I thought Alexander Skarsgård was joking at Paley last year when he said he tried out for the part of Bill, but apparently he was not. Alan Ball revealed to Details that he did indeed audition for Bill.

Ball told Details: “Alex wasn’t quite right for Bill, but I remember that he was giant and also beautiful. So when it came time to cast Eric, I thought of him.”

Skarsgård also told the magazine that his audition for Eric was done on tape from a hotel room.

“I thought, ‘Oh, vampires – I don’t know, but then they said Alan Ball was behind it, and I was a huge fan of Six Feet Under and American Beauty. I auditioned on tape from my hotel room in Mozambique.”

Details Magazine will be on the shelves on April 13.

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