

Anna Paquin has a new photo spread and interview with V Magazine to promote the new season of True Blood, which premiered last night. The Daily Mail has the photos and details of her interview, in which she talks about coming out as bisexual and how there’s still a lot of prejudice that goes with that term. Anna first revealed her bisexuality as part of a public service campaign in the spring of 2010. As opposed to the way some other starlets have chosen to impart similar pieces of information about their past, Anna’s admission seemed genuine and not like a bid for publicity or to be different. She kind of expanded on that in this interview.

‘Frankly no one had ever asked me [about being bisexual] before,’ Paquin told the glossy magazine, which hits new stands on July 7. ‘There is a lot of prejudice against us but the more people talk about it, the less of a deal it will be. ‘Who people choose to sleep with or spend their lives with shouldn’t matter, not that anyone particularly cares who I’m attracted to,’ she added…. ‘Maybe it should be weird, simulating sex with your husband in front of people. But it’s really not,’ explained Paquin. ‘When it’s a love scene with someone you actually love it’s not, “Can I touch him here, can I touch him there?” You know what your boundaries are, or aren’t I suppose.’ While the cameras don’t phase her, neither do Moyer’s dedicated fans who would probably happily suck Paquin’s blood to get her away from their beloved Bill Compton. ‘There is probably something wrong with me, but I find it amusing to watch these men and women fawn all over him,’ said the lucky wife. ‘It’s not like anyone is really trying to do anything inappropriate. They just him to hug them… or bite them.’

[From The Daily Mail]

Paquin bugs me in red carpet photos. She poses hard and looks like she’d rather be anywhere else. She’s very logical and likable in interviews, though. I like how she explains things in a matter-of-fact way and doesn’t seem bothered by the adoration that her husband gets from fans. I also appreciate how she’s trying to bring awareness to bisexuality and take the stigma out of that term. There are a lot of misconceptions about bisexual people, such as that they’re indiscriminate, are experimenting or are somehow flighty. People like Megan Fox contribute to that stereotype, while someone like Anna Paquin explains it clearly and well. I don’t think it’s a “choice” though, I think we fall somewhere on the Kinsey scale and that’s where we are. It may seem like a bisexual person is choosing to be with a man or a woman, and that may be the case for who they choose to be with, but I don’t think you choose your sexual orientation whether it’s heterosexual, homosexual or in between. I don’t really think that’s what she meant though.

In terms of these photos they’re not particularly groundbreaking. I like the ones with her in the green sequin dress. She looks so pretty with dark hair. She’s washed out with that white blonde hair and the Marilyn look has been done to death. It’s rare to see a photo spread that is at all interesting or fresh. At least they went with retro and didn’t do an S&M theme.