Sam Trammell
True Blood Star Sam Trammell is harbouring a secret crush at work - he's lusting after his body make-up artist.
The 39 year old plays shape-shifter Sam Merlotte on the hit vampire show, and the role often calls for him to strip down.
And the star has developed a close bond with the unnamed artist responsible for slathering his bare body parts with make-up to ensure they look good on camera.
He explains, "You don't want to do it in the make-up trailer because other people are there and that would be awkward - so she comes to my trailer and it's kind of like this weird kind of date... and then she comes in and I have nothing on pretty much and she proceeds to rub make-up on my body."
But the TV actor is trying desperately not to act on his crush to avoid a work romance - and because she's already taken.
Trammell reveals, "It's sort of like a date where you're trying not to hook up. You don't want any seduction happening. You don't want to seduce, you don't want to be seduced. The rubbing of the make-up is happening so you're talking about the weather... anything not to think about what's happening.
"She's beautiful, it's tough.We've always had good days. We've never hooked up. She's dating one of the transport guys. He's really nice but he has tattoos all over his arm. He's really a scary looking guy so whenever she leaves the trailer I'm irrationally scared he's going to be around the corner."
In other True Blood news Stephen Moyer's romance with his True Blood co-star Anna Paquin became common knowledge after crew members on the hit vampire series realised their scripts were delivered to the same hotel room.
The pair met during filming for the pilot episode in 2007 and began dating while working on the first season of the show.
They deliberately kept their relationship quiet because they feared working together would become awkward if they split up.
But their secret didn't stay safe for long - eagle-eyed staff on the show quickly deduced the two actors were sharing a hotel suite.
Moyer tells GQ magazine, "Keeping (it) from the cast and crew was tricky. I think the production team became suspicious when the scripts were being sent to the same hotel room. There was always the worry, for Anna and me, that this might be a short fling and we'd have to face some toe-curling moments the morning after. Thankfully, that wasn't the case."
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