Working with him was a privilege,” Ball said. ", RELATED: Lucifer Falls Under Eve's Spell in Netflix's Season 4 Trailer. You may also know him from the series Southland, Parenthood, Arrow, and True Blood. Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Deborah Ann Woll, Joe Manganiello, Kristin Bauer van Straten, and more shared their reactions on social media after Ellis died from heart failure, which his manager Emily Gerson Saines confirmed to EW Saturday. It’s one year later, so a lot happened during that year. Everything just blows up. Paquin led the cast of True Blood as Sookie Stackhouse and shared numerous scenes with Ellis’ Lafayette. In the same way that it must have been intimidating to be one of the new cast members last season, was it equally validating to be asked back and told that your role would be expanded with the focus being on the witches this season? He shared a still of one of their sweet on-screen moments, writing, “I am speechless… I am heartbroken… Rest In Peace my friend.”. 2012 True - $29.00. Backwoods: The Search for Kentucky's Lost Treasure, BELLOmag Presents: A Conversation with Kevin Alejandro. “It was an utter privilege to work with the phenomenally talented and deeply kind soul . Kevin Alejandro was born in San Antonio, Texas, and is Mexican-American. I really like Ryan Kwanten. Did the fact that the relationship between Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) and Jesus is not in the books and therefore wide open in its development, help in making this role less nerve-wracking, since there were no preconceived notions about this character? We’re a lot closer as Kevin and Nelsan, so we play off each other more and we just feel a little freer. ALEJANDRO: I had no idea. Click the button below and wait for a message from our Facebook bot in Messenger! Thanos?! Depending on what the thing is that you’re doing, you have to be really still and they bring in another camera to match it. Now that you’ve gotten to play this character for a little bit, how do you see Jesus? I haven’t had a male lover before, so that was a challenge, in figuring out how to make it real and believable, and not step on anybody’s toes. It’s very interesting for me to go and act the part and do that, and then watch it and see just how cool it really is with whatever other effects they add to it in post. See more reactions from celebrities below. Has anything ever gone very differently from how it was supposed to? “His passing is hard to process right now… So. With the year jump in time this season, did you talk about how the relationship between Jesus and Lafayette changed and evolved over that year? Both characters have a sense of nobility and code of honor about them, though Sebastian's is hopelessly flawed as a result of his tragic upbringing and association with Slade Wilson. Family Guy Casts Black Actor Arif Zahir to Voice Cleveland Brown, Mike Henry to Remain Series Regular, The First Flash Show Came From a Failed Pitch for a Bizarre Team of DC Heroes. Nellie Andreeva: 'Southland actor joining True Blood: Kevin Alejandro to play an orderly in HBO's vampire drama. “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen the level of humility and kindness that came with the Magnificent Talent that Nelsan Ellis had,” tweeted Trammell, who played Sam Merlotte, boss of Lafayette.