Stephen Root Joins True Blood On HBO

Stephen Root has signed on for a three-episode arc in HBO’s upcoming drama True Blood. He will play Eddie Gautier, a lonely vampire smitten with Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis). Root’s co-stars include Canadian/New Zealander Anna Paquin as telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse and Britisher Stephen Moyer as vampire Bill Compton. Carrie Preston also stars.