Moonlight’s Dohring Looks Ahead
by Cindy White

Jason Dohring, who plays the 400-year-old vampire Josef in CBS’ vampire drama Moonlight, told SCI FI Wire that the first-season finale will end with a cliffhanger. (Spoilers ahead!)

“You’ll see a lot more of the vampire mythology coming up, but in the final show, you’ll see us all kind of meet,” Dohring said in an interview. “We have, like, a vampire conference. It’s really cool. And we each kind of have our place.”

Dohring explained that the vampire community will be forced to come together when it finds itself at risk of being exposed.

“We all get together to solve one problem, which is the threat to secrecy, basically a threat to survival, and that gets sort of complicated,” Dohring said. “I think all the vampires are sort of involved, because it’s something that’s going on with all of them. You’ll have to watch to see what’s going on with that, but it basically poses quite a little problem for all of us. ”

The cast and crew are still awaiting word from CBS as to whether the show will be renewed for a second season. Stars Alex O’Loughlin and Sophia Myles have already expressed their optimism about the possibility of a pickup. Dohring agreed with that sentiment.

“We have some momentum going,” the former Veronica Mars star said. “I really feel it. Like, particularly in the last couple weeks since we’ve been doing all this promotion for the show. I feel like it’s really swinging in our favor. I think that some promising things could happen. We’re creating good shows, and I think if we can just get people to see them, then they’ll hang around.”

Dohring has additional incentive to hope for a renewal, having heard some of the ideas the writers are working on for the second season.

“[Producer Joel Silver] took us out to dinner, and we kind of pumped the writers for stories and what’s going on,” Dohring said. “There’s going to be some cool stuff. There’s going to be some historical events that went down that were shaped by vampires. You know what I mean? I’m looking forward to that. Like, big, huge things that you learn in your first year of school that were vampire-influenced.”

And will his character be a part of those events?

“Hell, yeah,” Dohring said. “I’ve been alive a long time.”

Moonlight airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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Moonlight Bosses Dish on the Show’s Fate and What’s to Come

In less than a week, we will finally know the fate of CBS’s Moonlight: Picked up or not? I would love to give you some advance notice on the verdict, but there is no word yet according to exec producers Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman. They expect to hear next week, and we’ll be sure to bring you the announcement as soon as we know!

Howevah! In lieu of pickup news, I did get the next best thing: scoop about the finale!

According to Gabrielle and Harry, “You can tell the fans we’re going to play with some cool Mick-Beth-Josef relationship stuff in our season finale. We’re going to delve more deeply into the world of ‘freshies’ (humans who let vampires feed off them).”

I’m told we’ll also learn that Josef isn’t as opposed to vampire-human relationships as you would think from the lectures he’s always giving Mick.

G&H also spill: “Beth is going to see a shocking side of Mick and be faced with some harsh realities about being in love with a vampire.” Of course, the vampire she’s in love with is Mick St. John, “So don’t expect our intrepid couple to ‘close the door’ on their future. Or will they? We think fans will like the last scene…”

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Jason Dohring, who plays the 400-year-old vampire Josef in CBS’ vampire drama Moonlight, told SCI FI Wire that the first-season finale will end with a cliffhanger. (Spoilers ahead!)

“You’ll see a lot more of the vampire mythology coming up, but in the final show, you’ll see us all kind of meet,” Dohring said in an interview. “We have, like, a vampire conference. It’s really cool. And we each kind of have our place.”

Dohring explained that the vampire community will be forced to come together when it finds itself at risk of being exposed.

“We all get together to solve one problem, which is the threat to secrecy, basically a threat to survival, and that gets sort of complicated,” Dohring said. “I think all the vampires are sort of involved, because it’s something that’s going on with all of them. You’ll have to watch to see what’s going on with that, but it basically poses quite a little problem for all of us. ”

The cast and crew are still awaiting word from CBS as to whether the show will be renewed for a second season. Stars Alex O’Loughlin and Sophia Myles have already expressed their optimism about the possibility of a pickup. Dohring agreed with that sentiment.

“We have some momentum going,” the former Veronica Mars star said. “I really feel it. Like, particularly in the last couple weeks since we’ve been doing all this promotion for the show. I feel like it’s really swinging in our favor. I think that some promising things could happen. We’re creating good shows, and I think if we can just get people to see them, then they’ll hang around.”

Dohring has additional incentive to hope for a renewal, having heard some of the ideas the writers are working on for the second season.

“[Producer Joel Silver] took us out to dinner, and we kind of pumped the writers for stories and what’s going on,” Dohring said. “There’s going to be some cool stuff. There’s going to be some historical events that went down that were shaped by vampires. You know what I mean? I’m looking forward to that. Like, big, huge things that you learn in your first year of school that were vampire-influenced.”

And will his character be a part of those events?

“Hell, yeah,” Dohring said. “I’ve been alive a long time.” Moonlight airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. –Cindy White

Alex O’Loughlin on the set of ‘Moonlight’

Australian actor Alex O’Loughlin first came to the attention of American audiences when he was added to the sixth season of the Emmy-winning police drama The Shield. The CBS television series Moonlight marks the 31-year-old’s first turn in a leading role, as private investigator Mick St. John. Captivating, charming and immortal, Mick defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living. Bitten 60 years ago, and forever 30 years of age, Mick develops a distinctive bond with ambitious investigative reporter Beth Turner (Sophia Myles), even though their differences keep him from pursuing his feelings for her.

The actor took a break while filming Episode 15 to speak with MediaBlvd Magazine about the relationship between Mick and Beth, and where he sees the show going in Season Two.

MediaBlvd Magazine> Were you a fan of the vampire genre, before this show came your way?

Alex O’Loughlin > Absolutely, yeah. I’ve always been enamored with the shameless sensuality within the genre, unlike any other genre. And, also, the shameless excess to which these creatures live, and how deeply vampires feel, sensoraly. Their senses are heightened. If you were to compare a vampire to an animal, I would think it would probably be a cat, on a lot of levels, with the touch and smell. They’re so sensitive, especially when they morph. I’ve always loved that. As a kid, the head of my bed was underneath a really big window and, where I grew up, you could see the stars really clearly. I used to lay on my back and look up at the stars. From the moment I learned the concept of infinity and I could grasp it, I struggled with it. The stars used to keep me awake at night, to the point where it was very difficult for me to get up and go to school the next day because I’d just be doing head miles about this thing, called infinity. How can it never stop? How can it never end? What do you mean it doesn’t have an end? And, even if it does have an ending, what’s after that? I’ve always been fascinated with the concept of infinity and immortality — that you would go on forever, regardless of what happens in the world. It could be post-apocalyptic and everything’s dead, except for you.

MediaBlvd> Will viewers get to see Mick in combat in Episode 15?

Alex O’Loughlin > Yeah, you see Mick in heavy combat with his best friend. A lot of this episode is based around that, and based around the fact that Mick may have family ties out there today. It’s pretty interesting stuff.

MediaBlvd> Since Episode 15 will have flashbacks to Mick during the war, what was his title?

Alex O’Loughlin > When he went in, Mick was a medic with basic overall training. As we will see in this episode, some of his other firearm training is honed, in the face of battle, which is the reality for so many soldiers at war. A lot of my friends have been to battle in Somalia and the Gulf War, and they go in specializing in one area, and they come out knowing a whole lot more about a lot of other stuff because of what happens in the moment. That’s some of the stuff that we’re dealing with, in Episode 15. I’m really excited about the episode.

MediaBlvd> If Mick was a medic when he went into the war, he was already dealing with blood as a main thing in his life, before he became a vampire, wasn’t he?

Alex O’Loughlin > Yeah, absolutely, except it didn’t quite have the profound affect that it has on him today. If you go back to Episode 11, when Josh’s life finished and Mick tried to save him, he’s pretty good at turning it off and dealing with what he has to deal with, but there was so much blood. The urge to do what comes instinctively and naturally to him now was right at the surface, the whole time. But, he was no stranger to blood and bloody parts.

MediaBlvd> Knowing that he’s got the medical background, how do you think that affects what he does now?

Alex O’Loughlin > Personally, you make all sorts of character decisions that never necessarily make it to the final cut of a show or a film. But, one of the things I’d done a lot of thinking about was that, in the many years that Mick has had, and before he became a private investigator, in that transition time for him, which was a number of years, he may have gone off and actually done a lot of research and gotten really well educated in blood. Mick has got such a strict set of morals. He doesn’t kill for pleasure anymore. He gets his blood from a blood bank. He’s structured this way of living and this way of existing, as a vampire. It sits more comfortable with him than what is instinctive to him. When he’s consuming blood, he knows all about the cells and about the structure of blood, whereas a lot of vampires may not know that.

MediaBlvd> Do you enjoy doing the stunts on the show?

Alex O’Loughlin > It depends on if they work or not, and how much they hurt. I don’t do them all myself. I have a very, very dedicated stunt team, who do a lot of work. I do a lot of my own stuff. In the first 12 episodes, I did more than I’ve been doing in the last few weeks, simply because I don’t have the time. We’ve got a number of different units shooting and we’ve got a little more money, so we can afford to shoot at the pace that we need to. So, if they need me on Main Unit and the stunt is being done on the Second Unit and I just can’t be there, then I have to let it go. But, I really love doing that. I’ve got a harness that I use for wirework, when Mick goes up in the air and does big jumps, and stuff. I really like the fighting stuff. And I really enjoy being part of the choreography of that. I see it as a dance. My character should inform the way we choreograph the fights. I find it exhilarating.

MediaBlvd> Are you happy with where your character is at, on the show?

Alex O’Loughlin > When you do a pilot and they fire everyone but you, you learn to not have any expectations, whatsoever, because surprises are inevitable. So, I’ve tried to maintain that with an open mind, as we’ve gone along. I’ve made suggestions, some of which have not really been applicable, and others have been integrated into the story and into the show. Yeah, I am happy. I don’t know how we’re still going. There have been so many reasons and times for the show to be cancelled — monetary, political, all sorts of things. The fact that we’re still going, with everything that’s gone on with the strike — we lost so many episodes there — is testament to what we have here with Moonlight, with the cast and crew, and the fans. I am happy with where Mick is, where we find him, and what we know about him with the back stories we’ve been able to introduce. But, a lot of shelved ideas can still come to fruition in the second season. I think we’re in really, really good shape.

MediaBlvd> Can you talk about your working relationship with Sophia Myles?

Alex O’Loughlin > I work a little differently, on some levels, when I’m doing film, as opposed to when I’m doing television, because television doesn’t stop. It’s just a part of your day-to-day life. When you’re doing a film, that might be the case for three months, six months or eight months, but there’s a finite beginning, middle and end. You know the arc of the story, you know how you’re going to tell it, you tell it and you go home. Television just keeps going. Sophia and I spend a lot of time together and we’re great mates. She’s really fantastic to work with. I’m Australian and she’s British, and we have similar sensibilities and a similar sense of humor. We grew up with the same TV. We have a lot in common. She’s easy to get along with, which makes a big difference, when you’ve got to spend 18 hours a day with somebody. But, as far as our relationship goes, in comparison to Mick and Beth, it’s very different. There is no tension between Sophia and I. We’re colleagues. We’re not lovers. We have our separate lives. People talk about on screen chemistry. We work together, and those two characters have this really fantastic chemistry. I see it, when I watch the show back, but it’s not tangible in real life. When you put it on film, it’s there.

MediaBlvd> Where would you like to see Mick go in Season Two? Should he and Beth get together?

Alex O’Loughlin > The minute he and Beth actually get together and consummate their love, it’s a different story. At the moment, we still very much have the Romeo & Juliet thing going on. When this show was pitched to me, they said, “It’s about a vampire P.I.,” and I was like, “Really? This should be good.” And, I read it and it’s about so much more than that. It really deals with the big ideas. I think it’s got elements of Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, and a lot of big stories that have already been told. That element will no longer be there because it wouldn’t be unrequited love anymore. It would be consummated love and, therefore, we’d be headed in a different direction. Having said that, if that does happen, I’m sure we’ll deal with it and it will be interesting, no matter what. I don’t know if that’s what I want to happen. I really like the dramatic tension that is there because these two haven’t had that physical and spiritual connection yet. Where do I want this show to go? Really, the limits to the storytelling possibilities for us are the limits of our imaginations because the ideas are so immense. We’ve got so much flashback stuff to do. There are pieces of jewelry that Mick wears, that he’s worn since the beginning of the show, that we haven’t talked about yet, but come from different stories as well. There was all the bloodline stuff in Episode 12, and the fact that Mick comes from French royalty, essentially. Now that he’s re-turned in one of the new episodes, there’s another bloodline involved in Mick now. Does that make him more powerful? Does he have new skills that he doesn’t know about yet? Is he going to re-realize himself, on another level? I’ve got lots of ideas. I walk into the writer’s room and they go, “Oh, God!” There are so many ways that we can go with this. I just hope we get a Season Two because of the possibilities. We can go anywhere.

MediaBlvd> If you were ever turned into a vampire in real life, do you think you’d be more inclined to follow Mick’s path or Josef’s path?

Alex O’Loughlin > I don’t know. I’m a bit of an epicurist. I like nice stuff. I’m happy to have nothing, as well. I grew up without very much. But, when I do have stuff, I like it to be nice stuff. I’m a bit of a snob. And so, I think I’d fit in just fine. I think it would probably be a combination of both. I think I’d go the Josef path, and then I’d be racked with shame and guilt. But then, I’d do it again, for eternity. I think that’s a fair guestimation of what would happen.

MediaBlvd> Fans have been donating a lot of blood to the Red Cross, in an attempt to help get the show renewed for a second season. What do you think of their efforts?

Alex O’Loughlin > We’re working towards making me a spokesperson for the American Red Cross, which I certainly hope happens because I’d love to be involved in any sort of organization or charity that helps other people, whether it’s non-profit or otherwise. The fans have instigated it. They are so pro-active. I’ve never seen anything like it. Before Moonlight, I hadn’t been the lead of a TV show. I haven’t had a fan base like this before. I have fans that have seen my work in independent film, but I’m new to this. It’s quite overwhelming, not only witnessing, first-hand, the amount of people and how much they support the show, but watching their behavior and seeing them actually participate and step up. It’s great. Any time any of us get the opportunity to do any sort of philanthropic work, we should take it.

MediaBlvd> What inspired you to become an actor?

Alex O’Loughlin > I don’t remember it, but my grandmother, who’s 93 years old, told me that when I was just speaking as a toddler, about 2 or 3, I told her, “Gran, I want to be an actor when I grow up.” So, apparently, it’s always been there. I did some plays and stuff, in elementary school and during my primary schooling, that I really, really enjoyed. But then, I didn’t think about it for the longest time. When I was 18 or 19, I was showing off, one day, in front of a group of my friends. A good friend of mine pulled me aside and said, “You know, you’re an actor, and if you don’t do anything about it, you should be ashamed of yourself.” When I thought about it, I realized that he was right. I’d spent my life, to date, walking out of cinemas and theatres, and away from performances, feeling a strange, nostalgic, empty, sick feeling, and I could never explain it to the people I was with. It was this thing that isolated me from people. And then, it all just clicked into place. And so, from that moment, I pursued it and I haven’t looked back.

MediaBlvd> What is your greatest fear?

Alex O’Loughlin > People. What we’re capable of is terrifying. It’s a wonderful world that we live in, but it’s not in the best shape. Presently, and the state of things to come, is dependent on people and the decisions they make. We, as humans, haven’t exactly got a good track record, making good decisions on behalf of people on the planet. I’m always watching what we do, as a race. You watch CNN and you read the papers, and it never ceases to amaze me. Art imitates life, more often than not. Often, I’ll make a choice as an actor, and then, after making that choice, based on what would actually happen, I realize that I can’t put it on screen because no one’s going to believe it, so I have to modify it.

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Sophia Myles has declared her confidence in a renewal for vampire series Moonlight.

Myles said the return would be thanks to commitment of fans, who organized a national blood donation drive to show their support for a new season.

“I’d put pretty much all of the money I have in my bank account on the fact that we will get picked up,” said the British-born actress, who plays Beth Turner, the love interest of vampire Mick St John. “I think that’s largely to do with the amount of fan support and dedication.

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Official Moonlight Blood Drive

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Fans of ABC’s Men in Trees, which as of May 6 had unofficially been canceled, have already funded the planting of 7,000 food-bearing trees in Third World nations. And fans of CBS’ vampire-detective series, Moonlight, are literally giving of themselves with a well-organized blood drive.
The Moonlight blood drive-which also launched in January-has touched its cast as well. “This blood drive prompted Moonlight’s Alex O’Loughlin, who portrays vampire Mick St.
John, to become a spokesperson for the Red Cross,” says Barbara Arnold, who coordinated the project with Christine Contilli and YouChoose. net’s Mary Beth Dostillio.
O’Loughlin recently told TVGuide: “I am in awe of the whole thing. It’s a great feeling to be part of this because it not only shows the passion of the fans who support the show, but it’s also a way for people to become involved in a good cause.

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If you’re afraid of needles, have no fear. While people are encouraged to donate blood if they’re physically able to, you can also make a financial contribution.
Details can be found at http://www. moonlightblooddrive. org/ or http://www. youchoose. net/, the only two Web sites officially involved in the campaign.
YouChoose. net tracks fans who’ve made donations and sent in validation forms. “These forms helped us see that fans in 30 states participated in the campaign,” Arnold says. There was a big push for the blood drive in April, coinciding with Moonlight’s return, but it’s an ongoing campaign.
Arnold knows CBS executives are aware of the blood drive and its positive impact

Moonlight vs. NCIS: What’s the Better HDTV Show?

TVPredictions.com sets out to discover which high-def program is the best of all.
By Allison Moore

Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2008) — Okay, which one is a better HDTV show? CBS’ Moonlight or CBS’ NCIS?

In round two of the LCD division of our first annual elimination tournament to determine the best show in High-Definition, we pit Moonlight (8th seed) vs. NCIS (4th seed).

Moonlight, which follows the bloody trail of the mysterious vampire Mick St. John, has achieved a cult following for CBS. Moonlight airs Friday nights at 9 p.m. ET.

NCIS, which stars Mark Harmon as the chief of a Naval investigative crime team, has won a loyal following for its intense drama. NCIS airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

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TV Guide’s Matt Roush has reviewed Moonlight & Reaper previously. He decided to revisit each show now that they are airing the rest of this season’s episodes. In his opinion, our show should be given the opportunity to continue growing!

Scary Times for Cult Horror Shows

In the world of supernatural TV, anything’s possible: a sexy vampire, a dapper Devil. Anything, perhaps, except overcoming so-so ratings and a creatively uneven first year. Two purely escapist series, CBS’ vampire mystery Moonlight and the CW’s satanic comedy Reaper, are on the bubble for renewal (their fates are announced the week of May 12 during the networks’ up-front presentations). While neither is likely to become a genre classic of Buffy or X-Files status, both deserve a chance to keep going and growing.

Moonlight in particular enjoys buzz from fans smitten by Mick St. John, a dashing private-eye vampire (Alex O’Loughlin) who bares his chest more often than his fangs. Overcoming a dreary pilot stuffed with noir clichés, Moonlight quickly developed into a sizzling romance between Mick and Beth (Sophia Myles), a reporter who seems to crave the immortality he has come to despise.

An awful lot of daylight pervades Moonlight, which loves sending up old-school vampire myths as it goes about solving otherwise routine cases. (The sun isn’t good for vampires, but doesn’t instantly kill them, and so on.) There’s a complicated backstory, naturally, and a very expendable supporting cast - not counting Veronica Mars’ Jason Dohring as Josef, Mick’s eternally boyish and ridiculously wealthy mentor. What really matters here is watching Mick wrestle with his demons and desires.

“Maybe love can’t exist without mortality,” suggests the ex who turned Mick undead decades ago, and who introduced him to a cure that made him temporarily human. (Mick on the beach! Swoon!)

Unlike Moonlight, the CW’s Reaper launched with a terrific pilot, featuring Sam (Bret Harrison), an underachiever forced to become bounty hunter for the playfully manipulative Devil (the hilarious Ray Wise). But it collapsed almost instantly, unable to eke out many eeks or laughs on a weekly basis. The missions and demons weren’t scary, and Sam, though charming, proved to be an awfully passive hero. If not for the Devil and Sam’s slovenly pal Sock (Tyler Labine), Reaper was a literal sleeper.

Only recently has the show found its way, opting for twisted romantic comedy - was Sam dating the Devil’s daughter? - over soul-catching, while drawing Sam into an underground rebellion to overthrow the Devil, led by gay demon neighbors (amusingly played by Michael Ian Black and Ken Marino).

The Devil made me like Reaper, but he’s now not the only draw. Too little too late? We’ll soon see.

Moonlight airs Fridays, 9/8c, CBS

Reaper airs Tuesdays, 9/8c, The CW

http://www.tvguide.com/roush-review/moonlight-oloughlin-reaper/080507-05

11 Questions with Alex O’Loughlin & Jason Dohring

When devoted fans get a chance to interview two vampires, be sure to bring earplugs. ‘Moonlight’ hasn’t been renewed for a second season yet, but stars Alex O’Loughlin and Jason Dohring got a thunderous welcome at NY Comic Con. After a Q&A with the rowdy crowd, they talked to AOL TV’s Kelly Woo about the show’s future, a bloody fan campaign and vampire therapy.

1. Has it been difficult to wait for word on the show’s renewal?

Alex O’Loughlin : It’s really hard, but that’s my life, you know? You may or may not get fired. You kind of get used to it. I think that they will [renew]. I have to think that they’ll pick us up, otherwise I’ll just give up.

Jason Dohring : We were always on the bubble for ['Veronica Mars']. I’m a pro at being worried.

2. What’s your reaction to fans donating blood to save the show?

Alex O’Loughlin : They came to me and [said], “We can make it happen if you can come on board.” I was like, “Hell yeah! Absolutely!” So we shot a couple of [PSAs] on set. I’m really excited and really honored to be a part of it.

Jason Dohring : I heard that 4,000 people already signed up for it. If I can man up, I’ll make it 4,001. Talk about a useful gift. It’s not like signing a poster — it’s like, “Here, you want some life?”

3. At NY Comic Con, a clip revealed Josef turns Mick back into a vampire. What happens?

Alex O’Loughlin : Josef turns Mick back because Beth is in danger. As the result of that decision, he realizes that being a vampire isn’t so bad.

Jason Dohring : It’s a very emotional scene. We’ve hired a 30-piece orchestra to do the music. I was stirred up for an hour or two after I saw it and I’m not really that kind of person.

4. Was it weird to shoot such an intimate scene?

Alex O’Loughlin : It was intense. You’ve got to get over weird, when you shoot a show like this. As an actor, you have to get over yourself … so you don’t judge the characters you play or the scenarios you find yourself in. I’m forever finding my mouth on men’s necks or wrists, and yes, it is bizarre, but I am used to it.

5. What else can we expect from the rest of the season?

Jason Dohring : In Episode 16, the vampires are all going to meet, from different walks of life — a vampire conference. We all get together and talk about how we’re going to deal with this and in what way each of us can deal with it through our position on the social spectrum.

6. Where is Mick and Beth’s relationship going?

Alex O’Loughlin : They are ready to get it on. They’ve been dating long enough to get it on. It’s about time, I think.

7. When is Josef going to kick some butt?

Jason Dohring : Next episode. We go off and kick some a** together. It’s like ‘Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid,’ where we break through doors. There are some stunts in this one that are just awesome. There’s this one thing that is ‘Matrix’-inspired where there are two wires up to the top where my character and another guy meet up and cross together and come down. It’s like really bada**.

8. Will we ever see Josef’s ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ Sarah, again?

Jason Dohring : In Episode 16, you’ll see a memorial being built for her and then there’s possibly more love interest stuff that comes out with Josef. And [he and Mick] share emotional troubles so I guess it’s like ‘Oprah’ but with ‘Moonlight.’ Vampire therapy.

9. What would you like the show to explore in the second season?

Alex O’Loughlin : I would really like to explore the blood lines and the royalty, the mythology of where [the vampires] actually come from. It’s really fascinating and we have a lot more of that coming.

10. There have been so many behind-the-scenes changes. Is the show finally on steady ground?

Alex O’Loughlin : We changed show runners again, and we survived again. It’s a testament to the show and [to] how much of an entity unto itself it is. We’re knocking it out of the park. We’ve got full great scripts and a whole second season pitched, so it’s good.

11. What does the blood taste like? And do you ever just do a shot of it?

Alex O’Loughlin : It tastes like a gauva and pomegranate. If you drink too much, you get a really bad stomachache and it makes you fart. A farty vampire. It’s an interesting set.

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Alex O’Loughlin stakes a claim to ‘Moonlight’s’ classical roots

Australian actor Alex O’Loughlin, star of CBS’ vampire drama “Moonlight” (Fridays at 9 p.m. on WBZ, Ch. 4), sat on the set on a March evening at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. - and enjoyed the view.

He wasn’t looking at his co-star, lovely British actress Sophia Myles, who plays his human love interest, Beth.

He was looking at a silver sports car up on a rig for the night’s filming.

“I love the car,” he said. “Oh, my God. I don’t (get to drive it), actually. I would very much like to. It’s an Audi R8. (It’s got) 500 horsepower, turbocharged V-8. It’s pretty fantastic.”

After some further chat about cars and motorcycles (which included a brief primer on Spokey Dokes, apparently a popular bicycle-spoke accessory), the conversation drifted to O’Loughlin’s classical education and what that has to do with playing Mick St. John, a vampire private eye in Los Angeles.

Naming “Hamlet” as his favorite Shakespeare play, O’Loughlin made parallels between Mick and the indecisive Dane.

“There’s absolutely a little Hamlet in Mick. Don’t worry about that. There absolutely is, in the loss of his family, the ‘to be or not to be.’ There’s a lot of Hamlet in there.”

As to who is the equivalent of the ghost of Hamlet’s murdered father, which haunts him in the castle parapets, O’Loughlin suggested Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon), the vampire who seduced the then-human Mick, then turned him into a creature of the night.

“Coraline is the ghost,” he said.

Then he thought of Josef (Jason Dohring), the young-looking but very old vampire who is Mick’s best pal.

“Josef may be Horatio . . . you know what, hey! Josef is not as reflective as Horatio. This is interesting. I wonder if Shakespeare is turning in his grave that we’re drawing conclusions.”

O’Loughlin also linked “Moonlight” to another Shakespeare tragedy.

“I think there’s a lot of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in it,” he said. “The fans are like, ‘When are Mick and Beth going to (have sex)?’ I’m like, ‘Hang on a minute: It’s going to be another show. It’s really going to shift the dynamic of the show if those two consummate their love at that level.’ ”

He added, “I’m not the showrunner, but I don’t think we’ve earned it yet.”

Fans love the relationship and many of them have made music videos featuring Mick and Beth.

“I’ve seen lots of them on YouTube,” Myles said. “It’s really lovely. . . . When an audience falls in love with a couple, it’s so much more powerful than falling in love with an individual character.”

From “Dracula” to “Angel,” each vampire movie or show re-creates the vampire legend and its rules. “Moonlight” has some rules of its own.

Myles said, “In the makeup van, they’ve got a list of vamp things, and it says, under ‘Sex With Vampires,’ that vampires can have sex and orgasms, but they can’t procreate. So that puts a whole new spin on things. Now that I know that, well, what’s the problem?”