With a few weeks left before True Blood begins filming again, Anna Paquin has signed on to star in Free Ride, along with Drea de Matteo, in Sarasota, FL.

The movie, which began filming this week, takes place in late 1970s Florida and focuses on a mother (played by Paquin) who, while fleeing an abusive relationship, turns to the marijuana trade to support her daughters.

According to a recent casting call they are still looking for extras too. Check out the details below:

Seeking Extras for a SAG FILM shooting in SARASOTA beginning late October thru late November. Looking for all types, all sizes, all ages, all ethnicities. Really unique faces a bonus! This is set in 1978– men with longer hair and facial hair a plus! Tough Biker types, clean cut types, kids, teens, families, and seniors. This will be a very fun project with well known industry professionals!

TO SUBMIT:
Please E-MAIL a current and clear photo of yourself.
Put in SUBJECT line: Name/ Male or Female/ Age
Put in BODY of E-mail: Your contact info & sizes.
Send all info to:
ICastingExtras@gmail.com

If you spot Free Ride filming in Florida, let us know about it at olv@onlocationvacations.com!

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It’s always fun to spot a favorite stage actor in the movies or on TV. And in the case of HBO’s hit vampire series True Blood, stage vets are everywhere! Given the fact that show creator Alan Ball began his career as a playwright, it’s not really surprising that so many theatrically trained performers have taken up residence in the Bon Temps bayou—and in this new feature, we’ve gathered production shots of 10 vamps and shape-shifters (and the people who love them) as we enjoy seeing them: live and on stage!

Anna Paquin
You know that True Blood’s fearless heroine Sookie Stackhouse was one of the youngest Oscar winners ever in real life (for 1993’s The Piano). But Anna Paquin is also a skilled stage actress, as she proved in a Drama Desk Award-nominated off-Broadway debut as a baby-faced serial killer in 2001’s “The Glory of Living” (pictured above, with Jeffrey Donovan). She went on to co-star in Neil LaBute’s “The Distance from Here” and was terrific opposite former flame Kieran Culkin in “After Ashley.”

Read more about the other True Blood cast on stage at Broadway.com

Paquin, who plays heroine Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood, added that kissing real-life fiance and series co-star Stephen Moyer was “Sharp. Dangerous. Those things are actually really expensive and quite fragile! They are not toys.”

The fake blood they use in True Blood, she said, was disgusting.

“The actual blood makes me want to gag!” she said. “It’s some kind of sweet corn syrup. They try to make it taste relatively good-flavored, but there’s an aftertaste that’s less than pleasant after the tenth take. In season one, they asked me if I wanted sugar or sugar-free. I was like, ‘Sugar-free blood? Sounds great!’ Big mistake. Because then it only tastes like the latex plastic tubes it’s coming through.”

The Twilight Saga features Kristen Stewart as the mortal Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson as her love, the vampire Edward Cullen. The third Twilight film, Eclipse, opens on June 30 and its Los Angeles premiere is set to take place on Thursday.

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Anna Paquin may be the star of HBO’s hit vampire series “True Blood,” and one half of a Hollywood power couple (with fiancee and co-star Stephen Moyer), but she won’t be changing who she is now that she’s a paparazzi target.

“I’m newly initiated into the followed-by-paparazzi crowd, and I’ve had to stop caring what people I don’t know and will never meet think about me. If I did, I’d never leave my house,” she told Self magazine, according to Popeater, which published excerpts from the mag’s July 2010 cover story on the star. “It’s like, OK, I’m sorry that at 6 AM when I walk my dog, I don’t look ready to hit the red carpet. That’s me! I don’t always dry my hair if I’m not going out. Ooh!”

The fiercely independent Anna said the attention has gotten so bad, she’s been goaded for being safety-conscious.

“I wear a helmet when I ride my bike. Seriously, I was made fun of for wearing a bicycle helmet,” she told the mag. “I was like, OK, that would be a really stupid reason to die. At that point, I was done.”

Another reason Anna has been on the paparazzi hot list is due to her recent admission – via a public service announcement – that she is bisexual, and Anna said her family has always been completely accepting of her lifestyle.

“Everyone who is in my life who matters to me always knows what’s going on,” she told Self. “I understand why it’s a big deal to some people, but to me, it’s not. I’ve probably always known I was bisexual. I’m really lucky; I grew up in an open-minded, supportive family, so my sexuality was never stigmatized or scary or out of bounds. I’m comfortable with who I am, and it’s not an issue.”

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If Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin’s pals are stumped on what to get the engaged duo as a wedding gift, perhaps they should consider an investment in Skype.

“I wish I had bought shares in Skype, because we Skyped every night for three or four hours,” Moyer, 40, tells Playboy in its July issue, of being in a long distance relationship with Paquin, 27, during True Blood‘s first season. “I felt as though part of me had been removed when Anna and I were apart.”

Video chatting may have helped Moyer and Paquin’s relationship survive the test of distance, but it was being honest from the very beginning that solidified things for the couple.

“I’ve never been in a relationship before in which, literally within the first three days, all the cards were laid out,” Moyer says. “I have never trusted anybody like I trust Anna.”

“We trust each other so implicitly that there’s never anything hurtful; it always comes from a loving place,” he says. “It’s not as though people I’ve been with before haven’t been loving, but with Anna it’s just about pure trust – on camera and off.”

Paquin and Moyer have been engaged since August.

Source: People