‘True Blood’ Season 7 Premiere: Alcide Out? ‘I Was The Lone Werewolf On The Vampire Show,’ Joe Manganiello Admits [VIDEO]
True Blood hasn't aired their final season yet, but should fans be worried about seeing less Alcide (Joe Manganiello) on their screens? Producers have already said the final season would focus more on Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Bill (Stephen Moyer), but where does that leave True Blood's favorite werewolf?
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Although Alcide is still part of Sookie's life, Manganiello did hint that he isn't in as much of the show as he used to be.
Manganiello told Buzzfeed that he noticed his screen time dwindling last season. "There was some shifting around in the hierarchy on True Blood and one of the casualties was my storyline," Manganiello admitted. "It became very clear I was the lone werewolf on the vampire show, and no matter how you cut it, it's not about you."
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Manganiello revealed he was only going into work one day every three weeks.
With this season being True Blood's last, Manganiello doesn't seem so bitter about the set-up. The hot actor said he thinks his werewolf role set him up for after the HBO series ends. "During the first few seasons, I had great stuff to do," Manganiello said about working with Paquin and when he had a wolf pack. "But I don't think that I'll be pigeonholed by the role because I wasn't a part of the show enough for that to happen. I think Alcide gave me a career past the show, but I don't think it will necessarily be what I am remembered for. It was the means, not the end."
Next for Manganiello? La Bare, a documentary that he produced and directed about the world's most popular male strip club. The film will now be released on June 27.
True Blood comes back on June 22 at 9 p.m. on HBO.