Joe Manganiello seemingly lives by the mantra, as soon as a werewolf, at all times werewolf, which suggests a True Blood reunion isn’t off the desk.
“I’m at all times on the lookout for the suitable werewolf script,” Manganiello, 47, completely advised Us Weekly whereas selling the premiere of Deal or No Deal Island. He famous that reprising the position of Alcide Herveaux isn’t removed from his thoughts.
Manganiello confessed he doesn’t “know what type that will are available” since his True Blood character was killed off through the present’s ultimate season.
The actor, who performed werewolf Alcide from 2010 to 2014, advised Us he’s frequently trying to find one other avenue to play the legendary creature.
Joe Manganiello. Michael Loccisano/Getty Pictures for CNN
“I believe [with] my character, my arc, I felt like there was a variety of fuel left within the tank for me,” Manganiello defined. “And I hope that sometime I get to, I don’t know, like Clint Eastwood bought the Unforgiven to sort of cap off his profession as a cowboy. I hope that there’s some werewolf model of Unforgiven for me someplace.”
Manganiello joined the forged of True Blood throughout season 3 in 2010. He rapidly turned a fan favourite because of his variety coronary heart and frequent shirtless scenes because of his wolf transformations.
In the course of the present’s ultimate season, Alcide was in a relationship with lead character Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), though she nonetheless liked her vampire ex Invoice Compton (Stephen Moyer).
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When Alcide as soon as once more saved Sookie’s life, this time from the Hep V vamps, he was fatally shot within the chest by a vigilante whereas he was absolutely bare. Manganiello advised Leisure Weekly on the time that he knew Alcide’s destiny earlier than studying the script.
“What are you gonna do with Alcide if he’s with Sookie? We’re gonna have a pleasant wedding ceremony and take off for Bermuda, then transfer away from city and keep there and have infants? That’s not the present,” Manganiello advised the outlet in July 2014. “The fairy must be with the vampire, so that you gotta get the werewolf outta the way in which.”
He reasoned, “You may’t have her break Alcide’s coronary heart, as a result of then individuals gained’t like Sookie — they’ll get mad at her for breaking the great man’s coronary heart. So it’s the one selection you’ve got, actually — you gotta kill him.”
Whereas followers had been heartbroken to lose Manganiello, the actor was excited by the “suspenseful” manner his character was written off. “I get shot within the head by this random character whose title I don’t even know and die bare within the woods,” he mentioned of the wild ending.
Since exiting True Blood, Manganiello has continued to increase his profession, together with starring within the Magic Mike franchise and showing in 2022’s Moonhaven. His most up-to-date enterprise is internet hosting the upcoming debut season of Deal or No Deal Island.
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The NBC competitors present is a twist on the lengthy working recreation present Deal or No Deal and in keeping with Manganiello, followers of the unique will “love” the spinoff.
“The contestants are going to play in a recreation of Deal or No Deal for no matter cash they discover within the tour from that day,” he defined to Us, noting that 13 contestants might be dropped right into a “wicked banker’s jungle island” the place they’ve to finish a “gauntlet of challenges” all whereas trying to find hidden briefcases with completely different financial values.
Because the competitors progresses, company might be voted off till one contestant is left standing to play for the ultimate quantity of prize cash.
“You don’t play one recreation and also you’re completed, which additionally modifications how they play these video games of Deal or No Deal as a result of it’s sort of twofold,” Manganiello mentioned. “They wish to add the largest quantity to the case, however in addition they have to remain within the recreation as a result of in the event that they lose, they’re out.”
He shared that there’s “extra technique” and completely different layers to the sport. “Then there’s additionally these loopy challenges, which contain full madness that has bought thrust upon these individuals,” Manganiello teased.
Deal or No Deal Island premieres on NBC Monday, February 26, at 9:30 p.m. ET. It can transfer to its common time slot on Monday, March 4, at 10 p.m. ET. All episodes might be accessible on Peacock the subsequent day.
With reporting by Sarah Jones
