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Joe Manganiello Debuted on ‘True Blood’ 15 Years Ago: A Tribute to Alcide
Joe Manganiello debuted as the werewolf Alcide Herveaux in HBO's 'True Blood' 15 years ago and soon became a star
John P. Johnson / © HBO / Courtesy: Everett CollectionLike the aughts’ other bloodsucker tales Twilight and The Vampire Diaries, True Blood eventually expanded its supernatural population to include werewolves — and our first peek at Joe Manganiello as the sensitive (and extremely jacked) lycanthrope Alcide Herveaux on June 27, 2010, did not disappoint. Within minutes of the actor’s debut, fans were convinced that Anna Paquin ’s Sookie Stackhouse needed to ditch Stephen Moyer ’s vamp Bill Compton and get with Alcide. Manganiello, now 48, had been acting since college when he joined True Blood in season 3, but his turn as the flannel-clad construction worker made him a real star — and threw the fictional town of Bon Temps into chaos.
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