Talking to Pride Source, he called his two gay sex scenes on the show as ‘incredible’, adding that to do it well, “You just have to embrace it.”
Talking of the first of those scenes, with Theo Alexander, who played Talbot Angelis, “I just said, ’Look at the scene. It’s this nemesis and he comes in and then it gets seductive and you think they’re gonna make love and it gets into that and then suddenly my character stabs him in the back and he explodes. In two minutes, look at this emotional rollercoaster we’re taking the audience on. If we commit to this, it’s going to be an amazing scene and we’re going to be very happy with it forever. If we hold back, that’s when it gets awkward.’”
He adds of True Blood as a whole, “A lot of the storylines are metaphors for the strife people in the LGBT community experience. But it’s done in a very subtle way where people who have never met anyone who’s gay or who have prejudice toward that community would still embrace the show and would still come up (to me) and be super excited about it.”
Skargard also talked about the respect he has for Drag Queens after dressing up to go to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, saying, “Oh my god; walking around in those heels, in that super itchy, hot wig and the fake nails, I felt like Edward Scissorhands. I couldn’t even grab a drink. Once we got to the after party at the gay club, I just kicked my heels off and walked around barefoot because I was just dying. So, I have tremendous respect for all the drag queens out there. I got a little taste of what it takes to look that fabulous.”
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