True Blood star Stephen Moyer has admitted that the cast weren’t surprised when they failed to receive any Emmy nominations this year.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly at last night’s Emmy ceremony, Moyer said:

“Not many shows get nominated in the first season. I would hope that after the success of the second season, it would at least be up there next year in the running. If nothing else, but for [creator Alan Ball's] work.

“I don’t think we were that surprised. Vampire stuff as a genre hasn’t traditionally been a big Emmy choice.”

Stephen also shed some light on how he feels about his girlfriend Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) cosying up to vampire boss Eric.

“I love Alex [Skarsgård] and he’s unfeasibly tall, which is not such a good thing. But he’s great and they’ve got great chemistry.

“The show works on triangles and stuff going wrong. Whenever we see a couple together, we’re then wondering what it would be like to see those two together, and that’s natural in a drama.”