'True Blood' Premiere: Show's Stars Now And THen

Before they were vampires, werewolves and other oh my!s, the "True Blood cast were just people too, and non-blood-sucking ones at that. Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse) was a soap opera actor in his native Australia, Alexander Skarsgard (Eric Northman), the son of Hollywood actor Stellan, was voted Sweden's "Sexiest Man" a whopping five times and who knew that Rutina Wesely (Tara Thornton) attended Julliard?

Celebrate the hit HBO show's Season 5 premiere this Sunday by watching this video, on how Bon Temps' favorite residents first got their start, above.

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Lucy Griffiths

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Scott Foley

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Chris Bauer and Lauren Bowles

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Kristin Bauer van Straten

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Joe Manganiello

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Jacob Hopkins

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Christopher Heyerdahl

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Carolyn Hennesy

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Peter Mensah

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Chris Meloni

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Lucy Griffiths

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Deborah Ann Woll

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Todd Lowe-

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Carrie Preston

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Carrie Preston and Scott Foley

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Michael McMillian

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Janina Gavankar

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Nelsan Ellis

• "True Blood" Season 5

  Nelsan Ellis and Anna Paquin

• "True Blood" Season 5

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