When I read the script, I said to one of the producers, "I know you probably want Jonathan Harker really fluffy, but I'm not gonna do that. It needs to be a mask. There needs to be a duel between Harker and Dracula."

When I read the script, I said to one of the producers, "I know you probably want Jonathan Harker really fluffy, but I'm not gonna do that. It needs to be a mask. There needs to be a duel between Harker and Dracula."

Nowadays, everything is so gratuitous. The violence is suggested, and it's much more impactful than showing everything.

I think it's very rare, as an actor, that you get to a script, or an idea of a script, and you go, "Oh, I just have to do that!" It fell into place very quickly.

Dracula isn't just another vampire show. It's something entirely different that I personally feel I've never seen on American TV before.

You work with seasoned actors, and sometimes you realize that they phone it in.

On network, you have limitations for how raunchy it can get and how violent it can get.