‘True Blood’ Hep-V Arlene Carrie Preston Talks ‘Good Wife’ Emmy Win After Fox ‘Following’ Death [SPOILERS]

With HBO’s True Blood coming to a close in next couple of weeks, Carrie Preston, is looking back on her time on the series. The Hep-V infected Arlene actress is also opening up about her Emmy awarding winning role on CBS’ The Good Wife. You may also recognize Preston from her brief guest spot on Fox’s The Following.

Carrie Preston’s time on True Blood has come to a close. Preston recently opened up to The Huffington Post about how she landed the role of Arlene in the first place:

“I was doing a film that he wrote and directed called Towelhead (2007), and so I met him on that, and it was while we were onTowelhead that he asked me what I was doing next. I said 'I'm not sure,' and I asked him, and he said, 'Well, I'm doing this vampire pilot for HBO, and I might have something that you might be interested in'… So, I went in and had one audition with Alan and the casting directors, and they put me on tape, and he went to HBO and said, ‘This is who I want for Arlene. And they said, ‘OK.’

“So, it was the least amount of hoops I'd ever had to jump through to be a series regular on a television show. Usually they make you do many, many auditions for many, many people. I was very fortunate that it was the right fit at the right time

Preston also spoke up about her winning an Emmy for her role on The Good Wife:

“I was out walking my dog (Chumley, he's a rescue: a Maltese/poodle mix, we think ... a 7-pound adorable mutt), and I really had not known that the nominations were coming out the night before and someone sent me a text that said, ‘Good luck tomorrow!’ And I was like, ‘On what?’ And then like ‘Oh, the nominations. Well, we'll see.’ You know, I wasn't holding my breath.

“And then I was out walking my dog in New York, and I got a text from somebody who said ‘Oh my god, I'm so proud!’ and I thought, ‘OK, well that must be the nomination.’ And then my publicist called and told me that I'd been nominated.

And then the phone calls started coming in and it was really exciting, and I was really not expecting it when you're a guest [star]. There's hundreds and hundreds of people who are also guests, so it was pretty extraordinary to be singled out in that way and then to actually WIN was ... I already felt like I had already won.”

Tune into the all new episode of True Blood this Sunday night 9:00 p.m. Eastern on HBO.
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