I've got to ask you about being on "The Good Wife".
I don't know if you started filming yet ...

I did. I'm afraid the Internet has gone a little insane with this story [laughs].





Everyone thinks this means that you're not going to be on "True Blood".

That's so funny. Well, obviously I can't comment on what's happening on "True Blood", but I will say that I go through stretches where they don't need me.

We have a cast of about 1,000 on "True Blood". [Laughs] I'm not kidding, we've got 20 series regulars, or at least people who do more than half the episodes. Then we have at least another 20 guest stars and stuff, so the writers are servicing many, many people.

We all end up -- even Anna [Paquin] and Stephen [Moyer] -- having a stretch of time where we're not working. "The Good Wife" caught me during one of those times, so I did an episode and right now, we're in discussions with "True Blood" for me to do more.





Fans pointed out that Arlene isn't the third book that much ...

That's correct. Although, we're not really following the books at all.





Are you amazed that a little bit of casting news can cause such a furor on the Internet?

I know. It was very interesting because like I said, I had a couple of weeks away from the show. "The Good Wife" called and asked if I could do this, and since I had already gotten clearance to go out of town, we just went ahead and accepted it. We didn't even really feel the need to tell anybody.

It was a fun character on "The Good Wife", but there's never any guarantee that any part you do is going to recur, even if they say it is. It was only an offer for one episode with the hope that it would recur. We didn't want to make a big deal out of it. I don't know who leaked it or how it got leaked, but then everybody just took a hold of it. It was pretty funny.

I've been happy to hear the fans get extremely upset about the idea that Arlene might not be a part of "True Blood". That made me feel very appreciated.





And "True Blood" fans are really intense, right?

They are! I recently joined Twitter (http://twitter.com/carrie_preston) and I just can't believe how excited people are about the show, it's great.

It's really great for me because like I said, I don't really experience the fans out in the world, but I am starting to experience them cyberly through Twitter and through the Internet. Especially with this whole breaking news about me doing "The Good Wife"-- just being able really see into the minds of the fans has been fun ...

It was nice to hear that people were up-in-arms that I might be dying -- and I can't say whether or not I am -- but let me put it this way, we've done half the season and I'm still there. I guess I can say that.





What can you tell us about this upcoming season of "True Blood"?

It's getting even bigger than the second season, and I didn't think that was possible what with the insanity and the town getting possessed, running around with black eyes and Maryann and all of her shenanigans.

This season is even bigger. You have these small town people dealing with larger than life issues and you've got a whole new breed of supernatural introduced -- actually, a couple -- a couple of supernatural breeds are coming in that we haven't really seen before. There's a lot of blood. Yes, there will be a death, but it's later in the season and -- what else?

Oh, it's just fraught, it's still funny. The writers have really found their stride, I think, and are having a great time. For us in the cast, it is so interesting because everybody will have time off and then you show back up and somebody is lying in a pool of blood [laughs].

It's pretty messy, but it's pretty exciting I have to say.


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