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You are here: Home / News / Nelsan Ellis on Lafayette: ‘I Didn’t Really Want a Love Interest’

Nelsan Ellis on Lafayette: ‘I Didn’t Really Want a Love Interest’

August 24, 2010 by Andy Towle

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Nelsan Ellis, who plays Lafayette on True Blood and whose relationship with Jesus (Kevin Alejandro) is developing quite quickly, told Digital Spy earlier this month that he doesn't want Lafayette to be in a relationship:

"I didn't really want a love interest. I like Lafayette as just a prostitute… I don't think he's a settle-down-right-now type of dude. I think later down the line, but I think he's so much about his exploits and making money and stuff. I know a lot of people wanted him to settle down and I think the gay community wanted him to settle down…I don't want it to last long. No, I don't want it to last long. Maybe when Lafayette is like 35, you know what I mean? Maybe. But Lafayette is like 28….[Creator Alan Ball] told me it was surprisingly tender… We were just trying to make it real and believable. We know the show has a huge gay fanbase so we wanted it to be believable for all the fans because when the camera's right here all that love's got to manifest itself. There are deep feelings and I think they're falling in love."

(cap via superherofan)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Kevin Alejandro, Nelsan Ellis, News, Playing Gay, True Blood

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