOOD – Season 5 – “Somebody That I Used To Know” | ©2012 HBO/John P. Johnson

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Carrie Preston, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Denis O’Hare, Jim Parrack, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Lauren Bowles, Valentina Cervi, Janina Gavankar, Lucy Griffiths, Scott Foley, Kevin Alejandro,  Dale Dickey, Anastasia Garias, Lara Pulver Writer: Mark Hudis, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Stephen Moyer Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: July 29, 2012 TRUE BLOOD doesn’t really have uneventful episodes, but even by this show’s standards of activity, a hell of […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 5 – “In the Beginning”

Annie Abrams and Denis O'Hare in TRUE BLOOD - Season 5 - "In the Beginning" | ©2012 HBO/John P. Johnson

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Carrie Preston, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Denis O’Hare, Jim Parrack, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Lauren Bowles, Valentina Cervi, Janina Gavankar, Lucy Griffiths, Scott Foley, Chris Heyerdahl, Kevin Alejandro, Tina Majorino, Dale Dickey, William Sanderson, Allan Hyde, Jessica Clark Writer: Brian Buckner, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Michael Ruscio Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: July 22, 2012 The finale of the previous TRUE BLOOD episode “Hopeless” had renegade vampire […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Erica Durance and Daniel Gillies on SAVING HOPE, SMALLVILLE and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

Erica Durance in SAVING HOPE - Season 1 - "Consenting Adults" | ©2012 NBC/Ken Woroner

In NBC’s new drama SAVING HOPE, which has its season finale tonight at 9 PM ET/PT, 8 PM central, a spirit walks the halls of Toronto’s Hope-Zion Hospital. Not to fear – it’s not malevolent, nor even technically a ghost. When the hospital’s Chief of Surgery Charlie Harris, played by Michael Shanks of STARGATE SG-1 fame, gets into a car crash on the way to his wedding, he goes into a coma and finds himself able to speak to the spirits of fellow unconscious patients at the hospital. Erica Durance, who portrays Charlie’s fiancée and colleague Dr. Alex Reid, and […]Read On »


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