Anna Paquin responds to reports 'True Blood' reboot in the works
When reports came out last month that a "True Blood" reboot was in the works, the former HBO show's star Anna Paquin accidentally went viral when she tweeted, "Well, this is the first I'm hearing about this."
The tweet from the actress, who played Sookie Stackhouse on the hit show, kicked off a Twitter storm, with fans of hers flipping out on her behalf that she wasn't involved.
Paquin talked to ABC Audio about the flap, insisting she wasn't shading the new project. "No!" she laughed. "Someone was kind of like, 'Go queen, go off!'"
The Oscar-winning actress, who won a Golden Globe for the vampire series, explained, "I got some really ... amazing fans who ... have my back. And trust me, I love it. I'm so grateful. But I was like, 'No, no no, guys, guys, this is not a thing!'"
She added, "Literally, every single cast and crew member there was like text chains going back and forth, like, 'Did you guys know about this?'"
"And literally none of us, even Charlaine Harris, knew anything about it," Paquin said, referring to the author of "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" series on which the show was based.
"So we were all just kind of learning about it in real time. And then as things do, the Internet kind of explodes, but -- which is all very flattering!" Paquin admitted, saying there was another silver lining to the situation: "What was kind of nice is that a few quite long ... chat groups got together of some of our peeps. It was just like, nice to catch up."
"Riverdale" creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is reportedly in talks to write the new, unconfirmed show, according to Deadline. Original series creator Alan Ball is producing, according to Deadline's report.
Paquin will be seen next as a PR wizard in "Flack," which hits Amazon Prime on Jan. 22.
