Rob Kazinsky has opened up on his True Blood character Ben, saying that he is similar to Anna Paquin's Sookie.
Ben is a faerie hybrid like Sookie, who finds himself injured by the side of the road after apparantly being attacked by vampires.
Kazinsky told Collider about his part: "Well, Ben is the male equivalent of Sookie. He's a faerie hybrid, like her. He's ostracized from society, like her. He's never even been accepted among his own people. He is the ultimate loner, and he's been lonely for a very, very long time. He's as lost as Sookie is. She has a family that loves her, but he has nothing.
"So, when Sookie finds somebody who seems to be so similar to her, and he finds somebody who feels like home, it immediately allows them to form a bond unlike anything Sookie has shared with anyone else on this show. The progress of that and how that evolves becomes equal parts wonderful, fascinating and scary."
The former Eastenders star also praised his co-star Paquin, saying that she welcomed him into show with open arms.
He said: "She took me in, on the first day. Most of my entire season has been spent, just me and Anna. I've really grown quite close to her and Stephen [Moyer], and her family. They're just such welcoming, kind people. And Anna is just so into the work.
"She just has no ego or vanity, when it comes to it. She made it so easy for us to do love scenes. She made it so easy for us to do anything. We worked really hard to earn this romance. We worked really hard at making this a believable thing.
"She has just been such a breath of fresh air. She's an Oscar winner, and somebody of such stature and talent. She's been really humble and kind, and made it really easy for a little boy from nowhere, trying to fit in on this ginormous monolith of a show."
Kazinsky has joined the HBO drama for the show's sixth season.
