Stephen Moyer On Vampire Sex, Bisexuality & More
By Becky Broderick. Posted on .
True Blood's Stephen Moyer recently gave an interview to Playboy, in which he talked about everything from losing his virginity to learning to make love like a vampire to his fiancee Anna Paquin's recent announcement that she's bisexual. Here are some of our favorite excerpts:
On True Blood vs. Twilight: "The Twilight movies fill a niche. In her Twilight novels Stephenie Meyer has chosen a similar vampire framework to tell a story about burgeoning sexuality. What’s interesting about our show is that sexuality has already burgeoned. I wish Twilight the best of luck, but I’m very happy to be doing True Blood.
On vampire sex: "Unlike werewolves, who are very hot, vampires are steely cold, so sex with the undead isn’t going to get hot and crispy. There’s no heartbeat, no adrenaline rush as you get close to the moment. But in terms of speed and timing, you may be able to have sex that lasts for days. Vampire sex is muscular and physical, so it could be tiring for a human guy to have sex with a female vampire. I often think a lot of women’s attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues. So it’s about being treated like a lady but being physically overtaken in the sack."
On losing his virginity: "I was quite young when I started doing all right, below legal age and with somebody I knew well. It happened outdoors and was very naughty and unexpected. In my little village some girls reached maturity at a young age, and there was a lot of 'you show me yours and I'll show you mine' stuff happening, lots of looking and a little bit of touching too, from a very young age."
On falling in love with his co-star: "During the show’s first season I had to go back to London and she went back to New York. I wish I had bought shares in Skype, because we Skyped every night for three or four hours. It felt as though part of me had been removed when Anna and I were apart."
On Anna's bisexuality: "I've never been in a relationship before in which, literally within the first three days, all the cards were laid out. I knew who she was when I met her; she knows everything about me as well. It wasn’t something that was kept from me. I condone what she has done 100 percent, and it’s her business to talk about it, not mine. We talked about it in quite a lot of detail. It doesn’t change anything. I'm proud of who she is."
