Kevin Alejandro on playing Jesus
Kevin Alejandro is one of the many actors to jump on board for the upcoming third season of Alan Ball’s hit series for HBO True Blood. He’ll be playing Jesus, a caretaker for Lafayette’s mother (Alfre Woodard), as well as a love interest for Lafayette.
The busy actor who’s appeared in everything from Southland to Ugly Betty to Weeds chatted with Entertainment Weekly about what we can expect from him on True Blood. Here’s an excerpt from the EW interview:
What can you tell us about your character?
Iâ??m introduced pretty early in this next season as a caretaker for Lafayetteâ??s mother, whoâ??s played by Alfre Woodard. Iâ??m his love interest, and thatâ??s all I can say. It unwinds tremendously â?? I mean, you know True Blood. Thereâ??s a lot of stuff going on. I got lucky. Itâ??s one of the shows that I watch and love, and now I get to be here.
Is your character a vampire?
That I cannot tell you. I really donâ??t know. Theyâ??re really good at keeping it secret from everyone. I think itâ??s kind-of cool not knowing.
Alejandro also spoke with MTV a bit about the character, which was specifically created for the show by Alan Ball since Lafayette died in the first Sookie Stackhouse novel. “I’ve never really played a strong gay character or anything like that,” Alejandro told MTV. “[Alan] gives me little hints of who [Jesus] might be and what he might be going through, so I’ll research those things, like what makes up that guy.”
True Blood stars Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis and Rutina Wesley.
