True Blood at Comic-Con

Alan Ball and most of the cast hit Comic-Con on Saturday, July 25^th. Here’s a little collection of video clips.

Comic-Con exclusive Season 2 trailer.

Alexander Skargård and Deborah Ann Woll interview on G4 TV.

Ausiello interviews with Alan Ball and various cast members (you can scroll through and select the one you want to watch).

Very nice quality videos of the True Blood panel discussion, about 30 minutes worth in total:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

People have been making a fuss about the hug between Alex and Deb, implying that there’s something romantic going on. I’ll admit that it seems like she might have a crush on him, and they’re both gorgeous, and they both seem lovely in the nonphysical ways, too, so I wouldn’t be shocked (or horrified) to find out they’re dating. BUT. People seem to be blowing it way out of proportion. Folks are acting as if the two of them were eye-fucking each other through the entire panel, but the reality is that we could only see them for at most 5-6 minutes of the available footage, and they were only looking at each other for about 30-45 seconds of that time.

Not to mention people seem to be focusing all of their attention on Deborah—because yes, she’s looking at him like he’s a giant ice cream sundae—and glossing over the fact that he looks almost entirely unaffected by it all. The vibes there were pretty one-sided, to be honest, and they didn’t even seem like they knew each other that well during their G4 interview together. Not to mention, she was nervous, they were stuck with each other at the opposite end of the table from the other actors they both probably know best (Anna and Stephen), and that hug was pretty quick and chaste.

As lovely as they both are, I refuse to treat real people like paper dolls to pair up however I please, and I don’t want to do that thing where people assume two celebs are involved because they’re both attractive and nice to each other.

And hey, if proof is required that the hug was blown way out of proportion, Alex said he’s single in this radio interview from just a couple of days before Comic-Con.