True Blood Stars' 10 Craziest Moments

Stephen Moyer: Billith's Resurrection
"Remember when I was dipped down in a pile of blood and then brought back out again?" Moyer recalls. "I come up out of the ground and I'm completely naked. That was weird — until the following year when I had to be exactly the same thing, directing my wife and [Alexander] Skarsgard completely naked, and trying to be taken seriously."
Season 5, Episode 12: "Save Yourself

Joe Manganiello: Alcide and Rikki's Rough Ride
"Probably starting a scene with my head between another actress' legs, then having a stunt coordinator on set that had to hook said actress up to Hong Kong kung-fu wires to complete the second half of the love seen," Manganiello says, referring to Alcide's first time with Rikki. "Followed by the phone call to my mom to say, 'Mom, on Sunday night, you're going to want to walk out of the room and do something in the kitchen for about five minutes, then come back in.'"
Season 5, Episode 8: "Somebody That I Used to Know"

Carrie Preston: The Orgy
"The orgy," Preston says without hesitation. "I'm sure everyone would say that. That's probably one of the craziest scenes of my career. Black contact lenses, naked background actors, four in the morning, 38 degreees, semi-naked, go! I earned my paycheck that night, for sure. It took us two nights!"
Season 2, Episode 6: "Hard-Hearted Hannah"

Rutina Wesley: (Also) The Orgy
"The orgy, second season," Wesley says. "I bet that's a popular answer. We got that script and I was like, 'Whaaaaaatttt?' ... Even for True Blood, that was over the top."
Season 2, Episode 6: "Hard-Hearted Hannah"

Kristin Bauer Van Straten: Marnie's Forcefield
"The most embarrassing to shoot was when we were outside Moon Goddess in Season 4, and they said, 'Your bodies are being pulled into an invisible forcefield; you're fighting it, but you're losing,'" Bauer Van Straten recalls. "I said to the director, 'How do you do that? Show me.' Then I said to Stephen [Moyer] and Alex [Skarsgard], 'Let's have a pact that we don't laugh at each other trying to do this move.' They said, 'No way. And you go first.' They laughed so hard. Deb [Ann Woll], the nicest person in the world, laughed so hard that her neck was wet with tears. The director was laughing so hard that he couldn't say cut."
Season 4, Episode 11: "Soul of Fire"

Lauren Bowles: Maurella Gives Birth
"I remember when I birthed those fairy babies, and dear Kristina [Anapau], I was just staring at her — albeit covered — vagina all day, and we were laughing. She had these light panties on that were all rigged for the delivery. I was all up in her hizzy, and we could not stop laughing. Nelsan [Ellis] is in the corner doing his Lafayette thing, and there are fake babies and real babies, and I was like, 'This is a pretty cool-ass way to make a living.'"
Season 5, Episode 12: "Save Yourself"

Chris Bauer: Maryann's Death
"Or how about when we all got turned into zombies, then came out to a giant meat statue, and Sam turned into a bull and killed the weird lady that cast the spell on us?" Bauer says. "Just another day on True Blood."
Season 2, Episode 12: "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"

Deborah Ann Woll: Jessica vs. the Ocean
"I had to go in the Pacific Ocean in January, and I got smacked in the face by a wave," Woll recalls. "There's footage of me doing a scene, and this wave rises up over my head and smacks me in the face. I remember in that moment thinking, 'This is ridiculous.' I had a tiny T-shirt. I was so cold. But they pay me."
Season 6, Episode 1: "Who Are You, Really?"

Bailey Noble: Adilyn's First Nude Scene
"The nudity I did last season [stands out to me] because I had never done it on the show, and had never done anything else like that in my career," Noble admits. "But everyone was so great about it and, it is a part of the show and it was so innocent. I was happy with how it turned out because it was tasteful."
Season 6, Episode 8: "Dead Meat"

Chris Bauer: A Naked Encounter
"Being woken up by Arlene naked on a couch coming out of a blackout stand outs," Bauer also recalls.
Season 5, Episode 5: "Let's Boot and Rally"