True Blood Actor on Sex Scene with Ryan Kwanten and Sal Mineo Biopic

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Actor Jim Parrack, who plays vampire-smitten Hoyt Fortenberry on the HBO hit True Blood, talks about a sex scene he recently filmed with costar Ryan Kwanten as well as his role in James Franco's upcoming film about murdered gay actor Sal Mineo in an interview with New York magazine.

Parrack is asked about the sex scene, which happened during a dream had by Jason Stackhouse (Kwanten's character). "I still haven’t seen that, but to play the cowgirl straddling my buddy?" he says with a laugh. "That was a very interesting scene to shoot, to say the least."

Parrack also appears in close friend James Franco's upcoming film, Sal, as actor Keir Dullea. The film, which chronicles the last days of actor Mineo as he was appearing in the play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival later this month.

"There’s some great material," Parrack says of the screenplay, adapted from Michael Gregg Michaud's highly regarded biography. "It’s amazing to me that Sal Mineo was getting nominated for Oscars [for 1955's Rebel Without a Cause and 1960's Exodus] but then when he came out as a homosexual, he lost everything."

He also gives a shout-out to actor Val Lauren, who plays Mineo. "He is going to fucking blow people’s minds," Parrack says. "He is going to break your heart and make you fall in love with Sal — how he kept his dream alive, how he wasn’t bitter, how he wasn’t blaming anyone, up to that last tragic moment."

Asked if he sought advice from Dullea, who starred in the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey and costarred in Mineo's last play, Parrack says no. "Look, if I do that, he might tell me things that could go against my instinct. I don’t know if he was bisexual, but I sensed that about him, so I took that idea to James, and we incorporated that. Not in an obvious way, not that I’m flirting with boys, but just suggesting that it’s possible."

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Name: Hako
Date posted: 8/20/2011 3:14:18 PM
Hometown: Fresno

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@ronK......life is ying and yang, positive and negative, dark and light.....we learn and grow from the tensions that exist between them. We cannot live in a world devoid of shadows and expect to grow. Friction between stones polishes the stones, and we need some stress and tension in life to make the experience meaningful. These "werecreatures" just represent aspects of our selves, perhaps aspects that we need to embrace and acknowledge.
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Name: tj
Date posted: 8/20/2011 2:13:33 PM
Hometown: virginia beach

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let's face it...EVERY GUY ON THAT SHOW (with the exception of Terry the cook) IS EXTREMELY HOT!!!...even the guy who plays Andy has a certain level of "bear" cuddliness about him...HOYT is incredibly hot! i even think he's hotter than Jason Stackhouse.
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Name: RonK
Date posted: 8/20/2011 10:19:58 AM
Hometown: Clifton, NJ

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OMG! @Joseph! Just so that you know, I do not watch movies or TV shows with vampires, werecreatures, zombies and such because their behaviors constitute stylized bullying, coercion and abuse. Think about it. All the fine acting and great writing cannot negate that truth.
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Name: Joseph
Date posted: 8/20/2011 3:46:07 AM
Hometown: Montgomery, AL

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@Mark: According to the character bios for "True Blood," neither Hoyt Fortenberry (Jim Parrack's character) nor Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten's character) is gay, bi or transgendered. The characters are both involved with women but are supposed to be longtime friends. Maybe you should just watch an episode or two for yourself regardless of any LGBT characters or actors. (I know--that's asking too much of you. If you can't be assured that there's going to be some LGBT characters, you won't bother with the show. Of course, even WITH openly LGBT characters on this series, you probably wouldn't watch, since the show revolves around vampires and werecreatures and other supernatural beings there's no way the show could ever be about "our stories.")
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Name: Pitt
Date posted: 8/19/2011 6:04:28 PM
Hometown: Charleston

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Mark, if you read more closely, it's a dream sequence had by Kwanten's character.
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Name: Mark
Date posted: 8/19/2011 4:54:14 PM
Hometown: WF

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"play the cowgirl straddling my buddy"? Is his character transgendered or gay?

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